The broad-scale distribution of microfungi in the Windmill Islands region, continental Antarctica

Polar Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 92-100

  Azmi, O R ^a   Seppelt, R D ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; HUMAN DISTURBANCE; MICROFUNGI;

ANTARCTICA, WINDMILL ISLANDS;

CHRYSOSPORIUM; CHRYSOSPORIUM PANNORUM; MORTIERELLA; MYCELIA STERILIA; PENICILLIUM; PHOMA; THELEBOLUS MICROSPORUS;

EID: 0031952355     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003000050219     Document Type: Article

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