1. Antarctic microbial diversity: the basis of polar ecosystem processes

   • D. D. Wynn-Williams

   Papers Pages: 1271 - 1293

2. Examination of Antarctic prokaryotic diversity through molecular comparisons

   • P. D. Franzmann

   Papers Pages: 1295 - 1305

3. Diversity, distribution and dispersal of Antarctic terrestrial algae

   • P. A. Broady

   Papers Pages: 1307 - 1335

4. Cryptoendolithic microorganisms from Antarctic sandstone of Linnaeus Terrace (Asgard Range): diversity, properties and interactions

   • J. Siebert
   • P. Hirsch
   • M. Jendrach

   Papers Pages: 1337 - 1363

5. Biodiversity of yeasts and filamentous microfungi in terrestrial Antarctic ecosystems

   • H. S. Vishniac

   Papers Pages: 1365 - 1378

6. Diversity of Antarctic terrestrial protozoa

   • H. G. Smith

   Papers Pages: 1379 - 1394

7. Microbial diversity and function in Antarctic freshwater ecosystems

   • J. C. Ellis-Evans

   Papers Pages: 1395 - 1431

8. The diversity, distribution and ecology of diatoms from Antarctic inland waters

   • J. Jones

   Papers Pages: 1433 - 1449

9. Biodiversity in extreme aquatic environments: Lakes, ponds and streams of the Ross Sea sector, Antarctica

   • W. F. Vincent
   • M. R. James

   Papers Pages: 1451 - 1471

10. Eukaryotic microbiota in the surface waters and sea ice of the Southern Ocean: aspects of physiology, ecology and biodiversity in a ‘two-phase’ ecosystem

    • J. Priddle
    • R. J. G. Leakey
    • E. J. Murphy

    Papers Pages: 1473 - 1504

11. Biodiversity and function of bacteria in the Southern Ocean

    • D. Delille

    Papers Pages: 1505 - 1523