Limnological conditions in subglacial Lake Vostok, Antarctica

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2485-2501

  Christner, Brent C ^a,f   Royston Bishop, George ^b   Foreman, Christine M ^a   Arnold, Brianna R ^a   Tranter, Martyn ^b   Welch, Kathleen A ^c   Lyons, W Berry ^c   Tsapin, Alexandre I ^d   Studinger, Michael ^e   Priscu, John C ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^f LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; HIGH PRESSURE; ICE CORE; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LIMNOLOGY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYLOGENETICS; RNA; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; SURFACE WATER;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; LAKE VOSTOK;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 33845403823     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2006.51.6.2485     Document Type: Article

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