Carbon transformations in a perennially ice-covered Antarctic Lake

BioScience

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 997-1008

  Priscu, John C ^a   Wolf, Craig F ^a   Takacs, Cristina D ^a   Fritsen, Christian H ^b   Laybourn Parry, Johanna ^c   Roberts, Emily C ^c   Sattler, Birgit ^d   Lyons, W Berry ^e  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

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EID: 0032745110     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/bisi.1999.49.12.997     Document Type: Article

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