A Holocene moss species preserved in lake sediment core and the present moss diversity at Schirmacher Oasis, Antarctica

Antarctic Science

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 353-358

  Singh, S M ^a   Ochyra, R ^b   Pednekar, S M ^a   Asthana, R ^c   Ravindra, R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRE FOR ANTARCTIC AND OCEAN RESEARCH   (India)

^b POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c Antarctica Division Geological Survey of India ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Dronning Maud Land; Palaeobotany; Pohlia nutans; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; POHLIA NUTANS;

EID: 84898807138     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102012000211     Document Type: Article

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