bokomslag Antarctic Terrestrial Microbiology
Vetenskap & teknik

Antarctic Terrestrial Microbiology

Don A Cowan

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  • 328 sidor
  • 2014
This book brings together many of the worlds 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 refugehabitats, 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.
  • Författare: Don A Cowan
  • Illustratör: 19 schwarz-weiße Tabellen 20 schwarz-weiße und 39 farbige Abbildungen Bibliographie
  • Format: Inbunden
  • ISBN: 9783642452123
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 328
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2014-03-25
  • Förlag: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K