The role of soil algae in high arctic ecosystem development

Régions: Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut

étiquettes: biology, soil, vegetation, plants, arctic ecosystems, algae, polar desert

chercheur principal: Bliss, Lawrence (13)
Nᵒ de permis: 12449
Organisation: University of Washington
Année(s) de permis: 1993 1992 1991 1989 1988
Délivré: janv. 01, 1993
Équipe de projet: several assistants to be named

Objectif(s): To continue research on the development and function of ecosystems within a polar desert; to examine the relationship between soil algae and plants.

Description du projet: The researcher will continue his long term work on plants in a high arctic polar desert. More specifically, this study will examine the small organisms that live in the soil and how these organisms interact with and provide benefits to plants.