Stochastic and deterministic effects of a moisture gradient on soil microbial communities in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica

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Stochastic and deterministic effects of a moisture gradient on soil microbial communities in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica

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University of Waikato

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Antarctic soil supports surface microbial communities that are dependent on ephemeral moisture. Understanding the response to availability of this resource is essential to predicting how the system will respond to climate change. The McMurdo Dry Valleys are the largest ice-free soil region in Antarctica. They are a hyper-arid polar desert with extremely limited moisture availability. Microbial colonization dominates this ecosystem but surprisingly little is known about how communities respond...

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Research paper

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Journal article

Date created

2018

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Lee, Kevin C. / Caruso, Tancredi / Archer, Stephen David James / Gillman, Len N. / Lau, Maggie C.Y. / Cary, S. Craig / Lee, Charles Kai-Wu / Pointing, Stephen B.

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https://hdl.handle.net/10289/12574

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Science & Technology / Life Sciences & Biomedicine / Microbiology / Antarctica / dry valleys / hyporheic / oligotrophic / soil bacteria / soil fungi / water availability / NEUTRAL THEORY / SP-NOV / PHYLOGENETIC STRUCTURE / ICE SHELF / DIVERSITY / ECOLOGY / ECOSYSTEMS / BACTERIA / SEQUENCES / RICHNESS

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