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The Biodiversity and Biogeochemistry of Cryoconite Holes from McMurdo Dry Valley Glaciers, Antarctica

D. L. Porazinska Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1499, U.S.A. Current address for D. L. Porazinska: Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center, University of Florida, FL 33314, U.S.A. mailto: [email protected]
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A. G. Fountain Departments of Geography and Geology, Portland State University, Portland, OR 97207-0751, U.S.A
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T. H. Nylen Departments of Geography and Geology, Portland State University, Portland, OR 97207-0751, U.S.A
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M. Tranter Bristol Glaciology Center, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1SS, U.K
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R. A. Virginia Environmental Studies Program, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, U.S.A
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D. H. Wall Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1499, U.S.A. Current address for D. L. Porazinska: Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center, University of Florida, FL 33314, U.S.A. mailto: [email protected]
Pages 84-91 | Received 01 Nov 2002, Published online: 28 Jan 2018

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