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2010
2010
Battleship Promontory, Beacon Valley, Lakes Bonney and Fryxell, Miers Valley
Dr. John Barrett
Virginia Tech
Transantarctic region further south, which represents a novel and extreme soil environment relative to current understanding of the ecology of extreme terrestrial ecosystems. Researchers will exercise an integrated approach to investigate relationships between variation in soil habitats (i.e., climate and
geochemistry) and biodiversity using a combination of molecular techniques and in situ assessment of biological activity in a quantitative biogeographical framework that will enable them to distinguish fine versus broad scale controls over microbial communities.