Antarctic Terrestrial Microbiology Physical and Biological Properties of Antarctic Soils /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Cowan, Don A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Geology.; Microbial ecology.; Bacteriology.; Microbial genetics.; Microbial genomics.; Life Sciences.; Microbial Ecology.; Microbial Genetics and Genomics.

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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.