Geoecology of Antarctic Ice-Free Coastal Landscapes

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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Assisted by: Beyer (Editor), M. Bölter (Editor), L. Beyer (Editor), Bölter (Editor), L Beyer (Editor), Bölter (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 22.09.2013
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology
• EAN: 9783642626746
• ISBN: 978-3-642-62674-6
• Pages: 429
• Illustrations: XXIII, 429 p.
• Dimensions (packing): 15.5 x 23.5 x 2.3 cm
• Weight (packing): 685 g
• Series: Ecological Studies > 154; Ecological Studies
• Subjects: C, Botanik und Pflanzenwissenschaften, Microbiology (non-medical), Zoologie und Tierwissenschaften, Bodenkunde und Bodenmanagement, Mikrobiologie (nicht-medizinisch), Botany, Ecology, Zoology & animal sciences, microbiology, geology, Geology, geomorphology & the lithosphere, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Botany & plant sciences, Earth Sciences, Soil conservation, Soil Science, Sedimentology & pedology, Soil Science & Conservation, Zoology, Plant Science, Plant Sciences