The cryptoendolithic microbial environment in the Ross Desert of Antarctica: Light in the photosynthetically active region

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 271-289

  Nienow, James A ^a   McKay, Christopher P ^b   Friedmann, E Imre ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; GEOLOGY; GREEN ALGA; LIGHT; METABOLISM; NASA CENTER ARC; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NASA DISCIPLINE NUMBER 52-30; NASA PROGRAM EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER; PHOTON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

NASA CENTER ARC; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NASA DISCIPLINE NUMBER 52-30; NASA PROGRAM EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ALGAE, GREEN; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGI; GEOLOGY; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHOTONS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; QUARTZ; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0024274894     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: 1432184X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02011700     Document Type: Article

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