Microbial Life of Cave Systems
1st Edition
Published on 16. October 2015
XV, 335 pages
978-3-11-038952-4 (ISBN)
Description
The earth's subsurface contains abundant and active microbial biomass, living in water, occupying pore space, and colonizing mineral and rock surfaces. Caves are one type of subsurface habitat, being natural, solutionally- or collapse-enlarged openings in rock. Within the past 30 years, there has been an increase in the number of microbiology studies from cave environments to understand cave ecology, cave geology, and even the origins of life. By emphasizing the microbial life of caves, and the ecological processes and geological consequences attributed to microbes, this book provides the first authoritative and comprehensive account of the microbial life of caves for students, professionals, and general readers.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin/Boston
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Edition type
Digital original
Illustrations
50 farbige Abbildungen, 15 s/w Tabellen, 50 s/w Abbildungen
50 b/w and 50 col. ill., 15 b/w tbl.
File size
14,38 MB
ISBN-13
978-3-11-038952-4 (9783110389524)
Schweitzer Classification
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