Microbial reductive dehalogenation in Antarctic melt pond sediments

Antarctic Science

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 411-416

  Griffin, Benjamin M ^a   Tiedje, James M ^a  

^a Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Debromination; Dechlorination; Ross Sea

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BROMINE; DECHLORINATION; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; HALOGEN; MELT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROORGANISM; POND; SHELF SEDIMENT;

ANTARCTICA; BRATINA ISLAND; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO ICE SHELF; ROSS ISLAND;

EID: 35848965923     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102007000570     Document Type: Article

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