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Introduction: Antarctic Biology, 1974–1983.- 1. Marine Nutrient Cycles.- Nutrient Cycles in Antarctic Marine Ecosystems.- Oceanic Frontal Systems and Biological Enhancement.- The Distribution of Inorganic Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Silicon, and Dissolved Organic Matter in Surface and Deep Waters of the Southern Ocean.- Trace Element Geochemistry in the Southern Ocean.- A Contribution to the Oceanology of the Prince Edward Islands.- Nutrient Upwelling and Its Effects in the Lee of Marion Island.- Marine Biological and Oceanographical Investigations in Lützow-Holm-Bay, Antarctica.- Light-Dependence of Phytoplankton Photosynthesis in the Antarctic Ocean: Implications for Regulating Productivity.- Phytoplankton Biomass near a Receding Ice-Edge in the Ross Sea.- The Influence of Light on Growth and Development of the Sea-Ice Microbial Community of McMurdo Sound.- Physiological Response of Micro-Algae in the Ice-Platelet Layer to Low-Light Conditions.- Autumnal Proliferation of Ice-Algae in Antarctic Sea-Ice.- Oceanographic Studies of Epi-Pelagic Ammonium Distributions: The Ross Sea NH4+ Flux Experiment.- Growth and Production of the Seaweed, Himantothallus grandifolius, at King George Island.- Factors Influencing the Production, Decomposition and Distribution of Organic and Inorganic Matter in Admiralty Bay, King George Island.- Kinetics and Trophic Role of Bacterial Degradation of Macro-Algae in Antarctic Coastal Waters.- The Role of Bacteria in the Cycling of Nutrients within the Maritime Antarctic Environment.- Heterotrophic Processes in a Kerguelen Mussel-Bed.- 2. Terrestrial and Freshwater Nutrient Cycles.- Nutrient Cycling in Relation to Biological Productivity in Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic Terrestrial and Freshwater Ecosystems.- The Role of Pygoscelid Penguin Rookeries in Nutrient Cycles at Admiralty Bay, King George Island.- Ornithogenic Phosphates on King George Island in the Maritime Antarctic.- Chemical Composition of Guano of Burrowing Petrel Chicks (Procellariidae) at Marion Island.- The Influence of Elephant Seals on the Terrestrial Ecosystem at Marion Island.- A Preliminary Study of the Action of Crustose Lichens on Rock Surfaces in Antarctica.- Heterotrophic Acetylene Reduction in Soils at Marion Island.- Cellulose Decomposition and Its Relationship to Nutrient Cycling at South Georgia.- Bryophyte Production at Marion Island.- Comparative Microbiology of Moss-Peat Decomposition on the Scotia Arc and Antarctic Peninsula.- Decomposition and Nutrient Cycling in Rostkovia magellanica from Two Contrasting Bogs on South Georgia.- Growth and Production of Poa flabellata in Relation to Soil Nutrient Status and Exposure at South Georgia.- Methanogenesis and the Anaerobic Micro-Biology of a Wet Moss Community at Signy Island.- The Influence of Iron and Manganese on Nutrient Cycling in Shallow Freshwater Antarctic Lakes.- Paucity of Nutrient Cycling and Absence of Food Chains in the Unique Lakes of Southern Victoria Land.- Factors Controlling Phytoplankton Populations in Maritime Antarctic Lakes.- Decomposition Processes in Maritime Antarctic Lakes.- Interactions of Bacterio- and Phyto-Plankton in Nutrient Cycling Within Eutrophic Heywood Lake, Signy Island.- 3. Marine Food Webs.- Antarctic Marine Food Webs.- Choanoflagellates in the Antarctic Marine Food Chain.- Alternate Carbon Pathways at Lower Trophic Levels in the Antarctic Food Web.- Spatial Variability of Phytoplankton and the Distribution and Abundance of Krill in the Indian Sector of the Southern Ocean.- Abundance, Distribution and Behaviour of Euphausia superba in the Southern Ocean Between 15° and 30°E During FIBEX.- Variation in Geographical Distribution and Abundance of Larvae of Antarctic Krill, Euphausia superba, in the Southern Atlantic Ocean.- Vertical Distribution of Larvae of Antarctic Krill, Euphausia superba.- Feeding by Euphausia superba and Copepod Species in Response to Varying Concentrations of Phytoplankton.- Metabolism of Antarctic Krill, Euphausia superba, and Its Tropho-Dynamic Implications.- Aspects of the Nutritional Metabolism of Two Antarctic Euphausiids: Euphausia superba and Thysanoessa macrura.- Moult and Growth in Euphausiids.- Structural and Functional Analyses of the Feeding Appendages of Krill Larvae.- Marine Macro-Plankton of Two Sub-Antarctic Islands.- The Relationship Between Krill Food Requirements and Phytoplankton Production in a Sector of the Southern Indian Ocean.- Feeding by Antarctic Krill, Euphausia superba: Does Size Matter?.- Nutrition of Allotanais hirsutus (Crustacea:Tanaidacea) at Kerguelen Island.- The Trophic Role of the Stone Crab, Lithodes murrayi, in the Benthic Ecosystem of the Crozet Islands.- The Energy Budget of a Population of the Antarctic Isopod Serolis polita.- Non-Cold-Adapted Metabolism in the Decapod Chorismus antarcticus and Other Sub-Antarctic Marine Crustaceans.- Food Webs and Functional Aspects of the Kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, Community in the Beagle Channel, Chile.- Aspects of the Roles of Squid in Food Chains of Marine Antarctic Ecosystems.- The Role of Zooplankton in the Diets of Certain Sub-Antarctic Marine Fish.- The Evolution of Neutrally Buoyant Notothenioid Fishes: Their Specializations and Potential Interactions in the Antarctic Marine Food Web.- Krill Consumption by Antarctic Notothenioid Fish.- The Early Life-History of the High-Antarctic Silverfish, Pleuragramma antarcticum.- Trophic Relationships Between Pelagic Fish and Euphausiids in Antarctic Waters.- Chick Energy Balance in the Whitechinned Petrel, Procellaria aequinoctialis.- Energy and Food Requirements of Pelagic Aerial Seabirds in Different Regions of the African Sector of the Southern Ocean.- Population and Energetic Aspects of the Relationship Between Blackbrowed and Greyheaded Albatrosses and the Southern Ocean Marine Environment.- The Foraging Zones of Seabirds in the Crozet Islands Sector of the Southern Ocean.- A Preliminary Comparison of Marine Bird Biomass and Food Consumption Between the Southeastern Bering Sea and Parts of the Southern Ocean.- The Use of Lipid Profiles in Comparing the Diet of Seabirds.- Biomass of Birds and Mammals in the Ross Sea.- Relationships Between Prey Life-Cycles and the Extent, Nature and Timing of Seal and Seabird Predation in the Scotia Sea.- The Role of Giant Petrels in the Southern Ocean Ecosystem.- Diet and Energy Budget of the Antarctic Fur Seal, Arctocephalus gazella, at South Georgia.- Cephalopod Prey of the Sub-Antarctic Fur Seal, Arctocephalus tropicalis, at Gough Island.- The Role of the Leopard Seal in the Tropho-Dynamics of the Antarctic Marine Ecosystem.- Weddell Seal—Antarctic Cod Interactions in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica.- A Review of the Food Habits of the Small Cetaceans of the Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic.- Energy Flow in the Southern Ocean Food Web.- 4. Terrestrial Food Webs.- Terrestrial Food Webs in the Sub-Antarctic: Island Effects.- Wind Transport of Electrostatically Charged Particles and Minute Organisms in Antarctica.- Succession in the Microflora of Leaves and Litter of Three Plant Species at Sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island.- Organization and Dynamics of Oligochaeta and Diptera on Possession Island.- Arthropod Interactions in an Antarctic Terrestrial Community.- The Feeding Ecology of a Decreasing Feral House Cat, Felis catus, Population at Marion Island.- 5. Interactions Between Marine, Freshwater, and Terrestrial Systems.- Interactions Between Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Organisms.- The Intertidal and Shallow Subtidal Food Web at Marion Island.- Durvillaea antarctica Production in Relation to Nutrient Cycling at Marion Island.- Impact of Fur Seals on the Terrestrial Environment at South Georgia.- Chlorinated Hydrocarbons in Seabird Eggs from the Southern Atlantic and Indian Oceans.- Organochlorines and Heavy Metals in Seals and Birds from the Weddell Sea.- Metal Concentrations in Antarctic Zooplankton Species.- The Interaction of Soil and Lake Microflora at Signy Island.- Trends in Crabeater Seal Age at Maturity: An Insight into Antarctic Marine Interactions.- Summary and Conclusions.