A chemoautotrophically based cave ecosystem

Science

Volumn 272, Issue 5270, 1996, Pages 1953-1954

  Sarbu, Serban M ^a   Kane, Thomas C ^a   Kinkle, Brian K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GROUND WATER; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INVERTEBRATA;

CAVE ECOSYSTEM; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; GROUNDWATER; MICROBIAL MAT;

ROMANIA, MOVILE CAVE;

EID: 0029661472     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.272.5270.1953     Document Type: Article

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32. +. Support and assistance were provided by the "E. Racovita" Speleological Institute and the GESS Group for field work in Romania. The Cave Research Foundation, the Fulbright Program, the Romanian Academy of Sciences (grant 3919-95), the National Geographic Society (grants 4639-91 and 5460-95), the NSF (grant DEB-9420033), and the National Speleological Society provided financial support.