Ice shelf microbial ecosystems in the high arctic and implications for life on snowball earth

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 137-141

  Vincent, W F ^a   Gibson, J A E ^a   Pienitz, R ^a   Villeneuve, V ^a   Broady, P A ^b   Hamilton, P B ^c   Howard Williams, C ^d  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE; LAKE WATER;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ICE SHELF; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL MAT;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; ARCTIC CLIMATE; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CANADA; CILIATE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; ECOSYSTEM; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; FLAGELLATE; HELMINTH; LIFE; MELTING POINT; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

CANADA; ELLESMERE ISLAND; NUNAVUT;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROPHYTA; CILIOPHORA; CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); NEMATODA; ROTIFERA; TARDIGRADA; VERMES;

EID: 0034116269     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001140050692     Document Type: Article

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