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Original Articles

Thermodynamic Constraints on Microbially Mediated Processes in Lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

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Pages 221-237 | Received 01 Feb 2003, Accepted 01 Nov 2003, Published online: 17 Aug 2010

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