BAS Bulletins (1963-1988)

Between 1963 and 1988 the British Antarctic Survey published a scientific journal, the British Antarctic Survey Bulletin. These are all now out of print but have been scanned and made available online.

Index

• BAS Bulletin No.1 — June 1963
• BAS Bulletin No.2 — December 1963
• BAS Bulletin No.3 — May 1964
• BAS Bulletin No.4 — September 1964
• BAS Bulletin No.5 — January 1965
• BAS Bulletin No.6 — April 1965
• BAS Bulletin No.7 — November 1965
• BAS Bulletin No.8 — May 1966
• BAS Bulletin No. 9 — October 1966
• BAS Bulletin No. 10 — December 1966
• BAS Bulletin No. 11 — February 1967
• BAS Bulletin No. 12 — May 1967
• BAS Bulletin No. 13 — September 1967
• BAS Bulletin No. 14 — December 1967
• BAS Bulletin No. 15 — March 1968
• BAS Bulletin No. 16 — July 1968
• BAS Bulletin No. 17 — October 1968
• BAS Bulletin No. 18 — December 1968
• BAS Bulletin No. 19 — March 1969
• BAS Bulletin No. 20 — June 1969
• BAS Bulletin No. 21 — November 1969
• BAS Bulletin No. 22 — December 1969
• BAS Bulletin No. 23 — May 1970
• BAS Bulletin No. 24 — June 1971
• BAS Bulletin No. 25 — September 1971
• BAS Bulletin No. 26 — October 1971
• BAS Bulletin No. 27 — January 1972
• BAS Bulletin No. 28 — June 1972
• BAS Bulletin No. 29 — August 1972
• BAS Bulletin No. 30 — October 1972
• BAS Bulletin No. 31 — December 1972
• BAS Bulletin No. 32 — February 1973
• BAS Bulletin No. 33 & 34 — April 1973
• BAS Bulletin No. 35 — June 1973
• BAS Bulletin No. 36 — August 1973
• BAS Bulletin No. 37 — December 1973
• BAS Bulletin No. 38 — April 1974
• BAS Bulletin No. 39 — December 1974
• BAS Bulletin No. 40 — March 1975
• BAS Bulletin No. 41 & 42 — December 1975
• BAS Bulletin No. 43 — November 1976
• BAS Bulletin No. 44 — December 1976
• BAS Bulletin No. 45 — May 1977
• BAS Bulletin No. 46 — June 1977
• BAS Bulletin No. 47 — March 1979
• BAS Bulletin No. 48 — June 1979
• BAS Bulletin No. 49 — January 1980
• BAS Bulletin No. 50 — October 1980
• BAS Bulletin No. 51 — September 1982
• BAS Bulletin No. 52 — December 1983
• BAS Bulletin No. 53 — June 1981
• BAS Bulletin No. 54 — September 1981
• BAS Bulletin No. 55 — January 1982
• BAS Bulletin No. 56 — July 1982
• BAS Bulletin No. 57 — October 1982
• BAS Bulletin No. 58 — February 1983
• BAS Bulletin No. 59 — May 1983
• BAS Bulletin No. 60 — August 1983
• BAS Bulletin No. 61 — November 1983
• BAS Bulletin No. 62 — February 1984
• BAS Bulletin No. 63 — May 1984
• BAS Bulletin No. 64 — August 1984
• BAS Bulletin No. 65 — November 1984
• BAS Bulletin No. 66 — February 1985
• BAS Bulletin No. 67 — May 1985
• BAS Bulletin No. 68 — August 1985
• BAS Bulletin No. 69 — November 1985
• BAS Bulletin No. 70 — February 1986
• BAS Bulletin No. 71 — May 1986
• BAS Bulletin No. 72 — August 1986
• BAS Bulletin No. 73 — November 1986
• BAS Bulletin No. 74 — February 1987
• BAS Bulletin No. 75 — May 1987
• BAS Bulletin No. 76 — August 1987
• BAS Bulletin No. 77 — November 1987
• BAS Bulletin No. 78 — February 1988
• BAS Bulletin No. 79 — May 1988
• BAS Bulletin No. 80 — August 1988
• BAS Bulletin No. 81 — November 1988

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BAS Bulletin No. 1 – June 1963

• Contents & Foreword
• The Human Element in Exploration
• An Ice Caldera in North-east Graham Land
• Meteorological Observations at Fossil Bluff, Alexander Island
• The Occurrence of the Beetle Hydromedion sparsutum (Mull). in a Peat Profile from Jason Island, South Georgia
• Geophysical Investigations in the Scotia Arc and Graham Land
• Vector Mean Winds at the Argentine Islands, Graham Land, 1954-58
• A Magnetic Survey of the Argentine Islands, Graham Land
• Block Terraces in the Neny Fjord Area, Marguerite Bay, Graham Land
• British Antarctic Survey Scientific Reports

BAS Bulletin No. 2 – December 1963

• Contents
• Polar Ships and Navigation in the Antarctic
• Studies on the Ice Cap of Galindez Island, Argentine Islands
• Observations of Birds and Seals at Anvers Island, Palmer Archipelago in 1955-57
• The Sheathbill Chionis alba (Gmelin), at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands
• The Snow Accumulation Budget at Halley Bay in 1959, and Associated Meteorological Factors
• The W.N. Bonner Collection of Plants from South Georgia

BAS Bulletin No. 3 – May 1964

• Contents
• The Absolute and Relative Movement and Regime of the Brunt Ice Shelf near Halley Bay
• An Experimental Introduction of Plants to the Antarctic
• Some Observations at the Tottanfjella, Dronning Maud Land
• An Organic Deposit from the Tottanfjella, Dronning Maud Land
• Cosmic Dust in the Antarctic
• A Magnetic Survey of the Lake Boeckella Area, Hope Bay, Graham Land
• An Ice Caldera near Hope Bay, Trinity Peninsula, Graham Land
• Polygyny and Super-normal Clutch Size in the Brown Skua, Catharacta skua lönnbergi (Mathews)
• British Antarctic Survey Scientific Reports

BAS Bulletin No. 4 – September 1964

• Contents
• Seismic Refraction Measurements in Bransfield Strait
• The Mapping of British Antarctic Territory
• Palaeomagnetism of Some Recent Volcanic Rocks from Tristan da Cunha
• Banded Gabbros of the Anagram Islands, Graham Land
• Upper Wind Frequencies at the Argentine Islands, Graham Land, 1954-58
• Orientated Dolerite Sample from Dronning Maud Land
• British Antarctic Survey Scientific Reports
• Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-58 Scientific Reports

BAS Bulletin No. 5 – January 1965

• Contents
• Glaciological Observations at Admiralty Bay, King George Island in 1957-58
• Morphology and Regime of the Brunt Ice Shelf and the Adjacent Inland Ice 1960-61
• British Naval Hydrographic Surveys in the Antarctic, 1948-64
• Additions to the Alien Flora of South Georgia
• Analysis of Visual Auroral Observations at Halley Bay, 1963
• Correspondence: Ice Calderas

BAS Bulletin No. 6 – April 1965

• Contents
• Cold Exposure and Patterns of Activity at a Polar Station
• Unusual Patterned Ground on Deception Island, South Shetland Islands
• Surface Deformation, Absolute Movement and Mass Balance of the Brunt Ice Shelf near Halley Bay, 1961
• Observations of Testate Amoebae (Protozoa: Rhizopoda) from Signy Island, South Orkney Islands
• Note on the Remanent Magnetism of Some Upper Jurassic Lavas from the Argentine Islands
• Observations on Snow Accumulation Patterns at Adelaide Island
• The Occurrence of Rifts in the Larsen Ice Shelf near Cape Disappointment
• Some Observations on Sea-Level Changes in the James Ross Island Group
• Short Notes: Occurrence of Stray Land Birds in Drake Passage and the South Orkney Islands
• Correspondence: Banded Gabbros of West Graham Land

BAS Bulletin No. 7 – November 1965

• Contents
• Geology of North-west Trinity Peninsula, Graham Land
• Revision of Gravity Links between South America and the Antarctic
• Some Recent Records of Native and Alien Flowering Plant from the Falkland Islands
• Aptian Cirripedes from Alexander Island
• Reconnaissance Gravity Survey of the Fallieres and Loubet Coasts, Antarctic Peninsula
• Description of a Bottom-sediment Sample Dredged from Halley Bay
• Food Requirements of Dogs on Antarctic Expeditions
• A Magnetic Survey in the Vicinity of Port Stanley, Falkland Islands
• Metamorphosed Limestone in the Trinity Peninsula Series of Graham Land
• Use of Aneroid Barometers for Height Determinations on the Larsen Ice Shelf

BAS Bulletin No. 8 – May 1966

• Contents
• Taxonomy and Morphology of Echinodermata from the Aptian of Alexander Island
• The Cape Pigeon Daption capensis Linnaeus at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands
• Reconnaissance Gravity and Magnetic Surveys of Part of the Larsen Ice Shelf and Adjacent Mainland
• Adult Survival Estimates for Two Antarctic Petrels
• Foraminifera from the Upper Cretaceous of James Ross Island
• Occurrence of Fossiliferous Upper Cretaceous Sediments at Cape Marsh, Robertson Island
• The Pelage of the Ross Seal
• Magnetic Survey of the Neny Bay Area, Marguerite Bay

BAS Bulletin No. 9 – October 1966

• Contents
• Some Cryptostigmata (Acari) from South Georgia
• Investigations of Patterned Ground at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands: Interpretation of Mechanical Analyses
• Coleoptera Collected in the South Orkney and South Shetland Islands
• Gravity and Magnetic Measurements on Starbuck and Stubb Glaciers
• Alien Vascular Plants on Deception Island, South Shetland Islands
• Palaeomagnetism of Some Lavas from the South Sandwich Islands
• Biological Investigations in Tottanfjella and Central Heimefrontfjella
• Geology of Part of Stonington Island, Marguerite Bay
• The Dykes of Anvers Island and Adjacent Islands
• The Activities of the Royal Naval Antarctic Survey Party, 1965-66
• British Antarctic Survey Scientific Reports

BAS Bulletin No. 10 – December 1966

• Contents
• Geology of the Nordenskjöld Coast and a Comparison with North-west Trinity Peninsula, Graham Land
• A New Species of Calvolia (Acaridae, Acarina) from the South Sandwich Islands
• Ammonites from the Upper Cretaceous of the James Ross Island Group
• Investigations of Patterned Ground at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands: Temperature Regimes in the Active Layer
• Botanical Studies in the Antarctic during the 1963-64 and 1964-65 Seasons

BAS Bulletin No. 11 – February 1967

• Contents
• Structural geology of part of south-eastern Alexander Island
• Analysis of visual auroral observations at Halley Bay, 1964
• Some aspects of the topography and glacierization of Adelaide Island
• Physiography and glacial geomorphology of Heimefrontfjella, Dronning Maud Land
• Some preliminary susceptibility anisotropy measurements on greywackes from the Trinity Peninsula Series of Graham Land
• Characteristics of geomagnetic continuous pulsations at Halley Bay in 1963
• The geochemistry of rocks from the Nordensköld Coast and north-west Trinity Peninsula, Graham Land
• Block terraces in the Adelaide Island area
• Short notes: Age of a dolerite from Dronning Maud Land; Stray birds at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands

BAS Bulletin No. 12 – May 1967

• Contents
• Investigations of patterned ground at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands: Miniature patterns, frost heaving and general conclusions
• The geology of Joinville Island
• Analysis of visual auroral observations at Halley Bay, 1965
• A preliminary investigation of the soils of Signy Island, South Orkney Islands
• Geomagnetic micropulsations recorded at Halley Bay, 1963-64
• A visit to South Georgia by Heinrich W. Klutschak
• Marine geophysics of the Scotia Ridge and Scotia Sea
• British Antarctic Survey Scientific Reports

BAS Bulletin No. 13 – September 1967

• Contents
• Trace fossils from the Fossil Bluff Series of Alexander Island
• Rhodacaridae and Parasitidae mites (Acarina: Mesostigmata) collected by the British Antarctic Survey, 1961-1964
• Adipose fat composition in young men in Antarctica
• An experiment in growing salad vegetables at an Antarctic station
• Historical and geological notes on Bouvetøya
• The problem of “Thompson Island”: volcanic eruptions and meteorological evidence
• Jurassic dolerites from the Falkland Islands and Dronning Maud Land
• Stress in polar exploration

BAS Bulletin No. 14 – December 1967

• Contents
• A probable Cretaceous invertebrate fauna from Crabeater Point, Bowman Coast, Graham Land
• Post-Aptian camptonite dykes in south-east Alexander Island
• Ecology of the fresh-water lakes of Signy Island, South Orkney Islands: Catchment areas, drainage systems and lake morphology
• A timed series of embryonic developmental stages of the Adélie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) from Signy Island, South Orkney Islands
• Chromosome numbers of Falkland Island angiosperms 
• Some seasonal trends in nutrient content of the soils of Signy Island, South Orkney Islands
• Short notes: Earth temperatures at Bird Island, South Georgia; South Georgia elephant seal found in South Africa

BAS Bulletin No. 15 – March 1968

• Contents
• The biology of Bouvetøya
• Breeding biology of the brown skua Catharacta skua lönnbergi (Mathews) at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands
• Skull of from Lagenorhynchus cruciger Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands
• In situ determinations of biological nitrogen fixation in Antarctica
• Temperature studies in a bore hole at southern Adelaide Island
• Blood analyses of some Antarctic fish
• Comparison between the weather at Bird Island and King Edward Point, South Georgia
• The status of Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddelli) at South Georgia

BAS Bulletin No. 16 – July 1968

• Contents
• A new Triassic flora from Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands
• Agonistic behaviour of the brown skua Catharacta skua lönnbergi (Mathews)
• Analysis of visual auroral observations at Halley Bay, 1966
• Notes on a specimen of Phocoena dioptrica from South Georgia
• Notes on the life history of Bovallia gigantia (Pfeffer) (Crustacea, Amphipoda)
• Larval stages of certain Antarctic fishes
• Short note: Erect-crested and rockhopper penguins interbreeding in the Falkland Islands

BAS Bulletin No. 17 – October 1968

• Contents
• Radio echo-sounding on the Brunt Ice Shelf and in Coats Land, 1965
• Slump-shear structures and mass-flow deposits in the Cretaceous sediments of south-eastern Alexander Island
• Observations on the ice caps of Galindez and Skua Islands, Argentine Islands, 1960-66
• Some Prostigmata (Acari) from Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, and Deception Island, South Shetland Islands
• Petrography of some Basement Complex rocks from Tottanfjella, Dronning Maud Land
• Petrology and provenance of the Cretaceous sediments of south-eastern Alexander Island
• Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey Scientific Reports and British Antarctic Survey Scientific Reports

BAS Bulletin No. 18 – December 1968

• Contents
• Authigenic prehnite, laumontite and chlorite in the Lower Cretaceous sediments of south-eastern Alexander Island
• Ecology of the fresh-water lakes of Signy Island, South Orkney Islands: Physical and chemical properties of the lakes
• Petrography of metamorphic rocks from the Inaccessible and Larsen Islands, South Orkney Islands
• Skin and oesophageal lesions in a sheathbill, Chionis alba (Gmelin) from Signy Island, South Orkney Islands
• The geology of Mannefallknausane and part of Vestfjella, Dronning Maud Land
• Short note: A report on the death of sheathbills Chionis alba (Gmelin) from Signy Island, South Orkney Islands;
• Short note: Unusual birds at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands;
• Short note: An early record of a pomarine skua in Marguerite Bay, Graham Land

BAS Bulletin No. 19 – March 1969

• Contents
• Surface elevations on the Larsen Ice Shelf
• Local acclimatization of the hands to prolonged cold exposure in the Antarctic
• Physiography of the Flask Glacier-Joerg Peninsula area, Graham Land
• Seasonal changes in body weight and skinfold thickness
• The marine origin of water-lain volcanic sediments of south-west Adelaide Island
• Inshore fishes from the South Orkney and South Shetland Islands, the Antarctic Peninsula and South Georgia
• Short note: Bacteriological survey in Antarctica

BAS Bulletin No. 20 – June 1969

• Contents
• A physical, chemical and biological investigation of some fresh-water pools on Signy Island, South Orkney Islands
• Further data on Antarctic Usneaceae
• Analysis of visual auroral observations at Halley Bay, 1967
• Ketonuria in the Antarctic: a preliminary study
• Ketonuria in the Antarctic: a detailed study
• British Antarctic Survey annual report, 1967-68

BAS Bulletin No. 21 – November 1969

• Contents
• Veterinary studies on the British Antarctic Survey’s sledge dogs: Survey of diseases and accidents
• Calcareous concretions in the Lower Cretaceous sediments of south-eastern Alexander Island 
• Food, moult and age of first breeding in the Cape Pigeon Daption capensis Linnaeus
• Ice-movement measurements in the Theron Mountains
• Morphology, petrology and provenance of pebbles from Lower Cretaceous conglomerates of south-eastern Alexander Island
• New records for Antarctic Umbilicariaceae
• Small tubiform fossils from the Lower Cretaceous of Alexander Island
• The effects of volcanic activity on the vegetation of Deception Island

BAS Bulletin No. 22 – December 1969

• Contents
• A new genus and species of marine leech, Glyptonotobdella antarctica from an Antarctic isopod
• Veterinary studies on the British Antarctic Survey’s sledge dogs: Occupational osteoarthritis
• Neohyadesia signyi (Hyadesidae: Acarina) a new genus and species from Signy Island, South Orkney Islands
• New records for South Georgian vascular plants
• Sedimentology and palaeogeography of the Lower Cretaceous depositional trough of south-eastern Alexander Island
• Bouguer anomaly map of Graham Land
• The volcanic eruption at Deception Island, December 1967
• Ash mounds on Deception Island
• Short note: Trace-element values for dolerites from south-western Dronning Maud Land. 
• Short note: Weathering hollows in charnockite at Mannefallknausane, Dronning Maud Land

BAS Bulletin No. 23 – May 1970

• Contents
• Ecology of the fresh-water lakes of Signy Island, South Orkney Islands: biology of the copepod Pseudoboeckella silvestri Daday (Calanoida, Centropagidae)
• Studies in Colobanthus quitensis (Kunth) Bartl. and Deschampsia antarctica Desv.: Introduction
• The population dynamics and energy budget of Notothenia neglecta, Nybelin at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands
• Quantitative study of yeasts and bacteria in a Signy Island peat
• Some comments on the optical system of Pinnipedia as a result of observations on the Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddelli)
• Studies in Colobanthus quitensis (Kunth) Bartl. and Deschampsia antarctica Desv.: Taxonomy, distribution and relationships
• Reproduction in Notothenia neglecta, Nybelin
• Investigations of patterned ground at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands: Long-term experiments
• Short note: Chromosome numbers of Acaena from South Georgia.
• Short note:  Age of a camptonite dyke from south-east Alexander Island

BAS Bulletin No. 24 – June 1971

• Contents
• Feldspars from the Foyn and Bowman Coasts, Graham Land
• Notes on Antarctic lichens: New records from Buellia and Rinodina
• The variation of bright sunshine in the Antarctic Peninsula, 1945-66
• Raised marine features and phases of glaciation in the South Shetland Islands
• Short note: The white-phase giant petrel of the South Orkney Islands.
• Short note: Notes on Antarctic lichens: II. The genus Peltigera;
• Short note: Notes on Antarctic lichens: III. Cystocoleus niger (Huds.)
• British Antarctic Survey annual report, 1968-1969

BAS Bulletin No. 25 – September 1971

• Contents
• Growth form and water relation of mosses in the maritime Antarctic
• Isotope composition of strontium in Mesozoic basalt and dolerite from Dronning Maud Land
• The South Georgian species of Acaena and their probable hybrid
• Gastropoda from the Lower Cretaceous sediments of south-eastern Alexander Island
• Vegetation of the South Shetland Islands
• Inarticulate Brachiopoda from the Lower Cretaceous of south-eastern Alexander Island
• Lichens from the Theron Mountains
• Short notes: Notes on Antarctic lichens: IV. Lichens from Tottanfjella, Dronning Maud Land

BAS Bulletin No. 26 – October 1971

• Contents
• Studies in Colobanthus quitensis (Kunth) Bartl. and Deschampsia antarctica Desv.:III. Distribution, habitats and performance in the Antarctic botanical zone
• Scree benches around ice-dammed lakes in South Georgia
• Studies in Colobanthus quitensis (Kunth) Bartl. and Deschampsia antarctica Desv.:IV.  Distribution and reproductive performance in the Argentine Islands
• The geology of Matthews Island, South Orkney Islands
• Adaptation in the reproductive performance of Phleum alpinum L. at a sub-Antarctic station
• Short note: Notes on Antarctic lichens: V. The genus Ochrolechia Massal.
• Short note: Virus disease resembling puffinosis in the gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) on Signy Island, South Orkney Islands.
• Short note: Wilson’s phalarope (Steganopus tricolor) in the Antarctic

BAS Bulletin No. 27 – January 1972

• Contents
• The ecology of nitrogen fixation on Signy Island, South Orkney Islands
• Vibrissa follicles of the Ross seal
• Physiography and glacial geomorphology of the Theron Mountains
• The interrelationship of Hyperia galba (Crustacea, Amphipoda) and Desmonema gaudichaudi (Scyphomedusae, Semaeostomae) from the Antarctic
• Reproduction of Antarctic mosses in the genera Polytrichum and Psilopilum with particular reference to temperature
• An urdidid isopod from the Lower Cretaceous of south-east Alexander Island
• Aspects of the biology of the Antarctic amphipod Bovallia gigantea Pfeffer at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands
• The rate of production and decomposition of Chorisodontium aciphyllum (Hook. f. and Wils.)
• Antarctic petrels, snow petrels and south polar skuas breeding in the Theron Mountains
• Descriptive and biological notes on the rare Antarctic isopod Serolis ovata Sheppard (Crustacea: Flabellifera)

BAS Bulletin No. 28 – June 1972

• Contents
• The freezing resistance of Antarctic fish: I. Serum composition and its relation to freezing resistance
• Studies in Colobanthus quitensis (Kunth) Bartl. and Deschampsia antarctica Desv.: Distribution, ecology and vegetative performance on Signy Island
• Belemnites from south-eastern Alexander Island: I. The occurrence of the family Dimitobelidae in the Lower Cretaceous
• Notes on Antarctic lichens: VI. The genus Sphaerophorus Pers.
• Introduction to the ecology of the Antarctic limpet Patinigera polaris (Hombron and Jacquinot) at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands
• Flooding of the ice shelf in King George VI Sound
• A new commensal hydroid from Antarctica
• The hepatics of the South Sandwich Islands and South Georgia

BAS Bulletin No. 29 – August 1972

• Contents
• Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous Inoceramus (Bivalvia) from south-east Alexander Island
• Distribution of epicentres in the Scotia arc, 1957-62
• Antarctic limnology: a review
• Stratigraphy of the Theron Mountains
• The freezing resistance of Antarctic fish: II. The freezing points of body fluids
• Airborne and detrital volcanic material in the Lower Cretaceous sediments of south-eastern Alexander Island

BAS Bulletin No. 30 – October 1972

• Contents
• Life cycles and seasonal movements Cheirimedon femoratus (Pfeffer) and Tryphosella kerguelini (Miers) (Crustacea: Amphipoda)
• Lower Cretaceous Lamellaptychus (Aptychi: Ammonoidea) from south-eastern Alexander Island
• Chromosome studies in some South Georgian bryophytes
• Two new species of Orchomene Boeck (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from the Falkland Island, South Georgia and Graham Land
• Breeding of speckled teal Anas flavirostris on South Georgia
• Physiography and glacial geomorphology of the Shackleton Range
• The freezing resistance of Antarctic fish: An experimental study of the death of supercooled fish resulting from contact with ice
• New discoveries of fossils in the Upper Jurassic Volcanic Group of Adelaide Island
• Short note: Iron, manganese and silicon in waters of Deception Island.
• Short note: Observations on a small crabeater seal breeding group.
• Short note: Diving depths of the gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) and blue-eyed shag Phalacrocorax atriceps from the South Orkney Islands

BAS Bulletin No. 31 – December 1972

• Contents
• Geology of the Shackleton Range: a preliminary report
• Inarticulate Brachiopoda from the Shackleton Range and their stratigraphical significance
• Habitat selection by Cheirimedon femoratus (Pfeffer) and Tryphosella kerguelini (Miers) (Crustacea: Amphipoda)
• Spirorbinae (Serpulidae: Polychaeta) on limpets from the South Orkney Islands
• Lichens new to South Georgia
• Biomass estimates from Borge Bay, Signy Island, South Orkney Islands
• Some observations on the growth of Kidderia bicolor (Martens) (Mollusca: Lamellibranchiata) at South Georgia
• The terrestrial Protozoa of Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands
• Ornithological observations at sea in the South Atlantic Ocean, 1954-64
• Blood volume of two Antarctic fishes
• Biomass estimates for some shallow-water communities at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands
• Short note: The herbarium of the British Antarctic Survey.
• Short note: A new combination in Andreaea

BAS Bulletin No. 32 – February 1973

• Contents
• A taxonomic assessment of Bartramia, Breutelia and Exodokidium on South Georgia
• Voyages to South Georgia, 1795-1820
• Historic volcanic activity at Deception Island
• The breeding status of the King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonica)
• The occurrence of radial infection patterns in colonies of polar bryophytes
• Thyronectria antarctica (Speg.) Seeler var. hyperantarctica D. Hawksw. var. nov.
• Age and petrology of the Cornwallis Island granodiorite
• Embryological development in Tryphosella kerguelini (Miers) and Cheirmedon femoratus (Pfeffer) (Crustacea: Amphipoda)
• The geology of Beethoven Peninsula, south-western Alexander Island
• Additions and amendments to the vascular flora of the Falkland Islands
• Paulet Island and the James Ross Island Volcanic Group

BAS Bulletin No. 33 & 34 – April 1973

• Contents
• The geology of southern Alexander Island
• Locomotor activity rhythms in Tryphosella kerguelini (Miers) and Chierimedon femoratus (Pfeffer) (Crustacea: Amphipoda)
• The survival of Falkland Island transplants at South Georgia and Signy Island, South Orkney Islands
• Seasonal variation of soil nematodes at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands
• Experiments on the Emperor Penguin Aptenodytes forsteri in various thermal environments
• The Signy Island terrestrial reference sites: I. An Introduction
• Gravity survey on Shoesmith Glacier, Horseshoe Island, Graham Land
• The Signy Island terrestrial reference sites: II. The Protozoa
• Vegetation of the Arthur Harbour-Argentine Islands region of the Antarctic Peninsula
• The Signy Island terrestrial reference sites: Population ecology of Corythion dubium (Rhizopoda: Testacida) in Site 1
• The geology of Powell, Christofferson and Michelsen Islands, South Orkney Islands
• Probable introductions of lichens to South Georgia
• The occurrence of Empetrum rubrum Vahl ex Willd. on South Georgia
• Qualitative and quantitative distribution of soil nematodes of Signy Island, South Orkney Islands
• The vegetation of Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands

BAS Bulletin No. 35 – June 1973

• Contents
• Geology of north-western Palmer Land between Eureka and Meiklejohn Glaciers
• Viral respiratory diseases in isolated communities: a review
• The ecology of Protozoa in Chinstrap penguin guano
• The geology of the area between Riley and Bertram Glaciers, Palmer Land
• Natural selection in Antarctic limpets
• Botanical evidence of ice recession in the Argentine Islands
• Predacious fungi from the Antarctic
• The cuticle of Cretaceous macrurous Decapoda from Alexander and James Ross Islands
• Effects of reindeer on plant communities in the Royal Bay area of South Georgia

BAS Bulletin No. 36 – August 1973

• Contents
• A synoptic flora of South Georgian mosses: I. Dendroligotrichum, Polytrichum and Psilopilum
• Belemnites from south-eastern Alexander Island: The occurrence of the family Belemnopseidae in the Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous
• Reproductive behaviour of mosses on Signy Island, South Orkney Islands
• Status of the alien vascular flora of South Georgia
• Observations on the seals of Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands
• Notes on Antarctic lichens: VII. The genera Cetraria Hoffm. Hypogymnia (Nyl.) Nyl., Menegazzia Massal., Parmelia Ach. and Platismatia Culb. et Culb.
• Gravity survey in northern Marguerite Bay, Graham Land 
• Calorific values of South Georgian plants
• Short note: Belemnite fragments from the Cumberland Bay type sediments of South Georgia;
• Short note: Notes on Antarctic bryophytes: I. New records from the Antarctic botanical zone

BAS Bulletin No. 37 – December 1973

• Contents
• Distribution of soil nematodes in the maritime Antarctic
• The temperature relations and bi-polar biogeography of the ciliate genus Colpoda
• Nutrient cycling in fresh-water lakes on Signy Island, South Orkney Islands
• Distribution of nematode feeding groups at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, with and estimate of their biomass and oxygen consumption
• A synoptic flora of South Georgian mosses: II. Chorisodontium, Dicranoloma, Platyneurum and Conostomum
• A synoptic flora of South Georgian mosses: III. Leptotheca, Philonotis, Mielichhoferia and Pohlia
• South Georgian microlichens: I. The genera Buellia and Rinodina
• Short note: Notes on Antarctic bryophytes: II. Records of Racomitria from the Antarctic botanical zone;
• Short note: The Signy Island terrestrial reference sites: IV. the nematode fauna;
• Short note: Notes on Antarctic bryophytes: III. The type specimen of Pohlia inflexa (C. Muell.) Wijk et Marg.

BAS Bulletin No. 38 – April 1974

• Contents
• A comparative study of Protozoa inhabiting Drepanocladus moss carpet in the South Orkney Islands
• Physiography of the north-east coast of South Georgia
• Protecting the whaling fleet during World War II
• Organochlorine levels in two species of Antarctic birds
• The colonization of volcanic tephra on Deception Island by Protozoa
• A synoptic flora of South Georgian mosses: IV. Bartramia and Breutelia
• A synoptic flora of South Georgian mosses: V. Willia and Racomitrium

BAS Bulletin No. 39 – December 1974

• Contents
• Notes on Antarctic bryophytes: IV. Encalypta Hedw.
• Nutrient cycling in the Antarctic marine environment
• New taxa and new records of lichens from South Georgia
• Meteorological observations on Elephant Island
• Geological observations in northern Alexander Island
• Notes on Antarctic bryophytes: V. Brachythecium majusculum
• The use of a temperature-gradient incubator to investigate the temperature characteristics of some bacteria from Antarctic peat
• Regional Bouguer anomaly map of Alexander Island and Palmer Land
• Studies in Colobanthus quitensis (Kunth) Bartl. and Deschampia antarctica Desv.: VI. Reproductive performance on Signy Island
• Stratigraphy and sedimentary petrology of the Ablation Point area, Alexander Island
• Short note: Notes on Antarctic lichens: VIII. Lichens from the Shackleton Range

BAS Bulletin No. 40 – March 1975

• Contents
• Studies in Colobanthus quitensis (Kunth) Bartl. and Deschampsia antarctica Desv.: VII. Cyclic changes related to age in Colobanthus quitensis
• Thyroid structure and function in two Antarctic fishes
• Fossils from the South Orkney Islands: I. Coronation Island
• Observations on the breeding biology of the chinstrap penguin, Pygoscelis antarctica, at Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands
• Belemnite fragments from Annenkov Island
• Notes on formation and life of ponds of the Falkland Islands and South Georgia
• Growth rates of Cladonia rangiferina (L.) Web. on South Georgia
• Optical levelling across an Antarctic ice shelf
• Additions and correction to the distribution records in a synoptic flora of South Georgian mosses, Parts I-V
• Observations on an ice-dammed lake, Hindle Glacier, South Georgia
• Short note: Fossils from the South Orkney Islands: Matthews Island;
• Short note: Nomenclatural notes on South Georgian vascular plants

BAS Bulletin No. 41 & 42 – December 1975

• Contents
• Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous Grammatodontinae (Bivalvia) from southern Alexander Island
• The geology of Carse Point, Palmer Land
• Upper Jurassic Mollusca from Carse Point, Palmer Land
• Structural geology of parts of Alexander Island
• Preliminary growth studies on Festuca contracta T. Kirk and Deschampia antarctica Desv. on South Georgia
• Upper Jurassic and lowest Cretaceous Trigoniidae (Bivalvia) from south-Eastern Alexander Island
• A longitudinal study to assess the current field techniques for measuring energy balance in Man
• The physiography of part of northern Palmer Land
• The dietary composition of some Antarctic fish
• Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous Pinnidae (Bivalvia) from southern Alexander Island
• Isozyme variation in Colobanthus quitensis (Kunth) Bartl.: methods and preliminary analysis 
• Vitamin C nutrition on a British Antarctic Survey base
• A linear Bouguer anomaly in central Alexander Island
• An assessment of primary production in a sub-Antarctic grassland on South Georgia
• The Signy Island terrestrial reference sites: V. Oxygen uptake of Macrobiotus furciger J. Murray (Tardigrada)
• New palaeontological and lithological observations on the Legoupil Formation, north-west Antarctic Peninsula
• The Antarctic moss Sarconeurum glaciale (C. Muell.) Card et Bryhn in southern South America
• Short note: The occurrence of glycollic acid in Antarctic waters;
• Short note: An unusual form of patterned ground, Cooper Bay, South Georgia

BAS Bulletin No. 43 – November 1976

• Contents
• Snow accumulation, conductance and temperature inland from Halley Bay
• Riometer studies at South Georgia
• Classification of cryptogamic communities in the maritime Antarctic
• Geochronology in relation to the stratigraphy of the Antarctic Peninsula
• An aeromagnetic survey over southern Graham Land: a preliminary report
• Palynological studies in South Georgia: Pollen and spore morphology of the native vascular species
• An unusual drainage system in an Antarctic valley
• The development of moss-peat banks in relation to changing climate and ice cover on Signy Island in the maritime Antarctic
• Pseudo-vivipary in Fuegian and Falkland Islands grasses
• Some observations on krill (Euphasia superba Dana) maintained alive in the laboratory
• British Antarctic Survey Data

BAS Bulletin No. 44 – December 1976

• Contents
• The Tardigrada of Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, with a note on the Rotifera
• Annual summary tables of surface meteorological observations at British Antarctic Survey stations
• Climatological summary for 1971
• Climatological summary for 1972
• Raised marine and glacial features of the Cooper Bay-Wirik Bay area, South Georgia
• The influence of reindeer on the vegetation of South Georgia: long-term effects of unrestricted grazing and the establishment of exclosure experiments in various plant communities
• Tardigrada from the Antarctic Peninsula and the Scotia Ridge region
• Short notes: Notes on Antarctic bryophytes: The genus Dicranoweisia on Signy Island, South Orkney Islands; A record of Mytilus edulis L. from South Georgia; An abnormal growth form of Usnea antarctica; Sedimentary rocks from Charcot Island; South Georgian microlichens: a new species of Microglaena

BAS Bulletin No. 45 – May 1977

• Contents
• The Signy Island terrestrial reference sites: Oxygen uptake of Gamasellus racovitzai (Trouessart) (Acari: Mesostigmata)
• Vegetative proliferation in Festuca contracta T. Kirk on South Georgia
• The oxygen consumption of the Antarctic limpet Nacella (Patinigera) concinna
• Further data on the inheritance of plumage phases of the southern Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus
• Studies on Acaena (Rosaceae): Seed germination, growth and establishment in A. magellanica (Lam.) Vahl and A. tenera Alboff
• The oxygen consumption of the Antarctic lamellibranch Gaimardia trapesina trapesina in relation to cold adaptation in polar invertebrates
• The Signy Island terrestrial reference sites: the ecology of the algae of Site 1, a moss turf
• Studies in the reproductive biology of Festuca contracta T. Kirk on South Georgia: The reproductive cycles
• Observations on the diet and development of Pseudoboeckella poppei (Calanoida, Centropagidae) from an Antarctic lake
• Studies on Acaena (Rosaceae): leaf production and senescence in Acaena magellanica (Lam.) Vahl
• The Signy Island terrestrial reference sites: Oxygen uptake of some Antarctic prostigmatid mites (Acari: Prostigmata)
• Studies in the reproductive biology of Festuca contracta T. Kirk on South Georgia: The reproductive performance
• Climatological summary for 1973
• Climatological summary for 1974
• Short notes: The correct identity of a Pseudoboeckella sp. (Copepoda: Calanoida) from Signy Island, South Orkney Island; A Nothofagu log stranded on Candlemas Island, South Sandwich Islands

BAS Bulletin No. 46 – June 1977

• Contents
• A synoptic flora of South Georgian mosses: Cheilothela, Dicranella, Distichium, Myurella and Catagonium
• A synoptic flora of South Georgian mosses: Pottia
• Glucose tolerance in Antarctica
• The physiography and significance of the transition zone between Graham Land and Palmer Land
• The physiology of photosynthesis and respiration in some Antarctic marine algae
• Circadian rhythm of plasma cortisol in Antarctica
• The geology of north-western South Georgia: Physiography
• Liverworts new to South Georgia
• The geology of part of an island arc-marginal basin system in southern South Georgia
• Short notes: Observations on transplants of Antarctic lichens; Notes on Antarctic bryophytes: the occurrence of Distichium B.S.G. and Dicranella (C. Muell.) Schimp. in the Antarctic botanical zone, Two species of Campylopus originally described from South Georgia, A previously unreported botanical collection made on South Georgia during the German International Polar Year Expedition 1882-83, The genus Pottia from the Antarctic botanical zone

BAS Bulletin No. 47 – March 1979

• Contents
• Three soil profiles from Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands
• The Signy Island terrestrial reference sites: the ecology of the algae of site 2, a moss carpet
• Quantitative studies on the terrestrial algae of Signy Island, South Orkney Islands
• Radiocarbon dates from Antarctica
• Measures of biomass, moulting behaviour and the pattern of early growth in Chorismus antarcticus (Pfeffer)
• The Signy Island terrestrial reference sites: Population dynamics of Tardigrada and Rotifera
• An Antarctic fast-ice food chain: observations on the interaction of the amphipod Potogenica antarctica Chevreux with ice-associated micro-algae
• Distal and proximal turbidites at Nilse Hullet, western South Georgia
• Climatological summary for 1975
• Short notes: Raised marine features on the south side of Royal Bay, South Georgia; Signy Island corrected M.S.L. pressures for 1970 and 1971
• Erratum

BAS Bulletin No. 48 – June 1979

• Contents
• Studies on Acaena (Rosaceae): Flowering and hybridization on South Georgia
• Lower Cretaceous Brachiopoda from south-eastern Alexander Island
• Feeding studies on the collembolan Cryptopygus antarcticus Willem at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands
• A preliminary study of the terrestrial algae of the Antarctic Peninsula and South Georgia
• The Signy Island terrestrial reference sites: Population studies on the Acari
• Psychological studies in the Antarctic
• Wind dispersal of terrestrial algae at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands
• Current status of birds at South Georgia
• A taxonomic assessment of Brachythecium on South Georgia
• A synoptic flora of South Georgian mosses: Calliergon and Brachythecium

BAS Bulletin No. 49 – January 1980

• Contents
• The distribution of Antarctic marine macro-algae related to depth and substrate
• New evidence of major faulting on Alexander Island
• Physiography and glacial geomorphology of the central Black Coast, Palmer Land
• Early mesozoic marine fossils from central Alexander Island
• Studies on Acaena (Rosaceae): Distribution and ecology of the sub-Antarctic species
• An experimental introduction of vascular plants from South Georgia to the maritime Antarctic
• Geology of the Seward Mountains, western Palmer Land
• The ecology and reproduction of the brooding Antarctic bivalve Lissarca miliaris
• The chemical composition of South Georgian vegetation
• A model for the eruptive mechanism of Deception Island from 1820 to 1970
• The physiography of part of north-eastern Palmer Land
• Analysis of British Antarctic Survey tidal records
• Biological observations on the free-living mites of Signy Island in the maritime Antarctic
• Additions to the nematode fauna of the Antarctic region with keys to taxa
• Ecology of King Edward Cove, South Georgia: macro-benthos and the benthic environment
• The geology of Low Island, South Shetland Island and Austin Rocks
• The distribution and size of king penguin rookeries on South Georgia
• K-Ar chronology of Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands
• Short notes: The occurrence of the bivalve Inoceramus concentricus on Dundee Island, Joinville Island group; Radiocarbon dating of a raised beach at 10m in the South Shetland Islands

BAS Bulletin No. 50 – October 1980

• Contents
• Factors affecting the growth of Antarctic crustose lichens
• A new Pycnolepas (Cirripedia) from the (?) Lower Aptian of Alexander Island
• Growth and production of Cladonia rangiferina and Sphaerophorus globosus on Signy Island, South Orkney Islands
• Growth and production of Usnea antarctica and U. fasciata on Signy Island, South Orkney Islands
• Freshwater biology at Rothera Point, Adelaide Island: General description of the pools and the fauna
• Geology of a Mesozoic intra-arc sequence on Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands
• Chromosome studies on some Antarctic and sub-Antarctic bryophytes
• The geology of Rothschild Island, north-west Alexander Island
• Short notes: Pseudoicichthys australis (Pisces, Centrolophidae): and addition to the marine fauna of South Georgia and confirmation of Antarctic distribution; The freshwater fauna of South Georgia; Two myxomycetes from South Georgia

BAS Bulletin No. 51 – September 1982

• Contents
• Sedimentary dykes, pipes and related structures in the Mesozoic sediments of south-eastern Alexander Island
• Geological observations in the Cooper Bay – Wirik Bay area, South Georgia
• The geology of north-western South Georgia: Sedimentology
• The geology of north-western South Georgia: Petrology of the Cumberland Bay Formation
• A preliminary investigation of the geochemistry of greywackes from South Georgia
• Mapping the depth of a valley glacier by radio echo sounding
• Geology of Shag Rocks, part of the continental block on the north Scotia Ridge, and possible regional correlations
• Gravity measurements in the Falkland Islands
• An improved gravity base-station network over the Antarctic Peninsula
• The geology of the Marian Cove area, King George Island, and a tertiary age for its supposed Jurassic volcanic rocks
• Soil microbiological studies at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands
• Plant succession and re-exposed moss banks on a deglaciated headland in Arthur Harbour, Anvers Island
• Metabolic differentiation of muscle fibres from a haemoglobinless (Champsocephalus gunnari Lonnberg) and a red-blooded (Notothenia rossii Fischer) Antarctic fish
• Distribution, composition and general characteristics of the moss banks of the maritime Antarctic
• The volcanic hazard at Deception Island, South Shetland Islands
• Vegetation re-exposed after burial by ice and its relationship to changing climate in the South Orkney Islands
• Geology of the Shackleton Range: The Shackleton Range Metamorphic Complex
• Short notes: An unidentified nematode-trapping fungus from a pond on Alexander Island; The first record of a fur seal birth on Signy Island, South Orkney Islands; Feeding biology of free-living Acari at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands; New geological interpretation of Admiralen Peak, King George Island, South Shetland Islands
• Erratum

BAS Bulletin No. 52 – December 1983

• Contents
• The geology of Pourquoi Pas Island, northern Marguerite Bay, Graham Land
• Syn-plutonic origin and Tertiary age for the (?) Precambrian False Bay schists of Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands
• The geology of the Ducloz Head area, South Georgia
• Glacier fluctuations in South Georgia, 1883-1974
• The petrology of the Rouen Mountains, northern Alexander Island
• The Larsen Harbour Formation and associated intrusive rocks of southern South Georgia
• Geology of the Shackleton Range: The Turnpike Bluff Group
• The geology of Horseshoe and Lagotellerie Islands, Marguerite Bay, Graham Land
• Ice, water and energy balances of Spartan Glacier, Alexander Island
• The geology of north-western South Georgia: Structural geology
• The dynamics of George VI Ice Shelf
• Glaciological characteristics of Spartan Glacier, Alexander Island
• An aeromagnetic survey of Alexander Island and parts of Palmer Land – a preliminary report
• Geology of the Shackleton Range: The Blaiklock Glacier Group
• A regional Bouguer anomaly map of north-western Palmer Land
• Detailed magnetic and gravity surveys of part of the north Fallieres Coast of Graham Land

BAS Bulletin No. 53 – June 1981

• Contents
• Freshwater biology at Rothera Point, Adelaide Island: Algae
• Geological observations in the Moraine Fjord area, South Georgia
• The immune response of the Antarctic teleost Notothenia rossii to the bacteriaphage MS2
• Upper Cretaceous inoceramids (Bivalvia) from the James Ross Island group and their stratigraphical significance
• The Signy Island terrestrial reference sites: Population ecology of nematodes with additions to the fauna
• Geology of an Upper Jurassic – Lower Cretaceous island-arc assemblage in Hauge Reef, the Pickersgill Islands and adjoining areas of South Georgia
• Types of peat and peat-forming vegetation on South Georgia
• Storm surging in South Georgia
• A permineralized wood flora of probable early Tertiary age from King George Island, South Shetland Islands
• A Lower Permian flora from the Theron Mountains, Coats Land
• The Triassic flora of Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands
• Early Tertiary calc alkaline volcanism on Alexander Island
• Observations on Coomansus gerlachei (de Man) (Nematodae: Monochidae) a predacious nematode from the Antarctic
• Geology of the Shackleton Range: The dolerite dykes
• The geology of Annenkov Island
• Short notes: Organochlorines in Antarctic marine systems; The place-names “Greater Antarctica” and “Lesser Antarctica” versus “East Antarctica” and “West Antarctica”; Comments on the paper by Brian Roberts; Observations on particulate material in sea-water, during winter at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands
• Reports on Antarctic fieldwork: Ecology of terrestrial Arthropoda of selected communities at South Georgia; Cellulose decomposition on South Georgia; Studies of arthropod cold hardiness
• British Antarctic Survey Data

BAS Bulletin No. 54 – September 1981

• Contents
• Cephalopod remains in regurgitations of black-browed and grey-headed albatrosses at South Georgia
• Cephalopod remains in regurgitations of the wandering albatross Diomedea exulans L. at South Georgia
• Notes on parasite infestation of inshore fish at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands
• The Signy Island terrestrial reference sites: Population dynamics of the nematode fauna
• Increases in penguin populations at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands
• Fossil wood from South Georgia
• Late Mesozoic stratigraphy and invertebrate palaeontology of the South Orkney Islands
• Freshwater biology in the Antarctic: Microbial numbers and activity in oligotrophic Moss Lake, Signy Island
• Freshwater biology in the Antarctic: Microbial numbers and activity in nutrient-rich Heywood Lake, Signy Island
• The distribution of mean annual temperatures in the Antarctic Peninsula
• Short notes: A new sighting of southern right whale dolphins Lissodelphis peronii in the south west Atlantic; Seal surveys, South Orkney Islands, 1971 and 1974; An absolute gravity base at Siple II Station, Antarctica; A gravity tie between the Antarctic Peninsula network and McMurdo Station; Erratum

BAS Bulletin No. 55 – January 1982

• Contents
• Petrology and geochemistry of alkali-basalts from Jason Peninsula, Oscar II Coast, Graham Land
• Floral phenology in the South Georgian vascular flora
• Calorific content of squid (Mollusca: Cephalopoda)
• The Signy Island terrestrial reference sites: Population studies on the Collembola
• The morphology of magnetic pulsations at Halley Bay 1974-76
• Ornithological observations in the South Atlantic Ocean and Weddell Sea, 1959-64
• Seabird counts made during a crossing of the southern Indian and Atlantic Oceans
• The Signy Island terrestrial reference sites: Micro-climate monitoring 1972-74

BAS Bulletin No. 56 – July 1982

• Contents
• Polarization of radio waves propagated through George VI Ice Shelf
• Geochemistry of a Mesozoic island-arc assemblage and ocean floor basalts from South Georgia
• Late Jurassic fossils from Low Island, South Shetland Islands
• Microparticles, marine salts and stable isotopes in a shallow firn core from the Antarctic Peninsula
• The distribution and abundance of burrowing seabirds (Procellariiformes) at Bird Island, South Georgia: Introduction and methods
• The distribution and abundance of burrowing seabirds (Procellariiformes) at Bird Island, South Georgia: South Georgia diving petrel Pelecanoides georgicus
• Predatory interactions between Antarctic fur seals, macaroni penguins and giant petrels
• Errata

BAS Bulletin No. 57 – October 1982

• Contents
• Palaeontology and ichnology of the Cumberland Bay Formation, South Georgia
• A new species of cancellariid gastropod from Antarctica with a description of the radula
• Ketamine immobilization of Southern elephant seals by a remote injection method
• Cephalopods in the diet of elephant seals at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands
• Cephalopod remains in the stomachs of eight Weddell seals
• An annotated list of benthic algae (excluding diatoms) from freshwater lakes on Signy Island
• Microfungi on Signy Island, South Orkney Islands
• Short notes: Union Radio Mark II ionosondes in Antarctica; Neck collars on fur seals Arctocephalus gazella, at South Georgia
• Book review

BAS Bulletin No. 58 – February 1983

• Contents
• Interpretation of magnetic anomalies over Horseshoe Island, Graham Land
• Palynological studies in South Georgia: Two profiles in Sphagnum Valley, Cumberland West Bay
• Palynological studies in South Georgia: Three profiles from near King Edward Cove, Cumberland East Bay
• Palynological studies in South Georgia: Profiles from Barff Peninsula and Annenkov Island
• Morphology and morphometry of the Antarctic nototheniid Notothenia rossii marmorata
• Food digestion and energy consumption experiments on a king penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus
• Fungal succession and substrate utilization on the leaves of three South Georgian phanerogams
• Book review

BAS Bulletin No. 59 – May 1983

• Contents
• The influence of tectonic boundaries on geomagnetic variations in the Scotia Sea
• New Doppler satellite controlled gravity stations in Antarctica
• Birds of South Georgia: New records and re-evaluation of status
• Some aspects of the breeding biology of the diving petrels Pelecanoides georgicus and P. urinatrix exsul at Bird Island, South Georgia
• Notes on Antarctic bryophytes: Mielichhoferia austro-georgica and Muelleriella crassifolia
• Chloroplast size in tall and short phenotypes of Poa flabellata on South Georgia
• Prediction of net primary production in two Antarctic mosses by two models of net CO2 fixation
• Some biological aspects of the nearshore fish populations at South Georgia
• Short notes: Observations of glacial features near Fossil Bluff between 1936 and 1979; A full list of officially recognised names for the lakes of Signy Island, South Orkney Islands; Further myxomycete records from South Georgia and the Antarctic Peninsula
• Book review

BAS Bulletin No. 60 – August 1983

• Contents
• The Nordenskjöld Formation of the northern Antarctic Peninsula: An Upper Jurassic radiolarian mudstone and tuff sequence
• The stratigraphy and structure of the metamorphic rocks of the Haskard Highlands and the Otter Highlands of the Shackleton Range
• Age and growth of the Antarctic fish Notothenia rossii from South Georgia
• A new species of the moss genus Palgiothecium from South Georgia
• Turbulence and its consequences for phytoplankton development in two ice covered Antarctic lakes
• Notes on the Antarctic mosses Pohlia cruda and P. inflexa
• Book review

BAS Bulletin No. 61 – November 1983

• Contents
• Notoficula Thiele, a neotenous genus of eratoid gastropod from Antarctica
• A description of the juvenile life-stages of the Antarctic mite Ereynetes macquariensis
• Variation in the chloroplast to cell area index in Deschampsia antarctica along a 16° latitudinal gradient
• Diving depths of the chinstrap penguin Pygoscelis antarctica
• Fish prey of the Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella at South Georgia
• Abundance of the near shore fish population at South Georgia (Antarctica) sampled by trammel net
• Food, feeding and behaviour of Notothenia rossii nearshore at South Georgia
• A synoptic flora of South Georgian mosses: Campylium
• Desmids from some lakes on Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica
• Short notes: The lifecycle of Notothenia rossii from South Georgia; Type specimen of the moss Dicranum oleodictyon Dix.
• Report on Antarctic fieldwork: Deformation of granitite plutons in eastern Palmer Land
• Book review

BAS Bulletin No. 62 – February 1984

• Contents
• A new ionosonde for Argentine Islands ionospheric observatory, Faraday station
• Discovery and significance of the ammonite genus Favrella in the Antarctic Peninsula area
• The Scotia metamorphic complex at Cape Bowles, Clarence Island, South Shetland Islands, Western Antarctica
• Colonization and recovery by cryptogams following recent volcanic activity on Deception Island, South Shetland Islands
• A comparison of the respiration rates of some Antarctic isopods with species from lower latitudes
• Benthic protozoa from maritime Antarctic freshwater lakes and pools
• Identification of fish from the Southern Ocean by means of otoliths
• Prosobranch gastropods from Signy Island, Antarctica: Buccinacea and Muricacea
• Book review

BAS Bulletin No. 63 – May 1984

• Contents
• Sporadic E (Es) associated with the main ionospheric trough observed over Halley station, Antarctica
• The stratigraphy and structure of the Lagrange Nunataks, northern Fuchs Dome and Herbert Mountains of the Shackleton Range
• The geology of islands in southern Bransfield Strait, Antarctic Peninsula
• The lipid content and composition of some Antarctic macrozooplankton
• A synoptic flora of South Georgian mosses: Grimmia and Schistidium
• A new species of mite in the genus Nanorchestes (Acari, Prostigmata) from Signy Island, South Orkney Islands
• Characteristics of krill Euphasia superba eaten by Antarctic fur seals Arctocephalus gazella at South Georgia
• Techniques for the serial collection of blood samples and inspection of gonads in free-living albatrosses
• Book reviews

BAS Bulletin No. 64 – August 1984

• Contents
• The geochemistry and age of the Danger Islands pluton, Antarctic peninsula
• The morphology of some periglacial features on South Georgia and their relationship to local environment
• Lipid composition of two species of Serolis (Crustacea, Isopoda) from Antarctica
• Protozoa of Signy Island fellfields
• A new variety of the moss Tortula robusta from South Georgia
• A comparative study of invertebrate supercooling at Signy Island, maritime Antarctic
• A record of Schistidium falcatum (Bryophyta: Musci) from the Antarctic
• Composition of the mineral phase of dentine in southern elephant seal and Antarctic fur seal teeth
• Report on Antarctic fieldwork: Preliminary ammonite zonation of the mid-Cretaceous rocks of James Ross Island
• Book reviews

BAS Bulletin No. 65 – November 1984

• Contents
• Late Mesozoic, non-marine conglomeratic sequences of northern Antarctic Peninsula (The Botany Bay Group)
• Location and geology of nunataks in north-western Coats Land
• The geology of the Arrowsmith Peninsula and Blaiklock Island, Graham Land, Antarctica
• Observations on the feeding and moulting of the Antarctic krill Euphasia superba Dana, in winter
• Aspects of the breeding biology of McCormick’s skua Catharacta maccormicki at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands
• Observations on gills of pelagic and demersal juvenile Notothenia rossii
• Application of gradient diver micro-respirometry to Protozoan studies
• Wrecks, hulks and other vessel remains at South Georgia, Falkland Islands Dependencies
• Abstracts of Scientific Reports; Erratum

BAS Bulletin No. 66 – February 1985

• Contents
• The biota of a lateral moraine and hinterland of the Blue Glacier, south Victoria Land, Antarctica
• Aspects of the breeding biology of Wilson’s Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus at Bird Island, South Georgia
• The colonization of volcanic tephra on Deception Island by protozoa: long-term trends
• Eretmoptera murphyi Schaeffer (Diptera: Chironomidae), an apparently parthenogenetic Antarctic midge
• Nothofagus and other trees stranded on islands in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean
• Aspects of the breeding biology and feeding behaviour of the brown skua Catharacta lonnbergi on Bird Island, South Georgia
• Report on Antarctic fieldwork: Sedimentology of Ablation Valley, Alexander Island
• Short notes: The distribution of the spectacled form of the white-chinned petrel (Procellaria aequinoctialis conspicillata) in the South Atlantic Ocean
• Validation of a new combination used in the moss genus Plagiothecium on South Georgia

BAS Bulletin No. 67 – May 1985

• Contents
• Cold tolerance of a cryptostigmatid mite at Signy Island, maritime Antarctic
• Ornithological observations at Brabant Island, Antarctica
• On the biology of Antarctomysis ohlini (Crustacea: Mysiacea) at South Georgia
• Variation in the physical and chemical environment of a maritime Antarctic moss-turf
• A synoptic flora of South Georgian mosses: Tortula
• Abstracts of Scientific Reports
• Book Reviews

BAS Bulletin No. 68 – August 1985

• Contents
• Tidal behaviour under an Antarctic ice shelf
• Ice surface and bedrock topography in Coats Land and part of Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, from satellite imagery
• Fungi from maritime Antarctic freshwater environments
• The Signy Island terrestrial reference sites: XVI. Peat 02-uptake in a moss turf relative to edaphic and microbial factors
• The Signy Island terrestrial reference sites: XVII. Peat 02-uptake in a moss carpet relative to edaphic and microbial factors
• A survey of penguin breeding populations at the South Orkney Islands
• Aspects of microbial and protozoan abundances in Signy Island fellfields
• Reports on Antarctic fieldwork: Geology of Hugo Island, Quintana Island, Sooty Rock, Betbeder Islands and parts of the Biscoe and Outcast islands
• Geological observations on Rugged Island, South Shetland Islands
• Microbiological studies at the Signy Island Fellfield Research Programme (FERP) site during the 1984-85 field season
• Studies on plant colonization and community development in Antarctic fellfields
• Ecological and physiological studies of terrestrial arthropods in the Ross Dependency, 1984-85

BAS Bulletin No. 69 – November 1985

• Contents
• Balloon-borne ozonesonde flights made from Faraday station
• ‘Indian’ belemnites from the Albian (Lower Cretaceous) of James Ross Island, Antarctica
• New Late Jurassic oxytomid bivalves from the Antarctic Peninsula region
• New records of Lebbeus antarcticus (Hale) (Crustacea: Decapoda) from the Antarctic Peninsula
• Terrestrial Enchytraeidae from South Georgia and the maritime Antarctic
• Report on Antarctic fieldwork: The Scotia metamorphic complex on Elephant Island and Clarence Island, South Shetland Islands
• Short notes: Place names in the Antarctic
• Comments on belemnite fragments from ‘Cumberland Bay type’ sediments, south eastern South Georgia
• Sandpiper at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, December 1981 – January 1982

BAS Bulletin No. 70 – February 1986

• Contents
• Upper Jurassic belemnites from the Orville Coast, Western Antarctica and their palaeobiogeographical significance
• Early Jurassic fossils from central Alexander Island and their geological setting
• An aeromagnetic study of the Staccato Peaks area, Alexander Island, Antarctica
• The Jinks Island Complex: magma mixing in a high-level intrusion from the Biscoe Islands, Antarctica Peninsula
• Olcostephanus (Ammonitina) from the Fossil Bluff Formation, Alexander Island and its stratigraphical significance
• A method for the extraction and analysis of solutes from rock samples with some comments on the implications for weathering studies: an example from Signy Island, Antarctica
• Biological and ecological notes on Neohyadesia signyi (Acari; Astigmata)
• Book Review

BAS Bulletin No. 71 – May 1986

• Contents
• Geological observations in the Ross Glacier area, South Georgia
• Feeding rates of the cryptostigmatid mite Alaskozetes antarcticus (Michael)
• Diet and acclimation effects on the cold tolerance and survival of an Antarctic springtail
• Micro-arthropod activity in three contrasting terrestrial habitats on Signy Island, maritime Antarctic
• Report on Antarctic fieldwork: The geology of north-western Palmer Land
• Report on Antarctic fieldwork: The LeMay Group of central Alexander Island
• Report on Antarctic fieldwork: Geomagnetic repeat measurements at Grytviken, November 1984
• Book Review
• Abstract of Scientific Reports; BAS Occasional Publications

BAS Bulletin No. 72 – August 1986

• Contents
• The ionospheric signature of the polar cleft over Halley, Antarctica
• The multiple riometer system at Halley, Antarctica
• Production and transfer of subaerially generated rock debris and resulting landforms on South Georgia: an introductory perspective
• Ice rumples on Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica
• The utilization of the stress intensity factor (K IC) in a model for rock fracture during freezing: an example from Signy Island, maritime Antarctic
• Detection of krill (Euphasia superba) near the sea surface: preliminary results using a towed upward-looking echo-sounder
• The moss genus Tortula from the Antarctic botanical zone
• The testate Rhizopod fauna of Drepanocladus moss carpet near Rothera station, Adelaide Island
• Report on Antarctic fieldwork: Plant ecological studies in the fellfield ecosystem near Casey station, Australian Antarctic Territory, 1985-86

BAS Bulletin No. 73 – November 1986

• Contents
• Two new species of Tydeid Mite (Acarina, Prostigmata) from the maritime Antarctic
• Lessons regarding aeromagnetic surveying during magnetic disturbances in polar regions
• Freeze-thaw simulations on quartz-micaschist and their implications for weathering studies on Signy Island, Antarctica
• An LHPR System for adult Antarctic krill (Euphasia superba)
• Short notes: A morphometric study of the mite, Oppia Loxolineata, in the maritime Antarctic
• The geochemistry and tectonic setting of gabbroic rocks in the Scotia Arc region

BAS Bulletin No. 74 – February 1987

• Contents
• Trace fossils from a submarine fan-slope apron complex in the cretaceous of James Ross Island, Antarctica
• Notes on the biology and distribution of Pasiphaea species from the Southern Ocean
• Deschampsia antarctica and Colobanthus quitensis in the Terra Firma Islands
• The adult and juvenile stages of two predatory mites Rhagidia gerlachei and Tuberostoma leechi in the maritime Antarctic
• Early nineteenth century sealers’ refuges on Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands

BAS Bulletin No. 75 – May 1987

• Contents
• AVDAS – A microprocessor-based VLF signal acquisition, processing and spectral analysis facility for Antarctica
• The ULF/VLF correlator experiment at Halley
• An aeromagnetic survey of the Neny Fjord area, Graham Land, Antarctica
• Orientated calcareous concretions from James Ross Island, Antarctica
• Seismic bedrock depth measurements and the origin of George VI Sound, Antarctic Peninsula
• Facial asymmetry in a leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx)
• Report on Antarctic Fieldwork: The geology of southern Oscar II Coast, Graham Land

BAS Bulletin No. 76 – August 1987

• Contents
• Radiocarbon dates from Nordenskjöld Glacier, South Georgia and their implications for late holocene glacier chronology
• Magnetic anomalies over the Black Coast, Palmer Land
• Sedimentary rocks of the Ellsworth-Thiel mountains ridge and their regional equivalents 
• Relationship between bacteria and phytoplankton in the Bransfield Strait and southern Drake Passage
• Revised penguin numbers and distribution for Anvers Island, Antarctica
• The ARAMIS remote sensing system
• Short notes: Comparison between wet and dry oxidation methods for total nitrogen analysis of Antarctic peat samples
• Short notes: New or noteworthy mosses from the Antarctic Peninsula region
• Short notes: Further range expansion of introduced reindeer Rangifur tarandus on South Georgia
• Short notes: Right whale sightings around South Georgia

BAS Bulletin No. 77 – November 1987

• Contents
• Regional significance of proglacial delta-front, reworked tuffs, James Ross Island area
• Cretaceous palynomorphs from the James Ross Island area, Antarctica – a pilot study
• The structural history of the LeMay Group of central Alexander Island, Antarctic Peninsula
• Late Pliocene to Quaternary sedimentation on the South Orkney shelf
• A preliminary radioisotope study of the fate in ingested palmitic acid in the Antarctic krill, Euphasia superba Dana
• Censuses of penguin populations of the Antarctic Peninsula, 1983-87
• Studies of standing-wave geomagnetic pulsations in the magnetosphere
• Report on Antarctic Fieldwork: The geology of the central Black Coast, eastern Palmer Land
• Short notes: Agrotis ipsilon (Lepidoptera) at South Georgia
• Short notes: Tardigrada from the maritime Antarctic
• Short notes: A checklist of marine diatoms found on wood blocks exposed in the littoral environment of Signy Island, South Orkney Islands
• A species-poor testate rhizopod fauna on Brabant Island
• Book Review

BAS Bulletin No. 78 – February 1988

• Contents
• Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous biostratigraphy of the Fossil Bluff Formation, Alexander Island
• Fish prey of Wilson’s Storm Petrel, Oceanites oceanicus, at South Georgia
• Activity patterns in an Antarctic arthropod community
• Notes on geomagnetic repeat measurements at Grytviken, April 1987
• Short notes: Brown-headed gull Larus maculipennis: first record for South Georgia
• Short notes: The movement of Halley, derived from Satnav measurements 1986-1987
• Book reviews

BAS Bulletin No. 79 – May 1988

• Contents
• Gravity and aeromagnetic evidence for the crustal structure of George VI Sound, Antarctic Peninsula
• Daily monitoring of a rock tablet at a maritime Antarctic site: moisture and weathering results
• A assessment of the merits of length and weight measurements of Antarctic krill Euphasia superba
• An inflammatory response of the Antarctic silverfish, Pleuragramma antarcticum Boulenger 1902 (Teleostei: Notothenioidei), to infestation by the plerocercoid of a pseudophyllidean cestode (Diphyllobothrium sp.)
• Installation and performance of the STABLE instrumentation at Halley
• The structural glaciology of George VI Ice Shelf, Antarctic Peninsula 
• Auroral sporadic E and its relationship with visual aurora
• Short note: New gravity base stations in Falkland Islands and Antarctic Peninsula
• Book Reviews

BAS Bulletin No. 80 – August 1988

• Contents
• Sedimentology and palaeogeography of the Lower Cretaceous depositional trough of south-eastern Alexander Island
• Age, distribution and eruptive conditions of Late Cenozoic alkaline volcanism in the Antarctic Peninsula and eastern Ellsworth Land: review
• New K-Ar age determinations on the James Ross Island Volcanic Group, north-east Graham Land, Antarctica
• The structure of Wordie Ice Shelf, Antarctic Peninsula
• The annual cycle of temperature, chlorophyll and major nutrients at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands
• The status of birds at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands
• The South Georgian moss flora: Vittia
• Short note: Botanical survey of Deception Island
• Book Reviews

BAS Bulletin No. 81 – November 1988

• Contents & Foreword
• Glacial erratics from the Brunt Ice Shelf, Coats Land, Antarctica
• Early palaeozoic U-Pb isotopic age for an orthogneiss from north-western Palmer Land, Antarctic Peninsula
• Surveys of breeding chinstrap penguins in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
• The structure of the lateral premaxillary spines of the Antarctic fish Muraenolepis microps Lönnberg, 1905 (Gadiformes)
• Photosynthesis and respiration of Colobanthus quitensis and Deschampsia antarctica from the Antarctic
• Report on Antarctic Fieldwork: Adaptations of arthropods to the sub-Antarctic environment
• Report on Antarctic Fieldwork: Ecology of terrestrial algae of the fellfield ecosystems of Signy Island, South Orkney Islands
• Report on Antarctic Fieldwork: Soil biological and biochemical investigations on Deception and Signy Islands
• Report on Antarctic Fieldwork: Ecophysiological studies of terrestrial free-living nematodes on Signy Island
• Short note: Recent observations of the volcanic history of Deception Island, South Shetland Islands
• Short note: Seabird records from the Bellingshausen, Amundsen and Ross seas
• Book Reviews