Environmental Protection and Stewardship of Subglacial Aquatic Environments

Antarctic Subglacial Aquatic Environments

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 149-157

  Doran, Peter T ^a   Vincent, Warwick F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Aquatic ecology Antarctica; Aquaticenvironments; Environmentalstewardship; Lakes; Subglacial; Subglacial lakes Antarctica Discovery and exploration; Subglacial lakes Antarctica History; Subglacial lakes Polar regions Discovery and exploration; Subglacial lakes Polar regions History; Water

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION TREES; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; WATER;

ANTARCTICA; AQUATICENVIRONMENTS; ENVIRONMENTALSTEWARDSHIP; POLAR REGIONS; SUBGLACIAL;

LAKES;

EID: 84910108478     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118670354.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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