A chemotrophic ecosystem found beneath antarctic ice shelf

Eos

Volumn 86, Issue 29, 2005, Pages

  Domack, E ^a   Ishman, S ^b   Leventer, A ^c   Sylva, S ^d   Willmott, V ^e   Huber, B ^f  

^a HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CHEMOTROPHY; ICE SHEET;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 33644853536     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005EO290001     Document Type: Review

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