Airborne dispersal of antarctic terrestrial algae and cyanobacteria

Ecography

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 585-594

  Marshall, William A ^a   Chalmers, Matthew O ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA; DISPERSAL; WIND DISPERSAL;

ANTARCTICA;

PINNULARIA BOREALIS; PRASIOLA CRISPA;

EID: 0031406208     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1997.tb00427.x     Document Type: Article

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