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The Soils of Antarctica

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Antarctic soils are vulnerable to disturbance due to their physical properties and naturally slow recovery rates that are suppressed by low temperatures and low availability of liquid moisture.

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Acknowledgments

We thank Professor Roberta Farrell for helpful comments on this chapter. This review was partially supported by funding from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (CO9X1001).

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O’Neill, T.A., Aislabie, J., Balks, M.R. (2015). Human Impacts on Soils. In: Bockheim, J. (eds) The Soils of Antarctica. World Soils Book Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05497-1_15

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