1. The Southern Ocean is characterized by the combination of a low but stable temperature
with a markedly seasonal pattern of primary production. It therefore offers an environment …

The 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 …

Temperature can influence the physiology of marine organisms on a variety of time scales
ranging from short-term fluctuations (tidal, vertical migration) to long-term climatic change …

Summary 1 Biological capacities to respond to changing environments dictate success or
failure of populations and species over time. The major environmental feature in this context …

Ecologists and physiologists have long been interested in the way organisms react to the
changing of the seasons and to the varying ecological conditions at different latitudes …

The diets of 93 species of plankton and micronekton taken in the upper 1000 m of Croker
Passage (Gerlache Strait) in the austral fall, 1983, were examined and the principal features …

The Antarctic Peninsula is experiencing one of the fastest rates of regional climate change
on Earth, resulting in the collapse of ice shelves, the retreat of glaciers and the exposure of …

Summary Marion Island (47° S, 38° E) has one of the most oceanic climates on earth, with
consistently low air temperatures, high precipitation, constantly high humidity, and low …

Traditional views on the productivity of the Southern Ocean have changed greatly. High
primary production in the shelf region and near the pack-ice and the short diatom-Krill-whale …

A review is presented of studies, including recent work by members of the British Antarctic
Survey, on the primary productivity of plankton, ice-flora and benthos in both marine and …