1. Relationship between ectoenzymatic activity and availability of organic substrates (Ross Sea, Antarctica): an experimental approach

   • Cristina Misic
   • Paolo Povero
   • Mauro Fabiano

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 367 - 376

2. Infiltration phyto- and protozooplankton assemblages in the annual sea ice of Disko Island, West Greenland, spring 1996

   • Kurt R. Buck
   • Torkel G. Nielsen
   • Helge A. Thomsen

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 377 - 381

3. Dorymenia troncosoi sp. nov. (Mollusca Solenogastres: Proneomeniidae), a new species from the South Shetland Islands (Antarctica)

   • O. García-Alvarez
   • V. Urgorri
   • L. von Salvini-Plawen

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 382 - 387

4. Acclimation of brown algal photosynthesis to ultraviolet radiation in Arctic coastal waters (Spitsbergen, Norway)

   • Kai Bischof
   • Dieter Hanelt
   • Christian Wiencke

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 388 - 395

5. The tide as zeitgeber for Weddell seals

   • H. Bornemann
   • E. Mohr
   • G. Krause

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 396 - 403

6. Metal (Fe, Zn, Mn and Cu) levels in the Antarctic fish Notothenia coriiceps

   • M. Márquez
   • C. Vodopivez
   • A. Curtosi

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 404 - 408

7. Is Penguin banding harmless?

   • Guillaume Froget
   • Michel Gautier-Clerc
   • Yves Handrich

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 409 - 413

8. Seasonal variation in the biochemical composition of particulate material collected by sediment traps at Signy Island, Antarctica

   • Geoffrey C. Cripps
   • Andrew Clarke

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 414 - 423

9. The diet of the Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella at Harmony Point, Nelson Island, South Shetland Islands

   • R. Casaux
   • A. Baroni
   • A. Carlini

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 424 - 428

10. Referee acknowledgement

    Pages: 429 - 430