Pedogenic and microbial interrelation in initial soils under semiarid climate on James Ross Island, Antarctic Peninsula region

Meier, Lars A.; Krauze, Patryk; Prater, Isabel; Horn, Fabian; Schaefer, Carlos E. G. R.; Scholten, Thomas; Wagner, Dirk; Mueller, Carsten W.; Kühn, Peter

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-2481-2019

Articles | Volume 16, issue 12

Biogeosciences, 16, 2481–2499, 2019

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-2481-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Biogeosciences, 16, 2481–2499, 2019

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-2481-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 12

Research article 21 Jun 2019

Research article | 21 Jun 2019

Pedogenic and microbial interrelation in initial soils under semiarid climate on James Ross Island, Antarctic Peninsula region

Lars A. Meier et al.

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RC1: 'Peer review of manuscript', Anonymous Referee #1, 06 Jan 2019
- SC1: 'Response to Referee Comments #1', Lars Arne Meier, 14 Jan 2019
- AC1: 'Response to reviewer comments on manuscript bg-2018-488: “From substrate to soil in a pristine environment – pedochemical, micromorphological and microbiological properties from soils on James Ross Island, Antarctica”', Lars Arne Meier, 26 Apr 2019
RC2: 'Referee comment', Anonymous Referee #2, 11 Feb 2019
- SC2: 'Response to Referee Comments #2', Lars Arne Meier, 21 Feb 2019
- AC2: 'Response to reviewer comments on manuscript bg-2018-488: “From substrate to soil in a pristine environment – pedochemical, micromorphological and microbiological properties from soils on James Ross Island, Antarctica”', Lars Arne Meier, 26 Apr 2019

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (27 Apr 2019) by Andreas Richter

AR by Lars Arne Meier on behalf of the Authors (15 May 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (20 May 2019) by Andreas Richter

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (20 May 2019)

ED: Publish as is (31 May 2019) by Andreas Richter

Short summary

James Ross Island offers the opportunity to study the undisturbed interplay of microbial activity and pedogenesis. Soils from two sites representing coastal and inland conditions were chosen and analyzed with a wide range of techniques to describe soil properties. We are able to show that coastal conditions go along with more intense weathering and therefore favor soil formation and that microbial communities are initially more affected by weathering and structure than by chemical parameters.