Articles | Volume 16, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-2481-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-2481-2019
Research article
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21 Jun 2019
Research article |  | 21 Jun 2019

Pedogenic and microbial interrelation in initial soils under semiarid climate on James Ross Island, Antarctic Peninsula region

Lars A. Meier, Patryk Krauze, Isabel Prater, Fabian Horn, Carlos E. G. R. Schaefer, Thomas Scholten, Dirk Wagner, Carsten W. Mueller, and Peter Kühn

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (27 Apr 2019) by Andreas Richter
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ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (20 May 2019) by Andreas Richter
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (20 May 2019)
ED: Publish as is (31 May 2019) by Andreas Richter
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James Ross Island offers the opportunity to study the undisturbed interplay of microbial activity and pedogenesis. Soils from two sites representing coastal and inland conditions were chosen and analyzed with a wide range of techniques to describe soil properties. We are able to show that coastal conditions go along with more intense weathering and therefore favor soil formation and that microbial communities are initially more affected by weathering and structure than by chemical parameters.
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