Biosphere 2 as voyage of discovery: The serendipity from inside

BioScience

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 259-263

  Walford, Roy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0036203693     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2002)052[0259:BAVODT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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