Investigation of the effect of long-term variation in soil moisture and soil temperature on nematode anhydrobiosis as part of the McMurdo Dry Valleys Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) project. The percent of anhydrobiotic (coiled) nematodes with relation to season was determined. The study took place on three separate dates during the 1997-1998 austral summer: 21 November 1997, 16 December 1997, and 13 January 1998.
Dataset Results
1997-11-21 to 1998-01-13
10.6073/pasta/ca794581fe3994cad94c8900b80cfeae
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In the Antarctic Dry Valleys, soil polygons are prominent features of the landscape and may be key units for scaling local ecological information to the greater region. We examined polygon soils in each of the 3 basins of Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Our objectives were to characterize variability in soil biogeochemistry and biodiversity at local to regional scales, and to test the influence of soil properties upon invertebrate communities.
Date Range:
1995-12-13
Data sources:
DOI:
10.6073/pasta/264b3161fb4af164eb63b06f02e3de8a
Dataset ID:
4005
In the Antarctic Dry Valleys, soil polygons are prominent features of the landscape and may be key units for scaling local ecological information to the greater region. We examined polygon soils in each of the 3 basins of Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Our objectives were to characterize variability in soil biogeochemistry and biodiversity at local to regional scales, and to test the influence of soil properties upon invertebrate communities.
Date Range:
1994-11-29 to 1994-12-08
Data sources:
DOI:
10.6073/pasta/b9626a149c2f168bad27f68d87433d9e
Dataset ID:
4006