Food production and nutrition in Biosphere 2: Results from the first mission September 1991 to September 1993

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Using a Closed Ecological System to Study Earth's Biosphere

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Life Sciences, Biology, Ecology +15

Design of a Controlled Ecological Life Support System

Steven H. Schwartzkopf · BioScience · 1992 · 58 citations

Social Sciences, Design, Decision Support Systems +7

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