Geoecology of Antarctic Ice-Free Coastal Landscapes

Geoecology of Antarctic Ice-Free Coastal Landscapes
Title Geoecology of Antarctic Ice-Free Coastal Landscapes PDF eBook
Author L. Beyer
Publisher Springer Science & Business Media
Pages 435
Release 2012-12-06
Genre Science
ISBN 364256318X

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Research in Antarctica in the past two decades has fundamentally changed our perceptions of the southern continent. This volume describes typical terrestrial environments of the maritime and continental Antarctic. Life and chemical processes are restricted to small ranges of ambient temperature, availability of water and nutrients. This is reflected not only in life processes, but also in those of weathering and pedogenesis. The volume focuses on interactions between plants, animals and soils. It includes aspects of climate change, soil development and biology, as well as above- and below-ground results of interdisciplinary research projects combining data from botany, zoology, microbiology, pedology, and soil ecology.

Geoecology of Antarctic Ice-Free Coastal Landscapes

Geoecology of Antarctic Ice-Free Coastal Landscapes
Title Geoecology of Antarctic Ice-Free Coastal Landscapes PDF eBook
Author L. Beyer
Publisher Springer
Pages 429
Release 2002-03-26
Genre Science
ISBN 9783540422686

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Research in Antarctica in the past two decades has fundamentally changed our perceptions of the southern continent. This volume describes typical terrestrial environments of the maritime and continental Antarctic. Life and chemical processes are restricted to small ranges of ambient temperature, availability of water and nutrients. This is reflected not only in life processes, but also in those of weathering and pedogenesis. The volume focuses on interactions between plants, animals and soils. It includes aspects of climate change, soil development and biology, as well as above- and below-ground results of interdisciplinary research projects combining data from botany, zoology, microbiology, pedology, and soil ecology.

The Soils of Antarctica

The Soils of Antarctica
Title The Soils of Antarctica PDF eBook
Author James G. Bockheim
Publisher Springer
Pages 328
Release 2015-05-22
Genre Nature
ISBN 331905497X

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This book divides Antarctica into eight ice-free regions and provides information on the soils of each region. Soils have been studied in Antarctica for nearly 100 years. Although only 0.35% (45,000 km2) of Antarctica is ice-free, its weathered, unconsolidated material qualify as “soils”. Soils of Antarctica is richly illustrated with nearly 150 images and provisional maps are provided for several key ice-free areas.

Source-to-Sink Fluxes in Undisturbed Cold Environments

Source-to-Sink Fluxes in Undisturbed Cold Environments
Title Source-to-Sink Fluxes in Undisturbed Cold Environments PDF eBook
Author Achim A. Beylich
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 421
Release 2016-07-07
Genre Science
ISBN 1107068223

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Provides the first quantitative overview of global source-to-sink fluxes in cold climate environments for graduate students and researchers.

Trends in Antarctic Terrestrial and Limnetic Ecosystems

Trends in Antarctic Terrestrial and Limnetic Ecosystems
Title Trends in Antarctic Terrestrial and Limnetic Ecosystems PDF eBook
Author D.M. Bergstrom
Publisher Springer Science & Business Media
Pages 373
Release 2007-06-04
Genre Science
ISBN 1402052774

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The Antarctic provides a suite of scenarios useful for investigating the range of climate change effects on terrestrial and limnetic biota. The purpose of the book is to provide, based on the most up to date knowledge, a synthesis of the likely effects of climate change on Antarctic terrestrial and limnetic ecosystems and, thereby, to contribute to their management and conservation, based on the information.

Illustrated Moss Flora of Antarctica

Illustrated Moss Flora of Antarctica
Title Illustrated Moss Flora of Antarctica PDF eBook
Author Ryszard Ochyra
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 711
Release 2008-11-13
Genre Science
ISBN 0521814022

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Mosses are a major component of the vegetation in ice-free coastal regions of Antarctica. They play an important role in the colonisation of ice-free terrain, accumulation of organic matter, release of organic exudates, and also provide a food and habitat resource for invertebrates. They serve as model organisms for physiological experiments designed to elucidate problems of plant cold tolerance and survival mechanisms and for monitoring biological responses to climate change. This Flora provides the first comprehensive description, with keys, of all known species and varieties of moss in the Antarctic biome. It has involved microscopic examination of around 10,000 specimens from Antarctica and, for comparison, from other continents. All species are illustrated by detailed line drawings, alongside information about their reproductive status, ecology, and distribution. This is an invaluable resource for bryologists worldwide, as well as to Antarctic botanists and other terrestrial biologists.

Antarctic Terrestrial Microbiology

Antarctic Terrestrial Microbiology
Title Antarctic Terrestrial Microbiology PDF eBook
Author Don A. Cowan
Publisher Springer
Pages 324
Release 2014-07-08
Genre Science
ISBN 3642452132

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This book brings together many of the world’s leading experts in the fields of Antarctic terrestrial soil ecology, providing a comprehensive and completely up-to-date analysis of the status of Antarctic soil microbiology. Antarctic terrestrial soils represent one of the most extreme environments on Earth. Once thought to be largely sterile, it is now known that these diverse and often specialized extreme habitats harbor a very wide range of different microorganisms. Antarctic soil communities are relatively simple, but not unsophisticated. Recent phylogenetic and microscopic studies have demonstrated that these communities have well established trophic structuring and play a significant role in nutrient cycling in these cold and often dry desert ecosystems. They are surprisingly responsive to change and potentially sensitive to climatic perturbation. Antarctic terrestrial soils also harbor specialized ‘refuge’habitats, where microbial communities develop under (and within) translucent rocks. These cryptic habitats offer unique models for understanding the physical and biological ‘drivers’ of community development, function and evolution.