The Disappearing Cryosphere: Impacts and Ecosystem Responses to Rapid Cryosphere Loss
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Author(s): Andrew G. Fountain, John L. Campbell, Edward A. G. Schuur, Sharon E. Stammerjohn, Mark W. Williams, Hugh W. Ducklow Reviewed work(s): Source: BioScience, Vol. 62, No. 4 (April 2012), pp. 405-415 Published by: University of California Press on behalf of the American Institute of Biological Sciences Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/bio.2012.62.4.11 . Accessed: 11/04/2012 12:35
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