Effects of gamma ray bursts in Earth's biosphere

Astrophysics and Space Science

Volumn 326, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-67

  Martin, Osmel ^a   Cardenas, Rolando ^a   Guimarais, Mayrene ^b   Peñate, Liuba ^a   Horvath, Jorge ^c   Galante, Douglas ^c  

^a CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF LAS VILLAS   (Cuba)

^b Marine Ecology Group   (Cuba)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biosphere; Ecosystems; Gamma ray burst; Regime shift

Indexed keywords

EID: 75749091106     PISSN: 0004640X     EISSN: 1572946X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10509-009-0211-7     Document Type: Article

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