Illuminating subseafloor ecosystems using microbial tracers

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 144, Issue , 2004, Pages 291-303

  Holland, Melanie E ^a   Baross, John A ^b   Holden, James F ^c,d  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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EID: 33748782318     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/144GM18     Document Type: Chapter

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