1. The Managing Editor and Springer-Verlag Online First publication

   Editorial 07 February 2014 Pages: 221 - 221

2. Comparative studies on population structures of Alacia belgicae and Metaconchoecia isocheira (Ostracoda) in the Croker Passage (Antarctic Peninsula) during various seasons

   • Katarzyna Błachowiak-Samołyk

   Original Paper 07 February 2014 Pages: 222 - 230

3. Geographic variation of PCB congeners in polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from Svalbard east to the Chukchi Sea

   • M. Andersen
   • E. Lie
   • Ø. Wiig

   Original Paper 07 February 2014 Pages: 231 - 238

4. Littoral Acari of Marion Island: ecology and extreme wave action

   • P. J. A. Pugh
   • R. D. Mercer

   Original Paper 07 February 2014 Pages: 239 - 243

5. Mass of weaned elephant seal pups in areas of low and high human presence

   • Georg H. Engelhard
   • John van den Hoff
   • Peter J.H. Reijnders

   Original Paper 07 February 2014 Pages: 244 - 251

6. Genetic analysis of sea-ice bacterial communities of the Western Baltic Sea using an improved double gradient method

   • Ralf Petri
   • Johannes F. Imhoff

   Original Paper 07 February 2014 Pages: 252 - 257

7. Lactate dehydrogenase from the Antarctic eelpout, Lycodichthys dearborni

   • Miriam Sharpe
   • Christopher Love
   • Craig Marshall

   Original Paper 07 February 2014 Pages: 258 - 269

8. Seawater tolerance in first-time migrants of anadromous Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus)

   • Odd A. Gulseth
   • Kjell J. Nilssen
   • Bengt Finstad

   Original Paper 07 February 2014 Pages: 270 - 275

9. Seawater tolerance in captive high-Arctic Svalbard charr (Salvelinus alpinus): effect of photoperiod and body size

   • Odd A. Gulseth
   • Klemet Steen
   • Kjell J. Nilssen

   Original Paper 07 February 2014 Pages: 276 - 281

10. Variation of the epifauna on pier-pilings between 1980 and 1992 near the city of Tromsø, Northern Norway

    • B. Gulliksen
    • G. Bahr

    Original Paper 07 February 2014 Pages: 282 - 291

11. Deep-sea food falls: first observation of a natural event in the Arctic Ocean

    • Michael Klages
    • Kay Vopel
    • Wolf E. Arntz

    Short Note 07 February 2014 Pages: 292 - 295

12. Observations on Calanus glacialis eggs under the spring sea ice in the Barents Sea

    • I. Werner
    • H.-J. Hirche

    Short Note 07 February 2014 Pages: 296 - 298

13. Diel vertical migration of the tunicate Salpa thompsoni in the Southern Ocean during summer

    • Jun Nishikawa
    • Atsushi Tsuda

    Short Note 07 February 2014 Pages: 299 - 302