McMurdo LTER Publications
Biotic interactions are an unexpected yet critical control on the complexity of an abiotically driven polar ecosystem. Communications Biology 2, (2019).
Biotic interactions in experimental Antarctic soil microcosms vary with abiotic stress. Soil Systems 3, (2019).
The hydroecology of an ephemeral wetland in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences (2019). doi:10.1029/2019JG005153
Nematodes in a polar desert reveal the relative role of biotic interactions in the coexistence of soil animals. Communications Biology 2, (2019).
Observed trends of soil fauna in the Antarctic Dry Valleys: early signs of shifts predicted under climate change. Ecology 99, 312 - 321 (2018).
Soil biological responses to C, N and P fertilization in a polar desert of Antarctica. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 122, (2018).
Spatial and temporal patterns of microbial mats and associated invertebrates along an Antarctic stream. Polar Biology 41, 1911–1921 (2018).
Stable C and N isotope ratios reveal soil food web structure and identify the nematode Eudorylaimus antarcticus as an omnivore–predator in Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Polar Biology 41, 1013–1018 (2018).
Stoichiometric Shifts in Soil C:N:P Promote Bacterial Taxa Dominance, Maintain Biodiversity, and Deconstruct Community Assemblages. Frontiers in Microbiology 9, (2018).
Decadal ecosystem response to an anomalous melt season in a polar desert in Antarctica. Nature Ecology & Evolution 1, 1334-1338 (2017).
Decoupled responses of soil bacteria and their invertebrate consumer to warming, but not freeze-thaw cycles, in the Antarctic Dry Valleys. Ecology Letters 20, 1242-1249 (2017).
Aerobiology Over Antarctica – A New Initiative for Atmospheric Ecology. Frontiers in Microbiology 776796194610314927235011365134445142846479110123936574, (2016).
Genetic diversity among populations of Antarctic springtails (Collembola) within the Mackay Glacier ecotone 1. Genome 59, 762 - 770 (2016).
Impact of diurnal freeze–thaw cycles on the soil nematode Scottnema lindsayae in Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Polar Biology 39, 583 - 592 (2016).
A roadmap for Antarctic and Southern Ocean science for the next two decades and beyond. Antarctic Science 27, 3 - 18 (2015).
Soil biodiversity and human health. Nature (2015). doi:10.1038/nature15744
( ) 55 - 78 (Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2014). doi:10.1007/978-3-642-45213-0_4
Ecological Biogeography of the Terrestrial Nematodes of Victoria Land, Antarctica. ZooKeys 419, 29 - 71 (2014).
Global-scale patterns of assemblage structure of soil nematodes in relation to climate and ecosystem properties. Global Ecology and Biogeography 23, 968 - 978 (2014).
Soil animal responses to moisture availability are largely scale, not ecosystem dependent: insight from a cross-site study. Global Change Biology 20, 2631 - 2643 (2014).
Antarctic Thresholds - Ecosystem Resilience and Adaptation (AnT-ERA), a new SCAR-biology programme. Polarforschung 82, 147-150. (2013).
The future of soil invertebrate communities in polar regions: different climate change responses in the Arctic and Antarctic?. Ecology Letters 16, 409 - 419 (2013).