Antarctic Nutrient Cycles and Food WebsW. R. Siegfried, Patrick Richard Condy, Richard M. Laws Compilation of 92 of the 107 papers that were accepted for presentation at the Fourth SCAR Symposium on Antarctic Biology, held at Wilderness, South Africa, 12-16 September 1983. Papers cover nutrient cycling in terrestrial, marine and freshwater ecosystems in the Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic regions. Organized under five main sections: marine nutrient cycles; Terrestrial and freshwater nutrient cycles; Marine food webs; Terrestrial food webs; Interactions between marine, freshwater, and terrestrial systems. |
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Antarctic Biology 19741983 | 1 |
The Distribution of Inorganic Nitrogen Phosphorus Silicon and Dissolved | 22 |
A Contribution to the Oceanology of the Prince Edward Islands | 38 |
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abundance adult algae algal animals Antarct Surv Antarctic Nutrient Cycles Antarctic waters Antarctica arctic bacteria benthic Berlin Heidelberg 1985 biomass birds breeding chicks chlorophyll chlorophyll-a concentrations consumption copepods Crabeater Seals Croxall Crozet Cycles and Food decrease density depth diatoms diet distribution ecology ecosystems El-Sayed energy estimates Euphausia superba euphausiids feeding fish food webs Fur Seals growth heterotrophic Kerguelen lakes larvae Leopard Seals levels Marion Island metabolism microbial moulting NH4+ occur organic oxygen P.R. Condy pack-ice particles peat pelagic penguins Petrel phosphate phytoplankton plankton plant Polar population predators prey primary production Prince R.M. Laws region Ross Sea samples Scotia Sea sea-ice seabirds seasonal sediments Signy Island soil South Georgia South Orkney Islands Southern Ocean species specimens squid Station stomachs studies Sub-Antarctic surface swarms Table temperature terrestrial tion trophic W.R. Siegfried water column Weddell Sea whales zone zooplankton