Recent advances in sea-ice microbiology

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 605-619

  Mock, Thomas ^a   Thomas, David N ^b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; BACTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ICE COVER; MICROBIOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY;

ALGAE; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; ICE COVER;

EID: 17844400955     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2005.00781.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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