Interaction map between micro-environments and biological responses in terrestrial ecosystem of KGL01 in Barton Peninsula, King George Island

In order to comprehensively understand the Baton Peninsula terrestrial ecosystem where King Sejong Antarctic Research Station is located, multidisciplinary observations were conducted from 2017 to 2019 through the research project "Modeling biological responses of terrestrial organisms to changing environments on King George Island". For this purpose, we performed the continuous observation of meteorological elements such as soil moisture, temperature, and quantity of light, the reaction of vegetation with photosynthesis, and carbon dioxide fluxes.

Through a massive analysis of these observation data, a comprehensive relational map was prepared to identify the effects and quantitative relationships of various environmental factors on the physiological responses of Baton Peninsula organisms. Continuous observation data obtained during this process were 151,020 points for soil moisture and light volume, 453,060 points for temperature, 54,234 points for photosynthesis, and 9,524 points for carbon dioxide flux.