@ARTICLE{Fischer_Zofia_Bioenergetical_1995,
 author={Fischer, Zofia},
 volume={vol. 16},
 number={No 3-4},
 journal={Polish Polar Research},
 pages={213-232},
 howpublished={online},
 year={1995},
 publisher={Polish Academy of Sciences},
 publisher={Committee on Polar Research},
 abstract={Studies were performed in the summer of 1989 in the vicinity of the Polish Polar Station at Hornsund, Svalbard, in an attempt to characterize the functioning of selected tundra soils in terms of bioenergetics. The intensity of bioenergetical processes in the soil was evaluated by the rates of O2 consumption and CO2 production, measured in the laboratory under controlled hydrothermic conditions. Soils metabolic processes are markedly correlated with soil water content and dependent upon soil structure, water capacity and character of plant cover. The strongest correlation was observed in the more aerated soils with small water capacity and without vegetation. The respiratory quotient (RQ) decreased with the growth of soil moisture content. Soil metabolic activity began directly after the summer melting of the ground, when the soil temperature reached 0°C, and ceased in autumn, when temperatures fell below 0°C again.},
 type={Article},
 title={Bioenergetical description of selected tundra soilsin Hornsund, Svalbard},
 URL={http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/111003/PDF-MASTER/1995-3-4_213-232.pdf},
 keywords={Arctic, Spitsbergen, tundra soils, bioenergetics},
}