1. Acknowledgement to referees

   Acknowledgments Pages: 477 - 477

2. Photoadaptation in marine Arctic diatoms

   • Else Nøst Hegseth

   OriginalPaper Pages: 479 - 486

3. Increase in numbers of male fur seals Arctocephalus gazella during the summer autumn period at Mossman Peninsula (Laurie Island)

   • D. F. Vergani
   • N. R. Coria

   Short Note Pages: 487 - 488

4. Avian predation on ringed seal Phoca hispida pups

   • Christian Lydersen
   • Thomas G. Smith

   Short Note Pages: 489 - 490

5. Cold resistance and metabolic responses to salinity variations in the amphipod Eusirus antarcticus and the krill Euphausia superba

   • Arne V. Aarset
   • Joseph J. Torres

   OriginalPaper Pages: 491 - 497

6. Structure and floristic composition of the Heard Island “pool complex” community

   • Jennifer Whinam

   OriginalPaper Pages: 499 - 503

7. The structure and diurnal variations of the zooplankton of the Prince Edward Islands: Implications for the biomass build-up of higher trophic levels

   • Renzo Perissinotto

   OriginalPaper Pages: 505 - 510

8. Ontogeny of the thymus in an antarctic teleost, Harpagifer sp. (Notothenioidei: Perciformes)

   • J. G. O'Neill

   OriginalPaper Pages: 511 - 516

9. Lipid composition and metabolic activities of benthic near-shore microbial communities of Arthur Harbor, antarctic peninsula: Comparisons with McMurdo Sound

   • Glen A. Smith
   • John D. Davis
   • David C. White

   OriginalPaper Pages: 517 - 524

10. Depth-related changes in benthic diatom assemblages of a maritime Antarctic lake

    • Deborah R. Oppenheim
    • J. Cynan Ellis-Evans

    OriginalPaper Pages: 525 - 532

11. Genetic homogeneity of krill (Euphausia superba Dana) in the Southern Ocean

    • S. E. Fevolden
    • R. Schneppenheim

    OriginalPaper Pages: 533 - 539