Experimental methods used in the NREL soil nematology lab
- Field sampling
- Antarctic dry valley soils – sampled for nematode extraction
- Antarctic dry valley soils – sampled for chlorophyll a analysis
- Nematode extraction and preservation
- Sugar centrifugation used on Antarctic dry valley soils
- Anhydrobiotic nematode extraction
- Formalin preservation
- Soil analyses
- Soil moisture
- Chlorophyll a
- Inorganic nitrogen
- Ammonium and nitrate
- Total N, total C, organic and inorganic C
- pH
- Electrical conductivity