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The pattern of growth of Polytrichum alpestre Hoppe, a common moss in the maritime Antarctic, is described. It may form extensive communities, sometimes growing with another moss, Chorisodontium aciphyllum (Hook. […]
The stomach oil produced by many marine birds of the order Procellariiformes is an important aspect of their breeding ecology. Fifty-seven samples of stomach oil from six species of subantarctic […]
Studies of plants growing in tundra regions have tended to concentrate either upon whole plant communities or upon the physiology and metabolism of above- or below-ground plant organs considered separately. […]
Six species are described and compared with related algae. All were isolated in culture from terrestrial habitats on Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica. They are: Botrydiopsis constricta sp. nov. […]
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has relied on sledge dogs as the main form of transport for field parties since its predecessor, the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), imported them […]
Oxygen consumption rates of the minute terrestrial mite, Nanorchestes antarcticus Strandtmann were measured at +5°C with a Cartesian Diver microrespirometer. Individual respiration rates were in the range 0.156 (deutonymphy) to […]
(1) Six annual agricultural species were grown in summer at South Georgia (54⚬S) and in the winter-spring growing season at Melbourne (38⚬S). (2) The mean daily air temperature at South […]