Sea Ice Bacteria and Viruses

Sea Ice: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 247-282

  Deming, Jody W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance and distribution; Adaptations to sea ice; Bacterial and viral dynamics; Existence of bacteria in sea ice from Arctic and Antarctic samples; Particle size influencing entrainment; Sampling sea ice for study of bacteria and viruses; Sea ice bacteria and viruses; Study of colder sea ice examining micrometre scaled features of unmelted ice sections

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887217995     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444317145.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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