Meltwater seep patches increase heterogeneity of soil geochemistry and therefore habitat suitability

Geoderma

Volumn 189-190, Issue , 2012, Pages 652-660

  Ball, Becky A ^a,b   Virginia, Ross A ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

Author keywords

Desert soils; Ice melt; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Polar soils; Seeps; Water pulse

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; ANTARCTICA; BIOTIC COMMUNITY; DESERT SOILS; DIRECTIONAL CHANGES; DRY SOIL; DRY VALLEY; ECOLOGICAL PROCESS; GEOCHEMICAL HETEROGENEITY; HABITAT SUITABILITY; ION CONTENT; MELT WATER; OSMOTIC STRESS; POLAR ECOSYSTEMS; SALT CONCENTRATION; SALT CONTENT; SEEPS; SOIL GEOCHEMISTRY; SOIL PROCESS; SOIL SURFACES; SOIL SYSTEMS; SOIL WATER CONTENT; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SURFACE ZONES; WARM CLIMATES; WATER PULSE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; GEOCHEMISTRY; ICE; LANDFORMS; SOIL MOISTURE;

BIOACTIVITY;

BIOACTIVITY; CARBON FLUX; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EVAPORATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; HETEROGENEITY; MAGNITUDE; MELTWATER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OSMOSIS; SEEPAGE; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL EMISSION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL SURFACE;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS;

EID: 84866505643     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2012.06.028     Document Type: Article

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