Biodiversity in extreme aquatic environments: Lakes, ponds and streams of the Ross Sea sector, Antarctica

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1451-1471

  Vincent, W F ^a   James, M R ^b  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

algae; Antarctica; cyanobacteria; freshwater; limnology; microbial; polar; protozoa

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY;

ANTARCTICA, ROSS SEA SECTOR;

ALGAE; CRUSTACEA; CYANOBACTERIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; OSCILLATORIACEAE;

EID: 0030301478     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00051987     Document Type: Article

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