Arctic Soil Biology

Relevant publications

Cheng, W., R.A. Virginia, S.F. Oberbauer, J.D. Tenhunen, C.T. Gillespie, J.F. Reynolds. 1998. Soil nitrogen, microbial biomass and respiration along an arctic toposequence. Soil Science Society of America Journal 62:654-662. PDF
Oberbauer, S.F., C.T. Gillespie, W. Cheng, A. Sala, R. Gebauer, J.D. Tenhunen. 1996. Diurnal and seasonal patterns of ecosystem CO₂ efflux from upland tundra in the foothills of the Brooks range, Alaska. Arctic and Alpine Research 28:328-338. PDF
Oberbauer, S.F., W. Cheng, C.T. Gillespie, C.T. Ostendoref, A. Sala, R Gebauer, R.A. Virginia, J.D. Tenhunen. 1996. Landscape patterns of carbon dioxide exchange in tundra ecosystems. In Reynolds, J.F., J.D. Tenhunen (eds.). Landscape Function and Disturbance in Arctic Tundra, Ecological Studies Series 120, pp. 223-252. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany.
Cheng, W., R.A. Virginia. 1993. Measurement of microbial biomass in arctic tundra soils using fumigation-extraction and substrate-induced respiration procedures. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 25:135-141. PDF
Oberbauer, S.F., C.T. Gillespie, W. Cheng, R. Gebauer, A. Sala Serra, J.D. Tenhunen. 1992. Environmental effects on CO₂ efflux from riparian tundra in the northern foothills of the Brooks range, Alaska. Oecologia 92:568-577. PDF