Life in Antarctic deserts and other cold dry environments : astrobiological analogs /

"The McMurdo Dry Valleys form the largest relatively ice-free area on the Antarctic continent. The perennially ice-covered lakes, ephemeral streams and extensive areas of exposed soil are subject to low temperatures, limited precipitation and salt accumulation. The dry valleys thus represent a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Doran, Peter T., Lyons, W. Berry, McKnight, Diane M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Colección:Cambridge astrobiology.
Temas:
Biotic communities > Antarctica.
Ecology > Antarctica.
Exobiology.
Exobiologie.
NATURE > Ecosystems & Habitats > Polar Regions.
Biotic communities.
Ecology.
Antarctica > Environmental conditions.
Antarctique > Conditions environnementales.
Antarctica.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Geologic analogies between the surface of Mars and the McMurdo Dry Valleys : microclimate-related geomorphic features and evidence for climate change / David R. Marchant and James W. Head III
  • The legacy of aqueous environments on soils of the McMurdo Dry Valleys : contexts for future exploration of Martian soils / J.E. Barrett, Michael A. Poage, Michael N. Gooseff, and Cristina Takacs-Vesbach
  • The Antarctic cryptoendolithic microbial ecosystem / Henry J. Sun, James A. Nienow, and Christopher P. McKay
  • Antarctic McMurdo Dry Valley stream ecosystems as analog to fluvial systems on Mars / Michael N. Gooseff, Diane M. McKnight, Michael H. Carr, and Jenny Baeseman
  • Saline lakes and ponds in the McMurdo Dry Valleys : ecological analogs to Martian paleolake environments / Jill Mikucki, W. Berry Lyons, Ian Hawes, Brian D. Lanoil, and Peter T. Doran
  • The biogeochemistry and hydrology of McMurdo Dry Valley glaciers : is there life on Martian ice now? / Martyn Tranter, Liz Bagshaw, Andrew G. Fountain, and Christine Foreman
  • Factors promoting microbial diversity in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica / Cristina Takacs-Vesbach, Lydia Zeglin, J.E. Barrett, Michael N. Gooseff, and John C. Priscu
  • Other analogs to Mars : high altitude, subsurface, desert, and polar environments / Nathalie A. Cabrol, Dale T. Andersen, Carol R. Stoker, Pascal Lee, Christopher P. McKay, and David S. Wettergreen.

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