Ecosystems on ice: the microbial ecology of Markham Ice Shelf in the high Arctic.

@article{Vincent2004EcosystemsOI,
  title={Ecosystems on ice: the microbial ecology of Markham Ice Shelf in the high Arctic.},
  author={Warwick F. Vincent and Derek Mueller and Sylvia Bonilla},
  journal={Cryobiology},
  year={2004},
  volume={48 2},
  pages={
          103-12
        }
}
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