1. Distribution and temperature tolerance of the Antarctic free-living mite Antarcticola meyeri (Acari, Cryptostigmata)

   • Hiromi Sugawara
   • Yoshikuni Ohyama
   • Seigo Higashi

   Original Paper Pages: 1 - 8

2. The use of beaks as tools for biomass estimation in the deepwater squid Moroteuthis ingens (Cephalopoda: Onychoteuthidae) in New Zealand waters

   • George D. Jackson

   Original Paper Pages: 9 - 14

3. Water-mass influences on summer Antarctic phytoplankton biomass and community structure

   • Maria Paola Mura
   • Maria Paola Satta
   • Susana Agustí

   Original Paper Pages: 15 - 20

4. Feeding and diel vertical migration cycles of Metridia gerlachei (Giesbrecht) in coastal waters of the Antarctic Peninsula

   • M. D. G. Lopez
   • M. E. Huntley

   Original Paper Pages: 21 - 30

5. Distribution of salps near the South Shetland Islands during austral summer, 1990–1991 with special reference to krill distribution

   • Jun Nishikawa
   • Mikio Naganobu
   • Kouichi Kawaguchi

   Original Paper Pages: 31 - 39

6. Habitat temperature and potential locomotor activity of the continental Antarctic mite, Maudheimia petronia Wallwork (Acari: Oribatei)

   • David J. Marshall
   • Ian P. Newton
   • Jan E. Crafford

   Original Paper Pages: 41 - 46

7. Temperature effects on locomotor activity rates of sub-Antarctic oribatid mites

   • David J. Marshall
   • Steven L. Chown

   Original Paper Pages: 47 - 49

8. Nematodes, rotifers and tardigrades from nunataks in Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica

   • Björn Sohlenius
   • Sven Boström
   • Angelika Hirschfelder

   Original Paper Pages: 51 - 56

9. Sediment-water fluxes of nutrients in an Antarctic coastal environment: influence of bioturbation

   • D. B. Nedwell
   • T. R. Walker

   Original Paper Pages: 57 - 64

10. Regulation of parental investment in the Antarctic petrel Thalassoica antarctica: an exchange experiment

    • Reidar Andersen
    • Bernt-Erik Sæther
    • Hans Chr. Pedersen

    Original Paper Pages: 65 - 68

11. Natural age-dependent mortality rates of Antarctic krill Euphausia superba Dana in the Indian sector of the Southern Ocean

    • E. A. Pakhomov

    Short Note Pages: 69 - 71

12. Stone crabs close to the Antarctic Continent: Lithodes murrayi Henderson, 1888 (Crustacea; Decapoda; Anomura) off Peter I Island (68°51′S, 90°51′W)

    • M. Klages
    • J. Gutt
    • T. Bruns

    Short Note Pages: 73 - 75

13. First announcement

    Announcement Pages: A5 - A5