Number of distinct taxa of eukaryotes identified from the Hans Tausen ice core, northern Greenland

Value 57 taxa
Organism Eukaryotes
Reference Price PB, Sowers T. Temperature dependence of metabolic rates for microbial growth, maintenance, and survival. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Mar 30 101(13):4631-6. p.4631 right column 4th paragraphPubMed ID15070769
Primary Source Willerslev E, Hansen AJ, Christensen B, Steffensen JP, Arctander P. Diversity of Holocene life forms in fossil glacier ice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 Jul 6 96(14):8017-21.PubMed ID10393940
Comments Willerslev et al. (primary source) identified 57 distinct taxa of eukaryotes from the Hans Tausen ice core, northern Greenland
Entered by Uri M
ID 108048