Ecology in the Antarctic : papers presented at a meeting held on 11 October 1979 organised by the Linnean Society of London / edited by W.N. Bonner and R.J. Berry. - London ; New York : London ; New York : Published for the Linnean Society of London by Academic Press, c1980.

"Reprinted from the Biological journal of the Linnean Society, volume 14, number 1, 1980."

Includes bibliographies.

Foreword / G.E. Fogg -- British biological research in the Antarctic / W.N. Bonner -- Seasonal fluctuation in microbial activity in Antarctic moss peat / D.D. Wynn-Williams -- Survival strategies in polar terrestrial arthropods / W. Block -- Peat respiration and decomposition in Antarctic terrestrial moss communities / R.C. Davies -- Evolution of Antarctic lake ecosystems / J. Priddle and R.B. Heywood -- Reproductive adaptations of Antarctic benthic invertebrates / G.B. Picken -- A reappraisal of the concept of metabolic cold adaptation in polar marine invertebrates / A.A. Clarke -- Aspects of Scotia Sea zooplankton / I. Everson and P. Ward -- Food, feeding ecology, and ecological segregation of seabirds at South Georgia / J.P. Croxall and P.A. Prince -- Population structure and social organization of southern elephant seals, Mirounga leonina (L.) / T.S. McCann.

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