Inland diatoms from the McMurdo Dry Valleys and James Ross Island, Antarctica

Botany

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1378-1392

  Esposito, R M M ^a   Spaulding, S A ^a,b,f   McKnight, D M ^a   Van De Vijver, B ^b   Kopalova K ^c   Lubinski, D ^a   Hall, B ^d   Whittaker, T ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b BOTANIC GARDEN MEISE   (Belgium)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^f FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Diatoms; Harshness endemism; Inland waters; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; DIATOM; DOMINANCE; ICE; ISLAND; LAKE; MELTING; MICROBIAL MAT; NEW SPECIES; POPULATION SIZE; SOLAR RADIATION; STREAMFLOW; TAXONOMY; VALLEY;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; JAMES ROSS ISLAND; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS; WEST ANTARCTICA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; LUTICOLA;

EID: 57549085934     PISSN: 19162804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B08-100     Document Type: Article

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