Ecosystems on ice: The microbial ecology of Markham Ice Shelf in the high Arctic

Cryobiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 103-112

  Vincent, Warwick F ^a   Mueller, Derek R ^a   Bonilla, Sylvia ^a,b  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Algae; Arctic; Cryo ecosystems; Cyanobacteria; Extremophiles; Ice; Lutein; Microbiology; Pigments; Polar; Scytonemin; Snowball Earth

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL A; CHLOROPHYLL B; ECHINENONE; ORGANIC MATTER; WATER; XANTHOPHYLL;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; CONFERENCE PAPER; COOLING; CYANOBACTERIUM; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GLACIER; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID; LOW TEMPERATURE; MICROFLORA; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NOSTOC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA ICE; SOLAR RADIATION; SUMMER; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ALGAE; ARCTIC REGIONS; BIOMASS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CYANOBACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ICE; NUNAVUT; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CHLOROSARCINOPSIS; CYANOBACTERIA; GLOEOCAPSA; LEPTOLYNGBYA; NOSTOC; PALMELLOPSIS; PHORMIDIUM; PLEURASTRUM;

EID: 1842684457     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2004.01.006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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