Overwintering strategies of Antarctic organisms

Environmental Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-19

  Cockell, Charles S ^a   Stokes, M Dale ^b   Korsmeyer, Keith E ^c  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Arctic; Overwintering; Polar; Winter

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347898703     PISSN: 11818700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/er-8-1-1     Document Type: Article

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