Sea ice

Life at Extremes: Environments, Organisms and Strategies for Survival

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 62-80

  Thomas, David N ^a,b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

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