Geological map of Adelaide Island to Foyn Coast
1 January, 1994
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Aging immature black-browed and grey-headed albatrosses using moult, bill and plumage characteristics
1 January, 1994
We describe how to age immature Black-browed Diomedea melanophris and Grey-headed Albatrosses D. chrysostoma up to age 6 years (when they have usually acquired adult characteristics), from a combination of…Ice sheet retreat from the Antarctic Peninsula shelf
1 January, 1994 by Robert Larter
Side-scan sonar and sub-bottom acoustic profiler data and sediment cores reveal the processes that controlled sediment transport and deposition on the continental shelf of the Antarctic Peninsula Pacific margin off…Read more on Ice sheet retreat from the Antarctic Peninsula shelf
Supercooling points and water content in Acari
1 January, 1994
Supercooling point is correlated with total body water content in a wide range of terrestrial Acari from Antarctic, sub-Antarctic and temperate regions, which have not been cold-hardened by prior exposure…The Acari of fresh- and brackish water habitats in the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic regions
1 January, 1994
Neither the benthic Halacaroidea nor nektonic Hydrachnidia, characteristic of temperate and tropical freshwater mite faunas are represented among the twenty four species and sub-species of Acari recorded from the Antarctic…The oceanic environment beneath the northwest Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica
1 January, 1994 by Keith Makinson, Keith Nicholls
Oceanographic data have been obtained from beneath the Ronne Ice Shelf at a site on the southeastern side of a sea-floor trough, the Ronne Depression. The data consist of 5…Read more on The oceanic environment beneath the northwest Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica
Simultaneous two hemisphere observations of the presence of polar patches in the nightside ionosphere
1 January, 1994 by Michael Pinnock
The presence of polar patches as observed simultaneously in the same magnetic meridian of opposite nightside ionospheres by coherent and incoherent scatter radars are described. The patches appear to be…Utility and limits of biomass spectra: the nekton community sampled with the RMT 25 in the Scotia Sea during austral summer
1 January, 1994 by Eugene Murphy, Paul Rodhouse
An RMT 25 opening/closing net was used to sample the nekton community at 2 stations in the ice free zone (IFZ) of the Scotia Sea (Stn 1 approximately 10 nautical…Using stars for remote sensing of the Earth’s stratosphere
1 January, 1994 by Howard Roscoe
A new UV–visible spectrometer system that measures the absorption of light from stars and planets by constituents in the Earth’s atmosphere is described. Because it can be used to make…Read more on Using stars for remote sensing of the Earth’s stratosphere
Validating and improving elevation data of a satellite-image map of Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica, with results from ERS-I
1 January, 1994 by David Vaughan
A satellite-image map with surface-elevation contours of Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf has been published previously as a topographic map. The image map was constructed from a mosaic of 69 Landsat…Sea-bed depths at the mouth of Rutford Ice Stream, Antarctica
1 January, 1994 by Andy Smith
Seismic measurements of ice- and water column thickness have been made on Rudard Ice Stream where it joins the Ronne Ice Shelf. Assuming that the ice is in hydrostatic equilibrium,…Read more on Sea-bed depths at the mouth of Rutford Ice Stream, Antarctica
The Grenville Province within Antarctica: a test of the SWEAT hypothesis
1 January, 1994
Geochronological, isotopic and aeromagnetic data, including a new Rb-Sr isochron of 1076 ± 7 Ma for volcanic rocks at Bertrab Nunatak, Coats Land, confirm the existence of rocks of Grenvillian…Read more on The Grenville Province within Antarctica: a test of the SWEAT hypothesis
The diatom genusprobosciain subarctic waters
1 January, 1994
References Citations Metrics Reprints & Permissions Get access Abstract A study of modern pelagic subarctic Pacific phytoplankton has revealed the presence of three distinct species of Proboscia Sundstrom,…Climate since AD 1510 on Dyer Plateau, Antarctic Peninsula: evidence for recent climate change
1 January, 1994 by Robert Mulvaney
A 480 year record of the oxygen-isotope ratios, dust content, chemical species and net accumulation from ice cores drilled in 1989 90 on Dyer Plateau in the Antarctic Peninsula is…Investigating tidal flexure on an ice shelf using kinematic GPS
1 January, 1994 by David Vaughan
The positions of ice-stream grounding zones are uniquely sensitive to changes in the mass balance of the ice sheet. Present methods for locating groundingzone features are either imprecise or require…Read more on Investigating tidal flexure on an ice shelf using kinematic GPS
Status of the FIBEX acoustic data from the West Atlantic
1 January, 1994 by Philip Trathan
Data from the FIBEX acoustic survey in the West Atlantic sector have been re-examined to check the consistency of krill abundance estimates derived from different survey vessels. There is a…Read more on Status of the FIBEX acoustic data from the West Atlantic
Geochronology and radiogenic isotope geology of Mesozoic rocks from eastern Palmer Land, Antarctic Peninsula: crustal anatexis in arc-related granitoid genesis
1 January, 1994
Rb Sr and Sm Nd analyses, as well as a few new K Ar dates, are presented for plutonic igneous, meta-igneous and metasedimentary rocks from the central Black Coast area…The need for environmental monitoring in Antarctica: baselines, environmental impact assessments, accidents and footprints
1 January, 1994
The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty (1991) requires the environmental monitoring of human activities carried out in Antarctica. The objective of such monitoring is to collect environmental…Capture and scanning electron microscopy of individual snow crystals
1 January, 1994 by Eric Wolff
A snow crystal has been successfully collected on to a scanning electron microscope (SEM) stub in central Greenland. It was preserved at liquid-nitrogen temperature for 5 months, prior to examination…Read more on Capture and scanning electron microscopy of individual snow crystals
An Automatic Respirometer for use with Small Invertebrates
1 January, 1994 by Roger Worland, William Block
1. An automatic respirometer is described which has been developed to measure the rate of oxygen consumption by small arthropods in closed chambers. 2. The instrument removes 0.5 mul subsamples…Read more on An Automatic Respirometer for use with Small Invertebrates
The polarisation of whistlers received on the ground near L = 4
1 January, 1994
The observed polarisation of the horizontal magnetic components of whistler mode signals received at Halley, Antarctica (L≈ 4.3), is in many cases that expected from a simple model of the…Read more on The polarisation of whistlers received on the ground near L = 4
The performance of a surface station on an Antarctic ice shelf
1 January, 1994
Halley is a scientific station on the Brunt Ice Shelf, Antarctica. The three main buildings are wooden single-storey structures supported about 5 metres above the snow surface by steel platforms…Read more on The performance of a surface station on an Antarctic ice shelf
The relationship between water chemistry and surface sediment diatom assemblages in maritime Antarctic lakes
1 December, 1993
Maritime Antarctic freshwater lakes and their catchments are inherently simple systems in an environment which is characterized by strong seasonality. Such lakes offer excellent opportunities to study the interaction of…Measurements of seasonal rates and annual budgets of organic carbon fluxes in an Antarctic coastal environment at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, suggest a broader balance between production and decomposition
1 December, 1993 by Andrew Clarke
We report here the first comprehensive seasonal study of benthic microbial activity in an Antarctic coastal environment. Measurements were made from December 1990 to February 1992 of oxygen uptake and…Temperature and salinity beneath Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica
1 December, 1993 by Adrian Jenkins, Keith Nicholls
Salinity and temperature measurements have been made beneath Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Access to the seawater was gained by hot-water drilling through 562 m of ice at a site 300…Read more on Temperature and salinity beneath Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica
Pedal mucus production by the Antarctic limpet Nacella concinna (Strebel, 1908)
1 December, 1993 by Lloyd Peck
Pedal mucus production rates were measured in the Antarctic limpet Nacella concinna (Strebel, 1908). Measurements were taken over 30-min and 24-h periods to allow the relative amounts of mucus produced…Read more on Pedal mucus production by the Antarctic limpet Nacella concinna (Strebel, 1908)
Effects of temperature elevation on a field population of Acyrthosiphon svalbardicum (Hemiptera: Aphididae) on Spitsbergen
1 December, 1993 by William Block
A manipulation experiment was carried out on a field population of the aphid Acyrthosiphon svalbardicum near Ny Ålesund, on the high arctic island of Spitsbergen, using cloches to raise temperature.…Electrical conductivity measurements from the GISP2 and GRIP Greenlandice cores
1 December, 1993
THE direct-current electrical conductivity of glacial ice depends on its acidity1–3, and can also indicate changes in climate, as ice formed in cold, dusty periods has a high concentration of…Read more on Electrical conductivity measurements from the GISP2 and GRIP Greenlandice cores
Implications of the break-up of Wordie Ice Shelf, Antarctica for sea level
1 December, 1993 by David Vaughan
Temperature records in the Antarctic Peninsula have shown a climatic warming of 1.5°C over the past 30 years and a number of ice shelves have retreated. The most dramatic retreat…Read more on Implications of the break-up of Wordie Ice Shelf, Antarctica for sea level
Variations in the distribution of chlorophyll a and inorganic nutrients around South Georgia, South Atlantic
1 December, 1993
Data collected on four large-scale surveys around the subantarctic island of South Georgia provide information on the variability in the distribution of chlorophyll and inorganic nutrients during the austral summer…Plasma prolactin during the breeding season in adult and immature macaroni (Eudyptes chrysolophus) and gentoo (Pygoscelis papua) penguins
1 December, 1993
Plasma prolactin levels were measured in free-living breeding adult and immature (prebreeding) macaroni (Eudyptes chrysolophus) and gentoo (Pygoscelis papua) penguins at Bird Island, South Georgia (54°S, 38°W). Macaroni and gentoo…Plasmasphere dynamics in the duskside bulge region: a new look at an old topic
1 November, 1993
Data acquired during several multiday periods in 1982 at ground stations Siple, Halley, and Kerguelen and on satellites DE 1, ISEE 1, and GEOS 2 have been used to investigate…Read more on Plasmasphere dynamics in the duskside bulge region: a new look at an old topic
Giant slide deposits from a Mesozoic fore-arc basin, Alexander Island, Antarctica
1 November, 1993
Several very large synsedimentary slide units exist in the well-exposed Mesozoic fore-arc sequence of Alexander Island, Antarctica. The largest single exposure, which is at least 440 m thick and more…Read more on Giant slide deposits from a Mesozoic fore-arc basin, Alexander Island, Antarctica
The vegetation of Cockburn Island, Antarctica
1 November, 1993
Cockburn Island, off the north-east Antarctic Peninsula, is important in the history of Antarctic terrestrial biology as it was here where the first botanical collections were made by JD Hooker…Growth and population structure in the infaunal bivalve Yoldia eightsi in relation to iceberg activity at Signy Island, Antarctica
1 October, 1993 by Lloyd Peck
Growth rates in the infaunal nuculanid bivalve mollusc Yoldia eightsi (Couthouy) were assessed for field populations in Factory Cove, Signy Island, Antarctica, between. February and April 1992. Daily increments in…An application of scanned focused ion beam milling to studies on the internal morphology of small arthropods
1 October, 1993
For the first time a scanned focused ion beam of approximately 50 nm diameter has been used to prepare biological material. Small defined areas of the surface were removed by…Population dynamics of marine benthic invertebrates in Antarctic and subantarctic environments: are there unique adaptations?
1 September, 1993 by Andrew Clarke
Data on the growth (20 species) and productivity (19 species) of Antarctic and subantarctic macrobenthos were compiled from published and unpublished sources. Differences in the production/biomass (P/B) ratio between Antarctic,…Geochemistry of Palaeozoic–Mesozoic Pacific rim orogenic magmatism, Thurston Island area, West Antarctica
1 September, 1993 by Philip Leat
Thurston Island, and the adjacent Eights Coast and Jones Mountains, record Pacific margin magmatism from Carboniferous to Late Cretaceous times. The igneous rocks form a uniformly calc-alkaline, high-alumina, dominantly metaluminous…Dipterid ferns from the Mesozoic of Antarctica and New Zealand and their stratigraphical significance
1 September, 1993
Two genera of dipteridaceous ferns, Goeppertella and Hausmannia, are described for the first time from the Mesozoic Hope Bay and Botany Bay assemblages of the northern Antarctic Peninsula, and Goeppertella…Genetic evidence of population heterogeneity and cryptic speciation in the ommastrephid squid Martialia hyadesi from the Patagonian Shelf and Antarctic Polar Frontal Zone
1 August, 1993 by Paul Rodhouse
Horizontal starch gel electrophoresis was used to investigate levels of genetic differentiation between four samples of the nominate squid species Martialia hyadesi Rochbrune and Mabille, 1889, obtained from regions of…Reproductive trade-offs in caridean shrimps
1 August, 1993 by Andrew Clarke
1. Volume, dry mass and nutrient content were measured in eggs from four species of polar caridean shrimp (Crustacea: Decapoda): Chorismus antarcticus, Notocrangon antarcticus and Nematocarcinus lanceopes from the Weddell…Observation of a decrease in mid-latitude whistler mode signal occurrence prior to geomagnetic storms
1 August, 1993 by Mark Clilverd
VLF whistler mode signals received in 1986–1992 at Faraday, Antarctica (65° S, 64° W) and Dunedin, New Zealand (46° S, 171° E) show night-long decreases in occurrence which may be…The influence of ionospheric absorption on mid-latitude whistler mode signal occurrence from VLF transmitters
1 August, 1993 by Mark Clilverd
Whistler mode signals from VLF transmitters received at Faraday, Antarctica (65° S, 64° W) during 1986–1991 show an annual variation in the number of hours over which signals are observed,…The local deposition of heavy metal emissions from point sources in Antarctica
1 August, 1993 by Eric Wolff
Surface snow samples have been analysed for the heavy metals Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn to investigate the spatial scale of local sources of pollution in Antarctica. Samples from around…Read more on The local deposition of heavy metal emissions from point sources in Antarctica
The Pre-Cenozoic magmatic history of the Thurston Island Crustal Block, west Antarctica
1 July, 1993
New Rb-Sr and K-Ar geochronological data are presented for the majority of known pre-Cenozoic outcrops in Thurston Island, the Jones Mountains, and the western Eights Coast, which collectively represent the…Read more on The Pre-Cenozoic magmatic history of the Thurston Island Crustal Block, west Antarctica
A comparison of Arctic and Antarctic mesoscale vortices
1 July, 1993 by John Turner, Thomas Lachlan-Cope
The mesoscale (less than 100km) vortices occurring in the two polar regions are considered in terms of their geographical and seasonal distribution, satellite cloud signatures and forcing mechanisms. Environmental conditions…Read more on A comparison of Arctic and Antarctic mesoscale vortices
Evidence for an Antarctic winter coastal polynya
1 June, 1993
Satellite infra-red imagery and meteorological data suggest the presence of winter open water (polynya) in the coastal pack ice to the north and west of the Brunt Ice Shelf. Satellite…Read more on Evidence for an Antarctic winter coastal polynya
Egg size and egg composition in polar shrimps (Caridea; Decapoda)
1 June, 1993 by Andrew Clarke
Egg volume and several aspects of egg nutrient content (dry mass, organic content, carbon and nitrogen content) were measured in eggs from five species of polar caridean shrimp (Crustacea; Decapoda):…Read more on Egg size and egg composition in polar shrimps (Caridea; Decapoda)
Dielectric properties of ice containing acid and salt impurity at microwave and low frequencies
1 June, 1993
We compare the microwave and low-frequency (LF) dielectric conductivity of natural and artificial ice as a function of impurity concentration and temperature. We find a linear dependence of conductivity on…Larval development in the Antarctic nemertean Parborlasia corrugatus (Heteronemertea: Lineidae)
1 June, 1993 by Lloyd Peck
Embryonic and larval development were followed from fertilisation to settlement in the Antarctic heteronemertean Parborlasia corrugatus (McIntosh, 1876). The first cleavage occurred 10 to 15 h after fertilisation, and the…Cephalopod prey of the black-browed albatrossDiomedea melanophrys at South Georgia
1 June, 1993 by Paul Rodhouse
Regurgitations were collected from 41 black-browed albatross adults feeding chicks at Bird Island (54°S 38°W), South Georgia in February 1986. The samples were sorted into recognisable food categories and weighed.…Read more on Cephalopod prey of the black-browed albatrossDiomedea melanophrys at South Georgia
Latitudinal range fluctuations in the marine realm through geological time
1 May, 1993 by Alistair Crame
Our concept of polar marine faunas as having evolved in comparative isolation over long periods may need to be revised. New evidence from the Southern Ocean, in particular, suggests that…Read more on Latitudinal range fluctuations in the marine realm through geological time