Life Sciences and Space Research. Proceedings of the Open Meeting of the Working Group on Space Biology of the Twenty-First Plenary Meeting of COSPAR, Innsbruck, Austria, 29 May–10 June 1978

Content: 
Inside Front Cover, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
PREFACE, Page ix, Richard Holmquist
CLOSED REGENERATIVE LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS FOR SPACE TRAVEL: THEIR DEVELOPMENT POSES FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS FOR ECOLOGICAL SCIENCE, Pages 3-12, Daniel B. Botkin, Stephen Golubic, Bassett Maguire, Berrien Moore, Harold J. Morowitz, Lawrence B. Slobodkin
CLOSED ECOLOGY IN SPACE FROM A BIOENGINEERING PERSPECTIVE, Pages 13-26, Robert W. Krauss
TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENTS FOR NONTERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS, Pages 27-35, Jack M. Spurlock, Michael Modell
SERENDIPITOUS SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM OF CULTURING ARABIDOPSIS PLANTS IN SEALED CONTAINERS FOR SPACEFLIGHTS OF LONG DURATION, Pages 37-43, A.H. Brown, P. O'Dowd, L. Loercher, R. Kuniewicz, A.O. Dahl
CARBON SUBOXIDE POLYMER: AN EXPLANATION FOR THE WAVE OF DARKENING ON MARS, Pages 47-48,48A,49-51, V.I. Oyama, B.J. Berdahl, F. Woeller
IMPLICATIONS OF THE HYPOHYDROUS HISTORY OF MARS, Pages 53-58, V.I. Oyama, M.E. Lehwalt, B.J. Berdahl
EXPERIMENTAL SIMULATION OF THE VIKING LABELED RELEASE (LR) RESULTS WITH IRON-ADSORBED SMECTITE CLAY MINERALS, Pages 59-64, A. Banin, J. Rishpon
X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROMETRIC AND GAS EXCHANGE EVIDENCE FOR SURFACE OXIDATION OF MARTIAN REGOLITH ANALOGUES BY ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION, Pages 65-76, H.D. Holland, R.F. Quirk, T.R. Blackburn, G.P. Ceasar
THE EFFECTS OF ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT ON THE DEGRADATION OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS: A POSSIBLE EXPLANATION FOR THE ABSENCE OF ORGANIC MATTER ON MARS, Pages 77-86, J. Oró, G. Holzer
VOLCANISM AND SOIL MERCURY ON MARS: CONSEQUENCES FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROORGANISMS, Pages 87-91, B.Z. Siegel, S.M. Siegel
GROWTH OF FUNGI IN NaCl-MgSO4 BRINES, Pages 95-98, S.M. Siegel, B.Z. Siegel
MICROBIOLOGICAL FLORA AS A FUNCTION OF ICE DEPTH IN CENTRAL ANTARCTICA, Pages 99-103, S.S. Abyzov, N.E. Bobin, B.B. Koudriashov
MICROORGANISMS OF THE UPPER LAYER OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND THE PROTECTIVE ROLE OF THEIR CELL PIGMENTS, Pages 105-110, A.A. Imshenetsky, S.V. Lysenko, S.P. Lach
A SPECIAL PHOTOPRODUCT OF UV-IRRADIATED DNA IN VACUO, Pages 111-115, H. Bücker, C. Thomas, G. Horneck, K. Dose
THE COSMOS-782 AND PROGNOZ-4 STUDIES OF COSMIC RADIATION LET SPECTRA, Pages 119-122, E.E. Kovalev, V.V. Markelov
DOSIMETRIC AND BIOLOGICAL RESULTS FROM THE BACILLUS SUBTILIS BIOSTACK EXPERIMENT WITH THE APOLLO-SOYUZ TEST PROJECT, Pages 123-128, R. Facius, H. Bücker, G. Horneck, G. Reitz, M. Schäfer
GENETIC EFFECTS OF COSMIC RADIATION ON BACTERIOPHAGE T4Br+ (ON MATERIALS OF BIOLOGICAL EXPERIMENT “SOYUZ-APOLLO”), Pages 129-132, S.S. Yurov, I.G. Akoev, A.Kh. Akhmadieva, I.A. Livanova, G.A. Leont'eva, A.M. Marennyi, V.I. Popov
THE ACTION OF SPACE FLIGHT FACTORS ON THE RADIATION EFFECTS OF ADDITIONAL γ-IRRADIATION OF SEEDS, Pages 133-137, I.D. Anikeeva, E.N. Vaulina, L.N. Kostina
PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF CYTOS EXPERIMENT FLOWN IN SALYUT VI: INVESTIGATIONS ON PARAMECIUM AURELIA, Pages 139-144, H. Planel, R. Tixador, G. Richoilley, I.G. Nefedov, G. Gretchko
AUTHOR INDEX, Pages 305-306