Biodiversity and ecophysiology of bacteria associated with Antarctic sea ice

Antarctic Science

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 134-142

  Bowman, John P ^a   Brown, Mark V ^a   Nichols, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecophysiology; Psychrophilic bacteria; Psychrotolerant bacteria; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; HALOPHILIC BACTERIA; PSYCHROPHILIC BACTERIA; SEA ICE;

ANTARCTICA, VESTFOLD HILLS;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030619683     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0954102097000175     Document Type: Article

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