Monitoring and identification of airborne fungi at historic locations on Ross Island, Antarctica

Polar Science

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 275-283

  Duncan, Shona M ^a   Farrell, Roberta L ^a   Jordan, Neville ^b   Jurgens, Joel A ^a,c   Blanchette, Robert A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b Antarctic Heritage Trust   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

'Heroic Era'; Fungi; Polar biology

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLING; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CULTIVATION; FUNGUS; MORPHOLOGY; POLLUTION CONTROL; SURVIVAL;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; ROSS ISLAND;

ANTARCTOMYCES PSYCHROTROPHICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CADOPHORA; CLADOSPORIUM; CLADOSPORIUM CLADOSPORIOIDES; FUNGI; GEOMYCES; PSEUDEUROTIUM DESERTORUM; PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 77956443858     PISSN: 18739652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polar.2010.03.008     Document Type: Article

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