The "C.E.B.A.S. MINI-MODULE": A self-sustaining closed aquatic ecosystem for spaceflight experimentation

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 201-210

  Blum V ^a   Andriske, M ^a   Ludwig, Ch ^a   Paassen U ^a   Voeste, D ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEMS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM;

SPACE RESEARCH;

SPACE TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0037219178     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(02)00750-0     Document Type: Article

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