Living in space: Results from biosphere 2's initial closure, an early testbed for closed ecological systems on Mars

Science and Technology Series

Volumn 86, Issue , 1996, Pages 363-390

  Nelson, Mark ^a   Dempster, William F ^b  

^a Institute of Ecotechnics   (United Kingdom)

^b EcoFrontiers   (United States)

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EID: 4243203276     PISSN: 02784017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
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