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Aspects of Scotia Sea zooplankton
Read more of: Aspects of Scotia Sea zooplanktonInformation on small scale distributions of three species of Antarctic zooplankton is reviewed. Aggregations of the euphausiid Euphausia superba, the tunicate Salpa thompsoni, and the amphipod Parathemisto gaudichaudii are compared, […]
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Peat respiration and decomposition in Antarctic terrestrial moss communities
Read more of: Peat respiration and decomposition in Antarctic terrestrial moss communitiesOxygen uptake by the peat of two Antarctic bryophyte communities (a moss turf and a moss carpet) is converted to organic matter loss and used to derive the rate of […]
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Food, feeding ecology and ecological segregation of seabirds at South Georgia
Read more of: Food, feeding ecology and ecological segregation of seabirds at South GeorgiaAt the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia 25 of the 29 breeding species are seabirds. Fifteen of these have recently been studied in some detail. By examining the timing of […]
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Flow lines on Antarctic ice shelves
Read more of: Flow lines on Antarctic ice shelvesSatellite images of Ronne and Filchner ice shelves show a variety of surface features many of which are believed to indicate flow lines in the ice. Sufficient imagery is now […]
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Lipid content and composition of cultured Penaeus merguiensis fed with animal food
Read more of: Lipid content and composition of cultured Penaeus merguiensis fed with animal foodThe lipid content and composition of cultured Penaeus merguiensis were examined by lipid extraction, thin-layer chromatography and capillary gas chromatography. The lipid content, 1.99% fresh weight, was higher than in […]
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A reappraisal of the concept of metabolic cold adaptation in polar marine invertebrates
Read more of: A reappraisal of the concept of metabolic cold adaptation in polar marine invertebratesThe concept of ‘metabolic cold adaptation’, namely that polar marine ectotherms are adapted in having an elevated basal metabolic rate, has been examined in the light of recent biochemical, physiological […]