Physical, chemical and microbial community characteristics of lakes of the Larsenmann Hills, Continental Antarctica

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 209-230

  Ellis Evans, J Cynan ^a   Laybourn Parry, Johanna ^b   Bayliss, Peter R ^a   Perriss, Stephen J ^c  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BRACKISH LAKE; CILIATE; CYANOBACTERIA; DESMID; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NANOFLAGELLATE;

ANTARCTICA; LARSEMANN HILLS; PRINCESS ELIZABETH LAND;

CLADOCERA; COSMARIUM; DAPHNIOPSIS STUDERI; ROTIFERA;

EID: 0031960563     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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