Considerations in miniaturizing simplified agro-ecosystems for advanced life support

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 99-108

  Volk, Tyler ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CELSS; Crop growth; Mathematical modeling; Mesocosm; Space agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; CROP; GOVERNMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; NASA DISCIPLINE LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS; NON-NASA CENTER; PHYSIOLOGY; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SPACE FLIGHT; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

NASA DISCIPLINE LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS; NON-NASA CENTER;

AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS, CLOSED; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RESEARCH; SPACE FLIGHT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030309974     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0925-8574(95)00053-4     Document Type: Article

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