Biogeographic trends in antarctic lake communities

Trends in Antarctic Terrestrial and Limnetic Ecosystems: Antarctica as a Global Indicator

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 71-99

  Gibson, J A E ^a   Wilmotte, A ^b   Taton, A ^b   Van De Vijver, B ^c   Beyens, L ^c   Dartnall, H J G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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