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1 January, 1983
The distribution of Chromobacterium on islands of the Scotia Ridge and Antarctic Peninsula was monitored during 1975–81. Three groups of strains were recognized: (1) an acid-tolerant group at South Georgia…Read more on Distribution and characteristics of Chromobacterium in the maritime and sub-antarctic
1 January, 1983
Recent research strongly suggests that harmonic radiation from electrical power distribution networks in industrialized regions (PHLR) has a significant effect on the occurrence of VLF waves and the energetic electron…1 December, 1982 by Alistair Crame
Two groups of bivalves, the inoceramids and buchiids, are particularly useful zone fossils in the Mesozoic sedimentary formations of the Antarctic Peninsula region. In the Upper Jurassic, species of the…Read more on Late Mesozoic bivalve biostratigraphy of the Antarctic Peninsula region
1 December, 1982
Garnet is widely found as a minor constituent in rocks of the Antarctic Peninsula Volcanic Group (APVG) of Trinity Peninsula. It occurs as conspicuous megacrysts, or in xenoliths within volcanic…1 July, 1982 by Alistair Crame
The majority of inoceramid bivalves occurring in Late Jurassic temperate realm assemblages can probably be assigned to the genus Retroceramus. Although there are a few transitional forms, Retroceramus can generally…1 January, 1982
The 4C DNA amounts of 23 native or alien angiosperms from South Georgia, or the maritime Antarctic, ranged from 1.4 to 80.5 pg (in 14 monocots) and from 1.3 to…Read more on DNA amounts of angiosperms from the Antarctic and South Georgia
1 January, 1982
Two calc-alkaline plutonic complexes. Bazman and Natanz, intruded through the south-eastern active and south-western ancient continental margins of Central Iran, Have been dated by the Rb-Sr whole-rock isochron method at…1 January, 1982 by William Block
1. 1. A selective review is made of the information on cold hardiness in the following taxonomic groups: Protozoa, Platyhelminthes, Rhynchocoela, Rotifera, Nematoda, Mollusca, Annelida, Tardigrada, micro-Arthropoda (Collembola & Acari)…1 January, 1982 by William Block
1. Mean supercooling points of eleven species of arthropods (three Collembola, seven Acari and one Diptera) ranged from ‐6.2 to ‐9.4°C (high group), and from ‐17.7 to ‐31.0°C (low group).…Read more on Supercooling points of insects and mites on the Antarctic Peninsula
1 January, 1982 by William Block
(1) The cold hardiness of four species was studied in respect of supercooling ability, cryoprotective substances, chill-coma temperatures and survival under anaerobiosis. The effects of low temperature acclimation and starvation…Read more on Cold hardiness of terrestrial mites at Signy Island, maritime Antarctic
1 January, 1982
Because of their coastal habits and lethargic nature, humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae have been among the species hardest hit by the whaling industry. Between 1904 and 1973 (when humpback catching…1 January, 1982
Ionograms from South Georgia (54°S, 37°W; L = 1.9) are used to investigate the influence of magnetic and solar activity upon the occurrence of the nocturnal intermediate layer. The diurnal…1 January, 1982
Fluctuations of the fundamental and harmonic frequencies of the Schumann (earth-ionosphere cavity) resonances measured near Tromsø, Norway, on 28 March 1979 are examined on a timescale of ≲ 20 minutes.…Read more on Schumann resonance frequency variations during sudden ionospheric disturbances
1 January, 1982 by Andrew Clarke
Chorismus antarcticus (Pfeffer, 1887) is a small benthic hippolytid shrimp which breeds seasonally, producing a batch of large, lipid-rich eggs that are brooded over winter by the female, and hatch…Read more on Lipid synthesis and reproduction in the polar shrimp Chorismus antarcticus
1 January, 1982 by Andrew Clarke
References Citations Metrics Reprints & Permissions Get access Abstract The life-history tactics of many Antarctic marine invertebrates suggest that the commonly observed slow rates of growth are adaptations…Read more on Temperature and embryonic development in polar marine invertebrates
1 January, 1982 by Andrew Clarke
The effects of freezing and thawing on a cell wall-less mutant (CW15+) of Chlamydomonas reinhardii were investigated by monitoring enzyme release, cell viability, cell ultrastructure, and lipid composition. Cells suspended…1 January, 1982
Retreat of the grounding lines of West Antarctic ice streams may lead to the collapse of the West Antarctic ice sheet. Pine Island Glacier has been pinpointed as an ice…Read more on Pine Island Glacier and its drainage basin: results from radio echo-sounding
1 January, 1982
Most penguins and petrels fast during lengthy incubation shifts; all penguins fast through their moult. The resulting weight losses can be used to calculate energy costs of these activities and…Read more on Energy costs of incubation and moult in petrels and penguins
1 January, 1982
Data from ice rises on the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula can be interpreted as showing that the ice is thinning at rates of up 0.5 m a−1. However,…Read more on State of balance of the ice sheet in the Antarctic Peninsula
1 January, 1982 by Michael Pinnock
We report here the first observations of the dynamics of both the mid-latitude and high-latitude troughs made by the Advanced Ionospheric Sounder (AIS) at Halley Station, Antarctica (76° S, 27°…1 January, 1982
Seasonal fluctuations in population numbers and activity were monitored in bottom sediments of oligotrophic Moss Lake, mesotrophic Heywood Lake and eutrophic Amos Lake on Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, during…Read more on Seasonal microbial activity in Antarctic freshwater lake sediments
1 January, 1982
A series of acoustic transects and quantitative net hauls was made in a large patch of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) just north of South Georgia. The krill went through a…1 January, 1982
Sedimentary rocks of late Mesozoic age exposed at Camp Hill, northern Antarctic Peninsula, are associated with calc‐alkaline volcanic rocks. They represent deposition on a fault‐controlled floodplain, with marginal alluvial fans,…Read more on Lacustrine deltas in a Mesozoic alluvial sequence from Camp Hill, Antarctica
1 January, 1982
Two distinct phases of island-are evolution are recognized in late Mesozoic sedimentary rocks of the northern Antarctic Peninsula. During late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian-Tithonian) times, alternating radiolaria-rich mudstones and ash-fall tuffs were…1 January, 1982
Moss peat banks, which can be up to 3 m deep, greater than 2500 m2 in area, and up to 5000 yr old, occur in the Antarctic. Radiocarbon dates show…Read more on The formation of vertical edges on Antarctic moss peat banks
1 January, 1982
Eighteen taxa of terrestrial predacious fungi (nematode-trapping species and endozoic parasites of nematodes) are reported from the maritime Antarctic (15 taxa from Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, and ten taxa…Read more on Nematophagous fungi from the maritime Antarctic
1 January, 1982
The heat and ice balances of a temperate sub-Antarctic cirque glacier were measured through the 1973–74 melt season at an altitude midway between the climatic firn limit and the snout.…1 January, 1982
1. The oxygen consumption of four species of inshore gastropods from Signy Island, Antarctica was measured at −1.7 and +0.5°C in seawater. The limpet Nacella concinna (Strebel) showed a decrease…1 January, 1982
Terrestrial myriametric radiation (non-thermal continuum) observed by the GEOS 1 spacecraft is used to determine the radial profile of plasma density at the equatorial plasmapause. The method utilises the properties…Read more on Terrestrial myriametric radiation from the earth’s plasmapause
1 January, 1982
Bryum cf. algens Card, was collected by SCUBA divers from 9-31 m in the benthos of perennially ice-covered Lake Vanda (77°32′S, 161°35′E), Wright Valley, southern Victoria Land, Antarctica. It occurred…Read more on Bryum Hedw. Collected from Lake Vanda, Antarctica
1 January, 1982
During 4- to 8-day periods at sea, half of 2595 dives of three king penguins were more than 50 meters and two dives exceeded 240 meters. The at-sea metabolic rate,…Read more on Diving depths and energy requirements of king penguins
1 January, 1982
(1) Disease is often viewed as a density-dependent factor expected to limit population numbers, but field evidence from mammals is generally lacking. (2) Mandibular swellings in reindeer on South Georgia…1 January, 1982
The patterns of growth and seasonal changes in body weight and fat reserves of three herds of introduced reindeer on the sub‐Antarctic island of South Georgia were investigated. Two of…1 January, 1982
A theory proposed for the generation of terrestrial myriametric radiation (nonthermal continuum) invokes the linear conversion of electrostatic upper‐hybrid emissions to escaping left‐hand polarized ordinary (L‐O) waves by virtue of…1 January, 1982
Summer profiles of sea-water temperature, salinity and flow were obtained on George VI Ice Shelf near its northern ice front. At each depth, temperature salinity and density show little variation…Read more on Oceanographic observations from George VI Ice Shelf, Antarctic Peninsula
1 January, 1982
Several species of serolid isopod from Signy Island, South Orkney Islands and also from South Georgia were studied, and aspects of their reproductive behaviour and associated morphology are discussed. InSerolis…Read more on The reproductive biology of some serolid isopods from the Antarctic
1 January, 1982
The aggressive and maternal behaviours of 44 individually marked female southern elephant seals, Mirounga leonina, were studied at South Georgia. Evidence of dominance and subordination could be determined in only…Read more on Aggressive and maternal activities of female southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina)
1 January, 1982
The pattern of growth, timing and magnitude of seasonal changes in body weight and condition were compared between male and female reindeer. The data were derived from 300 animals shot…1 January, 1982 by Andrew Clarke
Incorporation of 14C‐leucine and 3H‐alanine into TCA‐precipitable protein, TCA‐soluble protein, and antifreeze glycoproteins (AFGP) was measured in isolated hepatocytes from Pagothenia borchgrevinki Boulenger following acclimation to −1.5°C and + 4°C.…1 January, 1982
Thirty-five new Rb-Sr whole-rock and mineral isochrons are reported for igneous rocks from Graham Land. Magmatism was essentially continuous but peaks of activity occurred in early Jurassic, early Cretaceous, late…1 January, 1982
As part of the Glaciology of the Antarctic Peninsula (GAP) programme, the snow cover at 25 stations was sampled to 10 m depth for oxygen–isotope and total β-radioactivity analysis. The…1 January, 1982 by Eric Wolff
A snow-pit and hand-drilled core have been sampled at Spaatz Island in the Antarctic Peninsula to obtain evidence on the importance of short-term fluctuations of heavy metal (Cd, Cu, Pb,…1 January, 1982
Systematic observations were made on reindeer feeding behaviour during 1973–74, and seven phanerogams and three bryophytes were selected for sampling during the following year. Material of the principal plant species…Read more on Seasonal trends in chemical composition of reindeer forage plants on South Georgia
1 January, 1982
A georesistivity survey was made on part of George VI Ice Shelf (71°55'S, 67°20'W). The principal objectives were to determine the electrical structure of the 1ce shelf, in particular how…Read more on Electrical resistivity of George VI Ice Shelf, Antarctic Peninsula
1 January, 1982 by Michael Pinnock
A new method for monitoring the position and movement of large ionospheric structures is described. The technique uses data from an ionosonde nominally operating at vertical incidence, but relies on…Read more on Movements of the mid-latitude ionospheric trough
1 January, 1982
Population structure and growth of Philine gibba Strebel have been examined using weight- and length-frequency analyses. The population consisted of five year classes but the 4th and 5th year classes…Read more on Population dynamics of the antarctic opisthobranch Philine gibba Strebel
1 January, 1982
Duct coupling, in which part of the energy of a downcoming whistler-mode wave becomes trapped in a different duct after upward reflection in the ionosphere, manifests itself in the phenomenon…1 January, 1982
75 taxa of Protozoa (18 flagellates, 9 naked rhizopods, 20 testate rhizopods and 28 ciliates) were found in 14 samples of mineral materials, peats, soils and guano collected from the…Read more on The terrestrial Protozoan fauna of South Georgia