Ross A. Virginia

Name:

Ross A. Virginia

Title:

Professor, Environmental Studies & Director, Institute of Arctic Studies

Role:

Emeritus Principle Investigator

Organization:

Dartmouth College

Email:

Website:

http://sites.dartmouth.edu/ravirginia/

ORCID:

0000-0002-0890-0981

Research Team:

Soils

Publication List:

Gutterman WS, Doran PT, Virginia RA, Barrett JE, Myers KF, Tulaczyk SM, et al.. Causes and characteristics of electrical resistivity variability in shallow (<4 m) soils in Taylor Valley, East Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface [Internet]. 2023;128(2):e2022JF006696. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022JF006696

Myers KF, Doran PT, Tulaczyk SM, Foley NT, Bording TS, Auken E, et al.. Thermal legacy of a large paleolake in Taylor Valley, East Antarctica, as evidenced by an airborne electromagnetic survey. The Cryosphere [Internet]. 2021;15(8):3577 - 3593. https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/15/3577/2021/

Trout‐Haney JV, Heindel RC, Virginia RA. Picocyanobacterial cells in near‐surface air above terrestrial and freshwater substrates in Greenland and Antarctica. Environmental Microbiology Reports [Internet]. 2020;. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1758-2229.12832

Wlostowski A, Schulte NO, Adams B, Ball B, Esposito RMM, Gooseff MN, et al.. The hydroecology of an ephemeral wetland in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences [Internet]. 2019;. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2019JG005153

Post E, Alley RB, Christensen TR, Macias-Fauria M, Forbes BC, Gooseff MN, et al.. The polar regions in a 2°C warmer world. Science Advances [Internet]. 2019;5(12):eaaw9883. http://advances.sciencemag.org/lookup/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aaw9883

Andriuzzi WS, Adams B, Barrett JE, Virginia RA, Wall DH. Observed trends of soil fauna in the Antarctic Dry Valleys: early signs of shifts predicted under climate change. Ecology [Internet]. 2018;99(2):312 - 321. http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/ecy.2090/full

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 [Internet]. 2018;41(5):1013–1018. http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00300-017-2243-8

Aanderud ZT, Saurey SD, Ball B, Wall DH, Barrett JE, Muscarella ME, et al.. Stoichiometric Shifts in Soil C:N:P Promote Bacterial Taxa Dominance, Maintain Biodiversity, and Deconstruct Community Assemblages. Frontiers in Microbiology [Internet]. 2018;9. https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.01401/full

Ball B, Adams B, Barrett JE, Wall DH, Virginia RA. Soil biological responses to C, N and P fertilization in a polar desert of Antarctica. Soil Biology and Biochemistry [Internet]. 2018;122. http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0038071718301081

Heindel RC, W. Lyons B, Welch S, Spickard AM, Virginia RA. Biogeochemical weathering of soil apatite grains in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Geoderma [Internet]. 2018;320:136-145. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016706117320694

Gooseff MN, Barrett JE, Adams B, Doran PT, Fountain AG, W. Lyons B, et al.. Decadal ecosystem response to an anomalous melt season in a polar desert in Antarctica. Nature Ecology & Evolution [Internet]. 2017;1(9):1334-1338. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-017-0253-0

Heindel RC, Spickard AM, Virginia RA. Landscape-scale soil phosphorus variability in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Antarctic Science [Internet]. 2017;29(3):252-263. https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0954102016000742/type/journal_article

Knox M, Wall DH, Virginia RA, Vandegehuchte ML, San Gil I, Adams B. Impact of diurnal freeze–thaw cycles on the soil nematode Scottnema lindsayae in Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Polar Biology [Internet]. 2016;39(4):583 - 592. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00300-015-1809-6

Fountain AG, Saba G, Adams B, Doran PT, Fraser W, Gooseff MN, et al.. The Impact of a Large-Scale Climate Event on Antarctic Ecosystem Processes. BioScience [Internet]. 2016;66(10):848 - 863. http://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article-pdf/66/10/848/7510601/biw110.pdf

Mikucki JA, Auken E, Tulaczyk S, Virginia RA, Schamper C, Sørensen KI, et al.. Deep groundwater and potential subsurface habitats beneath an Antarctic dry valley. Nature Communications [Internet]. 2015;6:6831. http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/ncomms7831

Ball B, Virginia RA. Controls on diel soil CO2 flux across moisture gradients in a polar desert. Antarctic Science [Internet]. 2015;. http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=9776001&fileId=S0954102015000255

Ball B, Virginia RA. Microbial biomass and respiration responses to nitrogen fertilization in a polar desert. Polar Biology [Internet]. 2014;. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00300-014-1459-0

Adams B, Wall DH, Virginia RA, Broos E, Knox M. Ecological Biogeography of the Terrestrial Nematodes of Victoria Land, Antarctica. ZooKeys [Internet]. 2014;419:29 - 71. http://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=3899

Ball B, Virginia RA. The ecological role of moss in a polar desert: implications for aboveground- belowground and terrestrial -aquatic linkages. Polar Biology [Internet]. 2014;37(5):651-664. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00300-014-1465-2

Nielsen UN, Wall DH, Adams B, Virginia RA, Ball B, Gooseff MN, et al.. The ecology of pulse events: insights from an extreme climatic event in a polar desert ecosystem. Ecosphere [Internet]. 2012;3(2):art17. http://www.esajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1890/ES11-00325.1

Ball B, Virginia RA. Meltwater seep patches increase heterogeneity of soil geochemistry and therefore habitat suitability. Geoderma. 2012;189-190:652 - 660.

Smith TE, Wall DH, Hogg I, Adams B, Nielsen UN, Virginia RA. Thawing permafrost alters nematode populations and soil habitat characteristics in an Antarctic polar desert ecosystem. Pedobiologia [Internet]. 2012;55(2):75 - 81. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031405611001156

Šabacká M, Priscu JC, Basagic HJ, Fountain AG, Wall DH, Virginia RA, et al.. Aeolian flux of biotic and abiotic material in Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Geomorphology [Internet]. 2012;155-156:102 - 111. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169555X11006222

Nielsen UN, Wall DH, Li G, Toro M, Adams B, Virginia RA. Nematode communities of Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, maritime Antarctica. Antarctic Science. 2011;23(04):349 - 357.

Ball B, Barrett JE, Gooseff MN, Virginia RA, Wall DH. Implications of meltwater pulse events for soil biology and biogeochemical cycling in a polar desert. Polar Research [Internet]. 2011;3081281030352511340. http://www.polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/14555

Nielsen UN, Wall DH, Adams B, Virginia RA. Antarctic nematode communities: observed and predicted responses to climate change. Polar Biology [Internet]. 2011;34(11):1701 - 1711. http://www.springerlink.com/content/v588t5671p1w1323/

Ayres E, Nkem JN, Wall DH, Adams B, Barrett JE, Simmons BL, et al.. Experimentally increased snow accumulation alters soil moisture and animal community structure in a polar desert. Polar Biology. 2010;33(7):897 - 907.

Simmons BL, Wall DH, Adams B, Ayres E, Barrett JE, Virginia RA. Terrestrial mesofauna in above- and below-ground habitats: Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Polar Biology. 2009;32:1549-1558.

Simmons BL, Wall DH, Adams B, Ayres E, Barrett JE, Virginia RA. Long-term experimental warming reduces soil nematode populations in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Soil Biology & Biochemistry. 2009;41:2052-2060.

Ball B, Virginia RA, Barrett JE, Parsons AN, Wall DH. Interactions between physical and biotic factors influence CO_2 flux in Antarctic dry valley soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 2009;41(7):1510-1517.

Barrett JE, Virginia RA, Wall DH. Persistent effects of a discrete climate event on a polar desert ecosystem. Global Change Biology. 2008;14(10):2249-2261.

D. Bate B, Barrett JE, Poage M, Virginia RA. Soil phosphorus cycling in an Antarctic polar desert. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 2008;144:21-32.

Ayres E, Nkem JN, Wall DH, Adams B, Barrett JE, Broos E, et al.. Effects of Human Trampling on Populations of Soil Fauna in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Conservation Biology. 2008;22(6):1544-1551.

Barrett JE, Virginia RA, Wall DH, Adams B. Decline in a dominant invertebrate species contributes to altered carbon cycling in a low-diversity soil ecosystem. Global Change Biology. 2008;14:1734-1744.

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.

Barrett JE, Virginia RA, W. Lyons B, McKnight DM, Priscu JC, Fountain AG, et al.. Biogeochemical stoichiometry of Antarctic Dry Valley ecosystems. Journal of Geophysical Research. 2007;112:G01010+12.

Hunt H, Treonis AM, Wall DH, Virginia RA. A mathematical model for variation in water-retention curves among sandy soils. Antarctic Science. 2007;19:427-436.

Ayres E, Wall DH, Adams B, Barrett JE, Virginia RA. Unique similarity of faunal communities across aquatic terrestrial interfaces in a polar desert ecosystem. Ecosystems. 2007;.

D. Bate B. Soil organic matter sources and quality in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Dartmouth College; 2007.

Collins PM. Ecotoxicity and microbial biogeochemistry of Fluoride in Antarctic soils. Dartmouth College; 2007.

Barrett JE, Virginia RA. Biogeochemistry, terrestrial. In: Riffenburgh B. Encyclopedia of the Antarctic Vol 1. New York: Routledge Press; 2006. pp. 154-155.

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. Geological Society of America; 2006. pp. 89-103.

Blecker S, Ippolito J, Barrett JE, Wall DH, Virginia RA, Norvell K. Phosphorus fractions in soils of Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 2006;70:806-815.

Nkem JN, Wall DH, Virginia RA, Barrett JE, Broos E, Porazinska D, et al.. Wind dispersal of soil invertebrates in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Polar Biology [Internet]. 2006;29:346-352. http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs00300-005-0061-x

Barrett JE, Nkem JN, Sletten R, Steltzer H, Wall DH, Wallenstein M, et al.. Terrestrial ecosystem processes of Victoria Land, Antarctica. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 2006;38:3019-3034.

Barrett JE, Virginia RA, Parsons AN, Wall DH. Soil carbon turnover model for the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 2006;38:3065-3082.

Nkem JN, Virginia RA, Barrett JE, Wall DH, Li G. Salt tolerance and survival thresholds for two species of Antarctic soil nematodes. Polar Biology. 2006;29:643-651.

Barrett JE, Virginia RA, Wall DH, Cary CS, Adams B, Hacker A, et al.. Co-variation in soil biodiversity and biogeochemistry in Northern and Southern Victoria Land, Antarctica. Antarctic Science [Internet]. 2006;18:535-548. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antarctic-science/article/covariation-in-soil-biodiversity-and-biogeochemistry-in-northern-and-southern-victoria-land-antarctica/C3514C28DB75F3A19DB5F266D4B1B56E

Stucker A. Soil nitrogen cycling in cold desert (McMurdo Dry Valleys) and hot desert ecosystems. Dartmouth College; 2006.

Chapin FS, McGuire A, Nuttall M, Virginia RA, Young O, Zimov S, et al.. Polar Systems. In: Hassan R, Scholes R, Ash N. Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. Current State and Trends: Findings of the Condition and Trends Working Group. Island Press; 2005. pp. 717-743.

W. Lyons B, Welch KA, Carey AE, Wall DH, Virginia RA, Fountain AG, et al.. Groundwater seeps in Taylor Valley Antarctica: An example of a subsurface melt event. Annals of Glaciology. 2005;40:200-206.

Doran PT, Clow GD, Fritsen CH, McKay CP, Parsons AN, Priscu JC, et al.. Comment on ``El Niño suppresses Antarctic warming'' by N. Bertler et al. Geophysical Research Letters. 2005;32(7):L07706.

Barrett JE, Virginia RA, Parsons AN, Wall DH. Potential soil organic matter turnover in Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research [Internet]. 2005;37(1):108-117. http://instaar.metapress.com/content/e653225425230175/

Treonis AM, Wall DH, Virginia RA. Invertebrate diversity in Taylor Valley soils and sediments. Antarctic Journal of the United States. 2005;33:13-16.

Bamforth S, Wall DH, Virginia RA. Distribution and diversity of soil protozoa in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica. Polar Biology. 2005;28:756-762.

Parsons AN, Barrett JE, Wall DH, Virginia RA. Soil carbon dioxide flux from Antarctic Dry Valley soils. Ecosystems. 2004;7(3):286-295.

Porazinska D, Fountain AG, Nylen TH, Tranter M, Virginia RA, Wall DH. The Biodiversity and Biogeochemistry of Cryoconite Holes from McMurdo Dry Valley Glaciers, Antarctica. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research. 2004;36(1):84-91.

Barrett JE, Virginia RA, Wall DH, Parsons AN, Powers LE, Burkins MB. Variation in biogeochemistry and soil biodiversity across spatial scales in a polar desert. Ecology. 2004;85(11):3105-3118.

D. Bate B. Soil phosphorus dynamics in Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Dartmouth College; 2004.

Moorhead DL, Barrett JE, Virginia RA, Wall DH, Porazinska D. Organic matter and soil biota of upland wetlands in Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Polar Biology. 2003;26:1009-1019.

Moorhead DL, Wall DH, Virginia RA, Parsons AN. Distribution and life cycle of Scottnema lindsayae (Nematoda) in Antarctic soils: A modeling analysis of tempaerature responses. Polar Biology. 2002;25:118-125.

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.

Doran PT, Priscu JC, W. Lyons B, Walsh JE, Fountain AG, McKnight DM, et al.. Antarctic climate cooling and terrestrial ecosystem response. Nature. 2002;415(6871):517-520.

Porazinska D, Wall DH, Virginia RA. Population age structure of nematodes in the Antarctic Dry Valleys: perspectives on time, space, and habitat suitability. Arctic,Antarctic, and Alpine Research. 2002;34:159-168.

Gooseff MN, Barrett JE, Doran PT, Fountain AG, W. Lyons B, Parsons AN, et al.. Snow patch influence on soil biogeochemical processes and invertebrate distribution in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research [Internet]. 2002;35(1):91-99. http://instaar.metapress.com/content/r086455ju7213711/

Porazinska D, Wall DH, Virginia RA. Invertebrates in ornithogenic soils at Ross Island, Antarctica. Polar Biology. 2002;25:569-574.

Treonis AM, Wall DH, Virginia RA. Field and microcosm studies of decomposition and soil biota in a cold dessert soil. Ecosystems. 2002;5(159-170).

Walsh JE, Clow GD, Fritsen CH, McKay CP, Parsons AN, Doran PT, et al.. Recent Temperature Trends in the Antarctic. Nature. 2002;418:291-292.

Virginia RA, Wall DH. Basic Principles in ecosystem functioning. In: Levin S. Encyclopedia of Biodiversity. Academic Press; 2001. pp. 345-352.

Burkins MB, Virginia RA, Wall DH. Organic carbon cycling in Taylor Valley, Antarctica: Quantifying soil reservoirs and soil respiration. Global Change Biology. 2001;7:113-125.

Courtright E, Wall DH, Virginia RA. Determining habitat suitability for soil invertebrates in an extreme environment: The McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Antarctic Science. 2001;13:9-17.

Burkins MB, Virginia RA, C. Chamberlain P, Wall DH. The Origin of Soil Organic Matter in Taylor Valley, Antarctica: A Legacy of Climate Change. Ecology. 2000;81:2377-2391.

Treonis AM, Wall DH, Virginia RA. The use of anhydrobiosis by soil nematodes in the Antarctic Dry Valleys. Functional Ecology [Internet]. 2000;14(4):460-467. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1365-2435.2000.00442.x/full

Courtright E, Wall DH, Virginia RA, Vida J, Frisse L, Thomas W. Nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequence diversity in the Antarctic nematode Scottnema lindsayae. Journal of Nematology. 2000;322:143-153.

Wall DH, Virginia RA. The world beneath our feet: Soil biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. In Nature and Human Society: The Quest for a Sustainable World. National Academy of Sciences Press; 1999.

Treonis AM, Wall DH, Virginia RA. Invertebrate biodiversity in Antarctic Dry Valley soils and sediments. Ecosystems. 1999;2:482-492.

Wall DH, Virginia RA. Controls on soil biodiversity: insight s from extreme environments. Applied Soil Ecology. 1999;13:137-150.

Fountain AG, W. Lyons B, Burkins MB, Dana GL, Doran PT, Lewis KJ, et al.. Physical controls on the Taylor Valley Ecosystem, Antarctica. BioScience. 1999;49(12):961-972.

Powers LE, Ho M, Freckman DW, Virginia RA. Distribution, Community Structure, and Microhabitats of Soil Invertebrates along an Elevational Gradient in Taylor Valley. Alpine and Alpine Research. 1998;30(2):133-141.

Freckman DW, Virginia RA. Soil Biodiversity and Community Structure in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica, in Ecosystem Processes in a Polar Desert: The McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Antarctic Research Series. 1998;72:323-335.

Burkins MB, C. Chamberlain P, Virginia RA, Freckman DW. Natural abundance of carbon and nitrogen isotopes in potential sources of organic matter to soils of Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Antarctic Journal of the United States - 1996 Review Issue (NSF 98-28). 1998;31(2):209-210.

Courtright EM, Freckman DW, Virginia RA, W. Thomas K. McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER: Genetic diversity of soil nematodes in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica. Antarctic Journal of the United States - 1996 Review Issue (NSF 98-28). 1998;31(2):203-204.

Burkins MB, Virginia RA, Freckman DW, C. Chamberlain P. Carbon cycling in soils of the McMurdo Dry Valley region, Antarctica. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America Supplement. 1997;78(4):230.

Marion GM, Henry GHR, Freckman DW, Johnstone J, Jones G, Jones MH, et al.. Open-top Designs for Manipulating Field Temperature in High-Latitude Ecosystems. Global Change Biology. 1997;3(S1):20-32.

Freckman DW, Virginia RA. Low-diversity Antarctic soil nematode communities: distribution and response to disturbance. Ecology. 1997;78(2):363-369.

Brown MJ, Virginia RA, C. Chamberlain P. Sources and distribution of abundance of organic matter in the Dry Valley soils of southern Victoria Land, Antarctica. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America Supplement. 1996;77(3):56.

Ho M, Virginia RA, Freckman DW. Soil spatial variation along a toposequence in Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America Supplement. 1996;77(3):197.

Powers LE, Freckman DW, Virginia RA. Effects of human disturbance on soil nematode populations in Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America Supplement. 1996;77(3):360.

Powers LE, Freckman DW, Ho M, Virginia RA. McMurdo LTER: Soil properties associated with nematode distribution along an elevational transect in Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Antarctic Journal of the U.S. 1995;30(5):282-283.

Powers LE, Freckman DW, Virginia RA. Spatial Distribution of Nematodes in Polar Desert Soils of Antarctica. Polar Biology. 1995;15(5):325-333.

Ho M, Virginia RA, Powers LE, Freckman DW. Soil chemistry along a glacial chronosequence on Andrews Ridge, Taylor Valley. Antarctic Journal of the U.S. 1995;30(5):310-311.

Freckman DW, Virginia RA, Powers LE. Nematode biodiversity and survival in Antarctic Dry Valley soils. In SCAR 6th Biology Symposium. Venice, Italy; 1994.

Powers LE, Freckman DW, Virginia RA. Nematode biodiversity and community structure in Antarctic Polar Desert Soils. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. 1994;75:186.

Powers LE, Freckman DW, Ho M, Virginia RA. McMurdo LTER:Soil and nematode distribution along an elevational gradient in Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Antarctic Journal of the U.S. 1994;29(5):228-229.

Powers LE, Freckman DW, Virginia RA. Depth distribution of soil nematodes in Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Antarctic Journal of the U.S. 1994;29(5):175-176.

Powers LE, Freckman DW, Virginia RA. Survival of Scottnema lindsayae under extreme osmotic conditions. Society of Nematologists. 1994;.

Overhoff A, Freckman DW, Virginia RA. Life Cycle of the Microbivorous Antarctic Dry Valley Nematode Scottnema lindsaye Timm 1971. Polar Biology. 1993;13(3):151-156.

Freckman DW, Virginia RA. Extraction of nematodes from Dry Valley Antarctic soils. Polar Biology. 1993;13(7):483-487.

Freckman DW, Virginia RA. The ecology of nematodes in Antarctic Dry Valley soils. Antarctic Journal of the U.S. 1993;28:10-11.

Freckman DW, Virginia RA. Nematodes and soil properties in the Dry Valleys of southern Victoria Land, Antarctica. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. 1992;73(2):179.

Freckman DW, Virginia RA. Nematodes in Antarctic Dry Valley soils: extraction and distribution. Journal of Nematology. 1992;24:591.

Freckman DW, Virginia RA. Nematodes in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Southern Victoria Land. Antarctic Journal of the United States. 1991;26:233-234.

Freckman DW, Virginia RA. Nematode Ecology of the McMurdo Dry Valley Ecosystems. Antarctic Journal of the United States. 1990;25:229-230.