Marine bacteria in deep Arctic and Antarctic ice cores: A proxy for evolution in oceans over 300 million generations

Biogeosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3799-3815

  Price, P B ^a   Bay, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; CALIBRATION; CHLOROPHYLL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYANOBACTERIUM; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GENOME; ICE CORE; POLAR REGION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC;

EID: 84867471558     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-9-3799-2012     Document Type: Article

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