Seasonal availability of chemical nutrients on Signy Island

Northover, M.J.; Allen, S.E.. 1967 Seasonal availability of chemical nutrients on Signy Island. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, 252 (777). 187-189. 10.1098/rstb.1967.0010

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Abstract/Summary

This paper presents some preliminary results of an investigation into the seasonal variation of extractable n utrients in the soils of Signy Island. In an examination of British soils Allen & Grimshaw (1962) found that extractable phosphorus and ammonium -nitrogen concentrations increased as a result of prolonged freezing. In view of the importance of such phenomena to the soils of subpolar regions experiments were carried out on Signy Island over a complete season. Signy Island is particularly suitable for such a study because of the prolonged freeze during the winter months, and the oscillation of the soil temperatures around 0 °C during the rest of the year.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1098/rstb.1967.0010
ISSN:	2054-0280
Date made live:	05 Feb 2020 09:15 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/526725

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

10.1098/rstb.1967.0010

ISSN:

2054-0280

Date made live:

05 Feb 2020 09:15 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/526725