Microbial biomass and community structure changes along a soil development chronosequence near Lake Wellman, southern Victoria Land

Antarctic Science

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 154-164

  Aislabie, Jackie ^a   Bockheim, James ^b   McLeod, Malcolm ^a   Hunter, David ^a   Stevenson, Bryan ^a   Barker, Gary M ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Darwin Mountains; high latitude soils; microbial phospholipid fatty acids

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FATTY ACID; ION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORDINATION; ORGANIC CARBON; PEDOGENESIS; PEDON; PHOSPHOLIPID; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL PROPERTY; TROUGH;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; LAKE WELLMAN; VICTORIA LAND;

EID: 84857825077     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102011000873     Document Type: Article

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