Book contents
- Life in Extreme Environments
- Ecological Reviews
- Life in Extreme Environments
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I Extreme environments: responses and adaptation to change
- Part II Biodiversity, bioenergetic processes, and biotic and abiotic interactions
- Part III Life in extreme environments and the responses to change: the example of polar environments
- Chapter Seven Life in the extreme environments of our planet under pressure
- Chapter Eight The ecophysiology of responding to change in polar marine benthos
- Chapter Nine The Southern Ocean: an extreme environment or just home of unique ecosystems?
- Chapter Ten Microorganisms in cryoturbated organic matter of Arctic permafrost soils
- Chapter Eleven Chemical ecology in the Southern Ocean
- Chapter Twelve Metabolic and taxonomic diversity in antarctic subglacial environments
- Part IV Life and habitability
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
- References
Chapter Ten - Microorganisms in cryoturbated organic matter of Arctic permafrost soils
from Part III - Life in extreme environments and the responses to change: the example of polar environments
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 September 2020
- Life in Extreme Environments
- Ecological Reviews
- Life in Extreme Environments
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I Extreme environments: responses and adaptation to change
- Part II Biodiversity, bioenergetic processes, and biotic and abiotic interactions
- Part III Life in extreme environments and the responses to change: the example of polar environments
- Chapter Seven Life in the extreme environments of our planet under pressure
- Chapter Eight The ecophysiology of responding to change in polar marine benthos
- Chapter Nine The Southern Ocean: an extreme environment or just home of unique ecosystems?
- Chapter Ten Microorganisms in cryoturbated organic matter of Arctic permafrost soils
- Chapter Eleven Chemical ecology in the Southern Ocean
- Chapter Twelve Metabolic and taxonomic diversity in antarctic subglacial environments
- Part IV Life and habitability
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
- References
Summary
Cryosols (permafrost-affected soils) cover more than 90% of the continuous permafrost zone in the Arctic (Tarnocai & Bockheim, 2011). They represent the dominant soil in the arctic and sub-arctic regions in Canada, Alaska and Russia but also occur in boreal and alpine regions. They can be classified into the static or organic Cryosols which develop on mineral or organic deposits, respectively.
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- Life in Extreme EnvironmentsInsights in Biological Capability, pp. 234 - 250Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020