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E. Shaw A, Adams B, Barrett JE, W. Lyons B, Virginia RA, Wall DH. Stable C and N isotope ratios reveal soil food web structure and identify the nematode Eudorylaimus antarcticus as an omnivore?predator in Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Polar Biology. 2018;41(5):1013?1018. doi:10.1007/s00300-017-2243-8.

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Barrett JE, Poage M, Gooseff MN, Takacs-Vesbach CD. The legacy of aqueous environments on soils of the McMurdo Dry Valleys: contexts for future exploration of martian soils. In:  Life in Antarctic Deserts and other Cold Dry Environments.Vol 5. Life in Antarctic Deserts and other Cold Dry Environments. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 2010:78 - 109. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511712258.003.

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Poage M, Barrett JE, Virginia RA, Wall DH. The influence of soil geochemistry on nematode distribution, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research. 2008;40(1):119-128. doi:10.1657/1523-0430(06-051)[POAGE]2.0.CO;2.

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Foley K, W. Lyons B, Barrett JE, Virginia RA. Pedogenic carbonate distribution within glacial till in Taylor Valley, Southern Victoria Land, Antarctica. In:  Paleoenvironmental Record and Applications of Calcretes and Palustrine Carbonates. Paleoenvironmental Record and Applications of Calcretes and Palustrine Carbonates. Geological Society of America; 2006:89-103. doi:10.1130/2006.2416(06).

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Barrett JE, Virginia RA, Parsons AN, Wall DH. Potential soil organic matter turnover in Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research. 2005;37(1):108-117. doi:10.1657/1523-0430(2005)037[0108:PSOMTI]2.0.CO;2.

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Gooseff MN, Barrett JE, Doran PT, et al. Snow patch influence on soil biogeochemical processes and invertebrate distribution in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research. 2002;35(1):91-99. doi:10.1657/1523-0430(2003)035[0091:SPIOSB]2.0.CO;2.

Barrett JE, Virginia RA, Wall DH. Trends in resin and KCl-extractable soil nitrogen across landscape gradients in Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Ecosystems. 2002;5:289-299.