Antarctic terrestrial microbiology : physical and biological properties of Antarctic soils / Don A. Cowan, editor.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: Heidelberg ; New York Springer 2014Description: vi, 328 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cmISBN:- 9783642452123 (hbk : acidfree paper)
- 3642452124 (hbk : acidfree paper)
- 579.1757 23 COW
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579.175 KAN Vol.2 Soil microbiology and soil biotechnology/ | 579.175 PAU Soil Microbiology, Ecology and Biochemistry | 579.175 PUV Microbes and Enzymes Basics and Applied / | 579.1757 COW Antarctic terrestrial microbiology : | 579.176 HUM Freshwater Microbiology / | 579.178 ARO Plant microbe symbiosis : | 579.178 BAG Microbes for Plant Stress Management/ |
General Introduction
Bacterial Community Structures of Antarctic Soils
Fungal Diversity in Antarctic Soils
Invertebrates
What Do We Know About Viruses in Terrestrial Antarctica
Microbiology of Eutropic Soil
Fell-field Soil Microbiology
Biological Soil Crusts
Lithic Habitats
Microbial Ecology of Geothermal Habitats in Antarctica
Microbial life in Antarctic Permafrost Environments
Primary Production and Links to Carbon Cycling in Antarctic Soils
Climate Change and Microbial Populations
Threats to Soil Communities: Human Impacts
. Antarctic Climate and Soils
Antarctic Soil Properties and Soilscapes
Origins of Antarctic Soils
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.--
Includes bibliographical references.
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