An account of the vegetation of the far northern areas of the Soviet arctic. Includes data collected during research on high arctic areas already published as w

The first comprehensive review of the available information on the ecology of recently-deglaciated terrain, this volume evaluates critically the methodology emp

The arctic region is predicted to experience the earliest and most pronounced global warming response to human-induced climatic change. This book synthesizes in

Cyanobacteria make a major contribution to world photosynthesis and nitrogen fixation, but are also notorious for causing nuisances such as dense and often toxi