Biological activity on a decaying caribou antler at Cape Herschel, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, high Arctic Canada

Polar Record

Volumn 36, Issue 198, 2000, Pages 233-246

  Sutcliffe, Antony J ^a   Blake Jr , Weston ^b   Baker, Anne ^a   Blackith, Robert ^c   Ferry, Brian ^d   Hamilton, Paul ^e   Longton, Royce ^f   Marley, Nigel ^g   Miller, F L ^h   Pegler, David ⁱ   Smith, Ken ^a   Wanless, Fred ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^h ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

ⁱ ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; BIOTA; DECOMPOSITION; HORN;

CANADA; ELLESMERE ISLAND; NUNAVUT;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BRYOPHYTA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; INVERTEBRATA; RANGIFER TARANDUS; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0033914685     PISSN: 00322474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0032247400016491     Document Type: Article

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