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The thickness of marine diffusive boundary layers (DBLs) can be calculated from the friction velocity and the water … density (a function of temperature and salinity). However, DBL thickness scales differently with temperature, depending … on whether free-stream or friction velocity is used.
The aim of this project was to determine both … the diurnal changes in photosynthetic activity of Antarctic … sea ice algae and also the protective mechanisms … they use to mitigate the effects of in situ UV radiation.
This study describes the distribution of Weddell seals Leptonychotes weddelli in winter(May-September 1999) at the Vestfold Hills, in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica. Specifically, we describe the spatial extent of haul-out sites in shore - fast sea-ice, commonly referred to as fast-ice.
The sediment record of the fauna of Ace Lake, a saline meromictic lake in the Vestfold Hills, Antarctica, consists of copepod … eggs, spermatophores and exoskeletal fragments, rotifer and tintinnid loricae, and foraminiferal and folliculinid tests. The … relative abundance of these remains…
A GPS network has been installed to monitor vertical crustal movement … in the Lambert Glacier region, East Antarctica. The program … commenced in January 1998 with a solar-powered GPS system installed at … Beaver Lake.
The introduction of invasive species may be the most profound modern threat to biological … communities in high-latitude regions. In the Southern Ocean…