Broll G, Tarnocai C, Mueller G. 1999. Interactions between vegetation, nutrients and moisture in soils in the Pangnirtung Pass area, Baffin island, Canada. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes 10: 265-277.
These authors examined soils from 6 pedons in Pangnirtung Pass, a north-south pass between mountains on Cumberland Peninsula. Three pedons were from moist soils, and three from dry soils. The moisture content drove a major difference in soil structure: dry soils are not cryoturbated, resulting in strong differences in nutrient content and mineralization rates.
The goal of the study was to compare in detail these differences between dry and moist soils. This seems very similar to my PhD goals surrounding examinations of Polar Desert soils. This study thus represents a possible template for some of my own investigations.
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