Antarctic Communities: Species, Structure, and Survival

B. Battaglia, José Valencia, D. W. H. Walton

Cambridge University Press, 1997 - Science - 464 pages

The study of Antarctic communities can provide a valuable step forward in investigating the control of community development, the utilization of habitats and the interaction among species in both species rich and species poor communities. This book contains chapters characterizing the present approaches to both aquatic and terrestrial communities in the Antarctic. From biodiversity to trophic flows, from ecophysiological strategies to the impacts of environmental change and the effects of human disturbance, this volume provides an up to the minute overview of community studies in an area covering ten percent of the Earth's surface.

Contents

• Contributors: 2
• an overview: 3
• Diversity of lichens in Antarctica: 15
• Two polar Hydractinia species Cnidaria epibiotic: 22
• Genetic variation in populations of the moss Bryum: 33
• Genetic and ecological research on anisakid: 39
• Molecular phylogeny and evolution of Notothenioid fish: 45
• Prokaryotic Antarctic biodiversity: 51
• COMMUNITY STRUCTURE: 63
• B 107: 65
• Distribution of phytoplankton organic carbon in: 73
• Identification of dominant taxa in coastal Antarctic: 79
• Temporal variability of bacteria phytoplankton and zoo: 86
• Razouls S: 91
• Studies on dimethyl sulphide in Antarctic coastal: 93
• Distributions and dynamics of microbial communities: 101
• Abundance and distribution of larval krill Euphausia: 107
• Regoli F 409: 111
• Trophic flows in the benthic shelf community of: 118
• Factors governing phytoplankton and particulate: 135
• Feeding ecology of the Antarctic lamellibranch: 142
• species structure: 152
• Microbial communities in soils and on plants from: 162
• Environment and microbial communities in a tidal: 170
• Seasonal distribution of picocyanobacteria in: 178
• SURVIVAL MECHANISMS: 185
• Dietaryrelated mechanisms of survival in Euphausia: 193
• The role of antifreeze proteins in survival of Antarctic: 202
• Freezing resistance in Antarctic fish: 208
• An ontogenetic shift in the use of visual and non: 217
• Scudiero R 305: 224
• ADAPTIVE MECHANISMS: 249
• glucose6: 261
• Albergoni: 268
• 3118: 276
• Seasonality of feeding and lipid content in juvenile: 277
• Spatial and lifecycle changes in lipid and fatty acid: 284
• Temperature adaptation and regulations of citrate: 295
• Purification and characterization of atypical zinc: 305
• Ecophysiological strategies of terrestrial arthropods: 316
• Developmental changes and diurnal and seasonal: 328
• HUMAN IMPACT AND ENVIRONMENTAL: 339
• Ecological variability in Antarctic coastal: 349
• Climate change in Kerguelen Islands and colonization: 358
• Impacts of ozone depletion on Antarctic organisms: 367
• Effects of solar ultraviolet radiation on primary: 375
• POSTSCRIPT: 453

About the author

Professor David Walton began work in 1967 with the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). He is now an Emeritus Fellow at BAS, publishing papers and books on many aspects of Antarctica. Professor Walton represented the international Antarctic scientific community at Antarctic Treaty Meetings for 14 years and was awarded the first SCAR medal for International Scientific Coordination. He was also awarded a Polar Medal by the Queen. The author of more than 100 scientific papers, and more than 250 reviews, popular articles and reports, he has also written and edited several books and has been the editor in chief of the international journal Antarctic Science for the last 25 years.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Antarctic Communities: Species, Structure, and Survival
• Editors: B. Battaglia, José Valencia, D. W. H. Walton
• Contributors: B. Battaglia, International Council of Scientific Unions. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1997
• ISBN: 0521480337, 9780521480338
• Length: 464 pages
• Subjects: Science / Life Sciences / Ecology