1. Acknowledgement to referees

   Acknowledgments Pages: 193 - 193

2. Numbers and viability of bacteria in ornithogenic soils of Antarctica

   • Angela J. Ramsay
   • Ruth E. Stannard

   OriginalPaper Pages: 195 - 198

3. Distribution of particulate amino acids in the Bransfield Strait

   • Gerd Liebezeit
   • Manfred Bölter

   OriginalPaper Pages: 199 - 206

4. Planktonic choanoflagellates from two Antarctic lakes including the description of Spiraloecion didymocostatum gen. et sp. nov.

   • Harvey J. Marchant
   • Richard A. Perrin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 207 - 210

5. Chemical influences on ¹⁴C and ¹⁵N primary production in an arctic lake

   • S. C. Whalen
   • V. Alexander

   OriginalPaper Pages: 211 - 219

6. Larvae of Euphausia superba in the Scotia Sea and Bransfield Strait in March 1984 — Development and abundance compared with 1981 larvae

   • Edward Brinton
   • Mark Huntley
   • Annie W. Townsend

   OriginalPaper Pages: 221 - 234

7. Nature, origin and possible roles of lipid deposits in Maurolicus muelleri (Gmelin) and Benthosema glaciale (Reinhart) from Ullsfjorden, northern Norway

   • Inger-Britt Falk-Petersen
   • Stig Falk-Petersen
   • John R. Sargent

   OriginalPaper Pages: 235 - 240

8. Growth rates and the salinity response of an Antarctic ice microflora community

   • G. A. Vargo
   • K. Fanning
   • L. Bell

   OriginalPaper Pages: 241 - 247

9. Significance of microheterotrophs in relation to the degradation process of subantarctic kelp beds (Macrocystis pyrifera)

   • M. Bouvy
   • M. Le Romancer
   • D. Delille

   OriginalPaper Pages: 249 - 253

10. Field measurements of net photosynthesis of lichens in the Antarctic

    • L. Kappen
    • M. Bölter
    • A. Kühn

    Short Communication Pages: 255 - 258