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Description: |
xii, 208 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents Note: |
Partial contents: The landscape. The ice sheet ; Geology ; Continental drift ; Climate : terperature; wind; precipitation -- The southern ocean. Antarctic convergence ; Ice ; Water masses ; Winds ; Water currents ; Waves ; Nutrients ; Tides ; Continental shelf -- Green plants - the primary producers. Terrestrial plants : lichens; mosses; algae; flowering plants ; Freshwater lakes ; Primary producers of the sea : diatoms; primary productivity ; Life in ice - the cryopelagic habitat ; Seaweeds -- Antarctic herbivores. Terrestrial herbivores : arthropods ; Freshwater lake herbivores ; Marine herbivores : near-shore and under-ice communities ; Pelagic community : copepods; krill -- Secondary consumers - fishes, squid, the Benthos. Fishes : ice fishes; blood antifreeze ; Squid ; Benthic invertebrate communities -- Secondary consumers - birds. Penguins : Adelie penguin, Gentoo penguin, Chinstrap penguin ; Petrels and terns -- Secondary consumers - mammals. Seals : Antarctic fur seal, crabeater seal, leopard seal ; Whales : minke whale, blue whale, fin whale, humpback whale -- Secondary predators - birds. Blue-eyed shag ; American sheathbill ; Southern giant petrel ; South polar skua ; Emperor penguin ; Other avian secondary predators -- Secondary carnivores - mammals. Whales : sperm whale, killer whale ; Seals : southern elephant seal, Ross seal, Weddell seal, leopard seal -- The future. Fauna and flora : marine exploitation ; Mineral resources ; Tourism ; Territorial claims ; Antarctic Treaty. |