Diversity of freshwater and terrestrial habitats and their oxyphototroph microflora in the Arctowski Station region, South Shetland Islands

Polish Polar Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 259-282

  Komárek, Ondřej ^a   Komárek, Jiři ^b  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Algae; Antarctica; Cyanobacteria; Diversity; Ecology; King George Island

Indexed keywords

ALGA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CYANOBACTERIUM; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT STRUCTURE; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 17644447165     PISSN: 01380338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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