The aim of the present paper is to summarize the broad scope of this Discussion and to attempt to draw certain final generalizations about the Antarctic as a biological zone. It is almost impossible to omit all mention of the sea from a discussion of Antarctic biology, and consequently a review of Antarctic oceanography and of food chains and biomasses at the various marine trophic levels will be given first. This leads in turn to a consideration of the interrelationships between sea, land and fresh water, and thence to an assessment of the total ecosystem.
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Publication status:
Published
Author(s):
Authors: Holdgate, M.W.
Date:
1 January, 1967
Journal/Source:
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences / 252