Subglacial lakes

Pearce, David (2012) Subglacial lakes. In: Life at extremes: environments, organisms and strategies for survival. CABInternational, pp. 122-137. ISBN 9781845938147

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Abstract

This chapter describes the geographic range, history and distribution of subglacial lakes. The extreme characteristics as well as the predicted diversity and community composition of life in subglacial lakes are discussed. Further, a number of existing studies in subglacial lakes along with the methods employed in the studies, are also presented. Finally, the chapter introduces the potentials of subglacial lake extremophiles in biotechnology.

Item Type:	Book Section
Subjects:	C500 Microbiology F700 Ocean Sciences
Department:	Faculties > Health and Life Sciences > Applied Sciences
Depositing User:	Becky Skoyles
Date Deposited:	22 Dec 2015 10:02
Last Modified:	12 Oct 2019 18:27
URI:	http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/25174

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