Various ice ecosystems in alpine and polar regions - An overview

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 518, 2002, Pages 223-226

  Sattler, Birgit ^a   Wille, Anton ^a   Waldhuber, Sebastian ^a   Sipiera, Paul ^b   Psenner, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b Planetary Studies Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ECOSYSTEMS; ICE; MICROORGANISMS; PLANETS; SNOW;

POLAR REGIONS;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 0036766355     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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