Microbial biomass and basal respiration of selected Sub-Antarctic and Antarctic soils in the areas of some Russian polar stations

Solid Earth

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 705-712

  Abakumov, E ^a   Mukhametova, N ^a  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; FORESTRY; METABOLISM; SOIL SURVEYS;

ECOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS CARBON; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; ORGANO-MINERAL HORIZON; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS; TERRESTRIAL LANDSCAPE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON CONTENT;

SOILS;

BIOMASS; HUMUS; LANDSCAPE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PEAT SOIL; POLAR REGION; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL RESPIRATION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; KING GEORGE ISLAND; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

EID: 84905241737     PISSN: 18699510     EISSN: 18699529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/se-5-705-2014     Document Type: Article

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