Mineral substrate quality determines the initial soil microbial development in front of the Nordenskiöldbreen, Svalbard

0576667 - BÚ 2024 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Luláková, P. - Šantrůčková, H. - Elster, Josef - Hanáček, M. - Kotas, P. - Meador, Travis Blake - Tejnecký, V. - Bárta, J.
Mineral substrate quality determines the initial soil microbial development in front of the Nordenskiöldbreen, Svalbard.
FEMS Microbiology Ecology. Roč. 99, č. 10 (2023), č. článku fiad104. ISSN 0168-6496. E-ISSN 1574-6941
Institutional support: RVO:67985939 ; RVO:60077344
Keywords : Arctic soils * biogeochemistry * deglaciation
OECD category: Ecology; Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7) (BC-A)
Impact factor: 4.2, year: 2022
Method of publishing: Open access
https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiad104

Substrate geochemistry is an important factor influencing early microbial development after glacial retreat on nutrient-poor geological substrates in the High Arctic. It is often difficult to separate substrate influence from climate because study locations are distant. Our study in the retreating Nordenskioldbreen (Svalbard) is one of the few to investigate biogeochemical and microbial succession in two adjacent forefields, which share the same climatic conditions but differ in their underlying geology. The northern silicate forefield evolved in a classical chronosequence, where most geochemical and microbial parameters increased gradually with time. In contrast, the southern carbonate forefield exhibited high levels of nutrients and microbial biomass at the youngest sites, followed by a significant decline and then a gradual increase, which caused a rearrangement in the species and functional composition of the bacterial and fungal communities.
Permanent Link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0346115