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Coastally Restricted Forests part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This book discusses the ecology and management of freshwater forests limited to within 250 km of a seacoast in the temperate and boreal zones of the Northern Hemisphere. The chapters deal with a ...

Atlantic White Cedar Restoration Ecology and Management part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This book contains the proceedings of the Atlantic White Cedar Restoration Ecology and Management Symposium held at Christopher Newport University in 2000. Topics include history, natural history and ...

Priscu Research Group part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.montana.edu/lkbonney/
The Priscu Research Group, led by Professor John C. Priscu in the Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences at Montana State University focuses on the geomicrobiology, biogeochemistry, ...

Methane deep in ocean crust could feed chemical-hungry microorganisms part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.washington.edu/news/archive/id/3509
This University of Washington news article details the work of oceanographer Deborah Kelley regarding microorganisms found in "layer 3" of the ocean crust. These ...

Diversity, Ecology and Evolution of Microorganisms Inhabiting Hot Spring Microbial Mats part of SERC Web Resource Collection

https://amser.org/index.php?P=AMSER--ResourceFrame&resou...
This website is part of the Frontiers in Investigative Biological Research (FIBR) Project 'Do Species Matter in Microbial Communities?' led by Principal Investigator David Ward. Following ...

Limnological Methods for the McMurdo Long Term Ecological Research Program part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.montana.edu/priscu/documents/LTER-methods-web...
This comprehensive limnological methods manual (134-page PDF) from the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) program provides a step-by-step guide for several field experiments. Protocols include ...

Life in Extreme Environments (LExEn) Workshop Report part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www2.ocean.washington.edu/lexen/
This is a draft report of the Life in Extreme Environments (LExEn) workshop held at the National Science Foundation. It proposes questions such as: What conditions determine the limits of life? What ...

Microbiological Mining part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.spaceship-earth.org/REM/BRIERLEY.htm
This article originally published in Scientific American describes the newly recognized role of bacteria in the leaching of copper from low-grade ore.

Novel nano-organisms from Australian sandstones part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://minsocam.org/MSA/ammin/toc/Articles_Free/1998/Uwi...
This American Mineralogist scholarly paper (PDF format) reports the detection of living colonies of nano-organisms (nanobes) on Triassic and Jurassic sandstones and other substrates. Dr. Philippa ...

The microbes that 'rule the world' part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1569264.stm
This BBC News article provides general information on microorganisms that have been found 4 miles beneath the sea floor. These organisms are thought to influence climate and global chemical cycles ...