Strategy for modeling putative multilevel ecosystems on Europa

Astrobiology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 813-821

  Irwin, Louis N ^a   Schulze Makuch, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem; Europa; Extraterrestrial Life; Planetary Ocean

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROGEN; ICE; ION; METHANE; WATER;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIOLOGY; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; MICROCLIMATE; SEA; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; EARTH (PLANET); ECOSYSTEM; EXOBIOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; HYDROGEN; ICE; IONS; JUPITER; METHANE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; WATER;

EID: 4444318607     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/153110703322736114     Document Type: Article

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