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Antarctic Ocean and Resources Variability

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  • © 1988

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Editors:
  1. Dietrich Sahrhage

    1. Institut für Seefischerei, Bundesforschungsanstalt für Fischerei, Hamburg 50, Germany

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During the intensification of research activities in the Southern Ocean in recent years, both at national levels and through international cooperation in such projects as BIOMASS with its FIBEX and SIBEX phases, the need was felt increasingly for closer collaboration between biologists, meteorologists, and oceanographers in the study of the interaction between the atmospheric forces, the water masses, and the living resources. Better knowledge in this regard is not only of scientific interest but also of practical importance, especially for the management of the resources and the protection of the Antarctic marine ecosystem. As a follow-up on a recommendation by the IOC Program Group for the Southern Oceans made in March 1983, the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission organized a meeting of experts on oceanography related to the dynamics of the Antarctic ecosystems. During this meeting, held in Kiel, Federal Republic of Ger­ many, in May 1984, biologists and oceanographers involved in BIOMASS activities met with the oceanographers of SCOR Working Group 74 to discuss ways and means for additional physical and chemical observations in the oceanographic research within BIOMASS. It was the time when large fluctuations in the distribution of krill with subsequent detrimental effects on predator species dependent on krill had just been observed, and the question arose whether this was possibly the result of changes in the Antarctic water circulation.

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Table of contents (26 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. Meso/Large-Scale Variability in the Environment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. A Survey of the Atmospheric Elements at the Ocean’s Surface South of 40°S

      • H. van Loon, D. J. Shea
      Pages 3-20

    3. Variability of the Atmospheric Circulation over the Drake Passage, Scotia Sea and Weddell Sea

      • L. Kaufeld
      Pages 21-32

    4. Some Indications for Environmental and Krill Resources Variability in the Southern Ocean

      • D. Sahrhage
      Pages 33-40

    5. Spatial and Temporal Variability Within the Southern Ocean

      • A. L. Gordon
      Pages 41-56

    6. Upper Ocean Characteristics in Drake Passage and Adjoining Areas of the Southern Ocean, 39°W-95°W

      • H. A. Sievers, W. D. Nowlin Jr.
      Pages 57-80

    7. Variation of Geostrophic Circulation off the Antarctic Peninsula and in the Southwest Scotia Sea, 1975–1985

      • M. Stein
      Pages 81-91

    8. Variation of Positions and Structures of the Oceanic Fronts in the Indian Ocean Sector of the Southern Ocean in the Period from 1965 to 1987

      • Y. Nagata, Y. Michida, Y. Umimura
      Pages 92-98

  3. Meso/Large-Scale Variability in the Biota (Related to the Environment)

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 99-99
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    2. Seasonal and Interannual Variabilities in Antarctic Phytoplankton with Reference to Krill Distribution

      • S. Z. El-Sayed
      Pages 101-119

    3. Scales of Interaction Between Antarctic Krill and the Environment

      • E. J. Murphy, D. J. Morris, J. L. Watkins, J. Priddle
      Pages 120-130

    4. Interannual Variability in Estimated Primary Productivity of the Antarctic Marginal Ice Zone

      • W. O. Smith Jr., N. K. Keene, J. C. Comiso
      Pages 131-139

    5. Effects of Pack Ice on the Composition of Micronektonic Communities in the Weddell Sea

      • D. G. Ainley, W. R. Fraser, K. L. Daly
      Pages 140-146

    6. Patterns of Spatial and Temporal Distribution and Their Variation in Early Life Stages of Antarctic Fish in the Antarctic Peninsula Region

      • A. Kellermann, K.-H. Kock
      Pages 147-159

    7. The Pelagic Ecosystem of the Bransfield Strait, Antarctica: An Analysis of Microbiological, Planktological and Chemical Characteristics by Multivariate Analyses

      • M. Bölter, B. von Bodungen, G. Liebezeit, M. Meyer
      Pages 160-166

  4. Krill Variability in Relation to the Environment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 167-167
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    2. Large-Scale Fluctuations in Distribution and Abundance of Krill — A Discussion of Possible Causes

      • J. Priddle, J. P. Croxall, I. Everson, R. B. Heywood, E. J. Murphy, P. A. Prince et al.
      Pages 169-182

    3. Hydrography, Krill and Fish and Their Possible Relationships Around Elephant Island

      • F. Nast, K.-H. Kock, D. Sahrhage, M. Stein, J. E. Tiedtke
      Pages 183-198

    4. Can We Satisfactorily Estimate Variation in Krill Abundance?

      • I. Everson
      Pages 199-208
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Institut für Seefischerei, Bundesforschungsanstalt für Fischerei, Hamburg 50, Germany

    Dietrich Sahrhage

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Antarctic Ocean and Resources Variability

  • Editors: Dietrich Sahrhage

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73724-4

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1988

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-73726-8Published: 06 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-73724-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 304

  • Topics: Ecology, Zoology

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