Hypolithic colonization of opaque rocks in the arctic and antarctic polar desert

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 335-342

  Cockell, Charles S ^a,b   Stokes, M Dale ^c  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; COLONIZATION; DESERT; HABITAT CORRIDOR; MICROORGANISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLAR REGION; ROCK;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; CANADA; CORNWALLIS ISLAND; DEVON ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

EID: 33748778816     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2006)38[335:HCOORI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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