Ross Sea Ecology: Italiantartide Expeditions (1987–1995)The Antarctic represents the last of the world's still unexplored continents. Since 1985, Italy has sent 10 expeditions to this region, three of those have been exclusively devoted to research on the marine ecology of the Ross Sea region. This volume presents a global picture of this research. It includes contributions on water mass characteristics, particulate organic matter and nutrient utilization, and physiological aspects of primary production. Further topics are zooplankton, krill and top predator interactions in relation to physical and biological parameters, ecological features of coastal fish communities and the spatio-temporal variability of benthic biocenoses. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
General Characteristics and Biogeochemical Processes | 15 |
Oxygen Isotope Characterization of Terra Nova Bay Seawater | 27 |
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Ross Sea Ecology: Italiantartide Expeditions (1987–1995) F.M. Faranda,L. Guglielmo,Adrianna Ianora Limited preview - 2012 |
Ross Sea Ecology: Italiantartide Expeditions (1987–1995) F.M. Faranda,L. Guglielmo,Adrianna Ianora No preview available - 2011 |
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AASW abundance Antarctic Antarctica assemblages austral spring austral summer Bay Ross Sea benthic biogenic biomass bloom bottom carbon cells chlorophyll coastal Commission for Antarctica concentrations continental shelf copepods cruise Data Rep Deep Sea Res density depth diatoms distribution Drygalski Ice Tongue ecology expedition Fabiano fish flux fraction Genova Guglielmo HSSW Innamorati Italian krill Lazzara marginal ice zone marine maximum McMurdo Sound melting microbial National Scientific Commission Nelson DM Nova Bay Ross nutrient observed Oceanogr Oceanographic Campaign organic matter ostracodes pack ice Phaeocystis phytoplankton plankton Polar Biol polychaetes polynya primary production ratio Ross Ice Shelf Ross Sea Saggiomo salinity samples sediments Smith WO Jr Southern Ocean spatial species stations surface layer swarms Table temperature Terra Nova Bay tion transect Trematomus values vertical Victoria Land water column water masses Weddell Sea western Ross Sea zooplankton