Due to the benefits to the ecosystem there is a growing incentive to limit management interventions of stranded whales. This study was conducted to test the impact of a stranded whale carcass decomposing in a natural dune ecosystem and to gain experience in managing a beached whale carcass. A 4.70 m male juvenile minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata carcass washed up on the western side of the uninhabited island Rottumerplaa...

Summary In alpine ecosystems, tannin‐rich‐litter decomposition occurs mainly under snow. With global change, variations in snowfall might affect soil temperature and microbial diversity with biogeochemical consequences on ecosystem processes. However, the relationships linking soil temperature and tannin degradation with soil microorganisms and nutrients fluxes remain poorly understood. Here, we combined biogeochemical and mol...