Increases in soil moisture from snow packs may influence distribution and abundances of soil invertebrates. In this study, two snow fences were erected in Lake Fryxell and Lake Bonney basins to trap snow and examine the effects of increased snow pack on soil physical, chemical and biological properties.
Dataset Results
2001-01-11 to 2007-12-31
10.6073/pasta/c1b18ad7be26f91c547c1983b7cb952c
4011
During the 2017-2018 austral summer, a survey of soil invertebrate diversity and abundance was conducted throughout the Shackleton Glacier region of Antarctica to investigate whether habitat suitability, taxonomic diversity, and community composition follow predictable temporal patterns after the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). Soil samples were collected along elevation transects from twelve ice-free areas to capture maximum variation in soil properties, geochemistry, and surface exposure age.
Date Range:
2017-12-26 to 2018-02-06
Data sources:
DOI:
10.6073/pasta/644b1247645a0d9f334e949a19d597df
Dataset ID:
268