A frozen asset: The potential of flow cytometry in constraining the glacial biome

Cytometry Part A

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-7

  Irvine Fynn, Tristram D L ^a,b   Edwards, Arwyn ^a,c  

^a Centre for Glaciology (CfG) and Interdisciplinary Centre for Environmental Microbiology (ICEM)   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; ICE COVER; LETTER; LIMNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

FLOW CYTOMETRY; FRESHWATER BIOLOGY; HUMANS; ICE COVER;

EID: 84890859428     PISSN: 15524922     EISSN: 15524930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.22411     Document Type: Letter

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