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245 1 0 _aAntarctic Terrestrial Microbiology
_h[electronic resource] :
_bPhysical and Biological Properties of Antarctic Soils /
_cedited by Don A. Cowan.
264 1 _aBerlin, Heidelberg :
_bSpringer Berlin Heidelberg :
_bImprint: Springer,
_c2014.
300 _aVI, 328 p. 62 illus., 47 illus. in color.
_bonline resource.
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505 0 _aGeneral Introduction -- Bacterial Community Structures of Antarctic Soils -- Fungal Diversity in Antarctic Soils -- Invertebrates -- What Do We Know About Viruses in Terrestrial Antarctica? -- Microbiology of Eutropic Soil -- Fell-field Soil Microbiology -- Biological Soil Crusts -- Lithic Habitats -- Microbial Ecology of Geothermal Habitats in Antarctica -- Microbial life in Antarctic Permafrost Environments -- Primary Production and Links to Carbon Cycling in Antarctic Soils -- Climate Change and Microbial Populations -- Threats to Soil Communities: Human Impacts -- Antarctic Climate and Soils -- Antarctic Soil Properties and Soilscapes -- Origins of Antarctic Soils.
520 _aThis book brings together many of the world’s 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 ‘refuge’habitats, 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.
650 0 _aLife sciences.
650 0 _aGeology.
650 0 _aMicrobial ecology.
650 0 _aBacteriology.
650 0 _aMicrobial genetics.
650 0 _aMicrobial genomics.
650 1 4 _aLife Sciences.
650 2 4 _aMicrobial Ecology.
650 2 4 _aBacteriology.
650 2 4 _aMicrobial Genetics and Genomics.
650 2 4 _aGeology.
700 1 _aCowan, Don A.
_eeditor.
710 2 _aSpringerLink (Online service)
773 0 _tSpringer eBooks
776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
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856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45213-0
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