The ecology of snow and ice environments
By: Johanna Laybourn-Parry, Martyn Tranter and Andrew J. Hodson
Contributors: Tranter, M. (Martyn); Hodson, Andrew J.
Publisher: Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 179
ISBN-13: 9780199583072; 9780199583089
Subjects: Snow ecology; Glaciology
Description: This title draws together the current knowledge on life in snow and ice environments, describing these often complex and highly productive ecosystems, their physical and chemical conditions and the nature and activity of the organisms that have colonised them.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-171) and index.
Table of contents: title: An introduction to ice environments and their biology; title: Snow; title: Ice surface environments; title: Sea and lake ice; title: Subglacial environments; title: Astrobiology; title: Future directions.