Geoecology of Antarctic Ice-Free Coastal Landscapes (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783540422686)

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.

Author: L. Beyer
ISBN-10: 3540422684
ISBN-13: 9783540422686
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Published: 03/26/2002
Pages: 429
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.80lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.00d