Determining habitat suitability for soil invertebrates in an extreme environment: The McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

Antarctic Science

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 9-17

  Courtright, Ericha M ^a,c   Wall, Diana H ^a   Virginia, Ross A ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Biodiversity; Dry valleys; Nematodes

Indexed keywords

COLD REGION; NEMATODE; SOIL PROPERTY;

ANTARCTICA;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA; ROTIFERA; VICTORIA;

EID: 0035077148     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102001000037     Document Type: Article

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