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Multidisciplinary research on Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island: a future benchmark for change in Maritime Antarctica

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 March 2013

Antonio Quesada ,
Antonio Camacho  and
W. Berry Lyons
Antonio Quesada*
Affiliation:
Departamento Biología, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain
Antonio Camacho
Affiliation:
Instituto Cavanilles de Biodiversidad y Biologia Evolutiva y Departamento de Microbiologia y Ecologia, Edificio de Investigación, Campus de Burjassot, Universitat de Valencia, E-46100 Burjassot, Spain
W. Berry Lyons
Affiliation:
School of Earth Sciences and Byrd Polar Research Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
*
antonio.quesada@uam.es
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Antarctic Science , Volume 25 , Issue 2: Byers Peninsula – A New Reference Site For The Maritime Antarctic , April 2013 , pp. 123 - 127
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