Dry Valley streams in Antarctica: Ecosystems waiting for water

BioScience

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 985-995

  McKnight, Diane M ^a,b   Niyogi, Dev K ^a   Alger, Alexander S ^c   Bomblies, Arne ^a   Conovitz, Peter A ^d   Tate, Cathy M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; NEMATODA; NOSTOC; OSCILLATORIA; PHORMIDIUM; PRASIOLA;

EID: 0032729118     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/bisi.1999.49.12.985     Document Type: Article

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