Cell structure and physiology of alpine snow and ice algae

Plants in Alpine Regions: Cell Physiology of Adaption and Survival Strategies

Volumn 9783709101360, Issue , 2012, Pages 175-185

  Remias, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-0136-0_13     Document Type: Chapter

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