Timescales of growth response of microbial mats to environmental change in an ice-covered Antarctic lake

Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 151-176

  Hawes, Ian ^a   Sumner, Dawn Y ^b   Andersen, Dale T ^c   Jungblut, Anne D ^d   Mackey, Tyler J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic lake; Benthic communities; Cyanobacteria; Environmental change; Microbial mat

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898441406     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20797737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/biology2010151     Document Type: Article

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