1. Purification and biochemical characterization of a cadmium metallothionein from the digestive gland of the Antarctic scallop Adamussium colbecki (Smith, 1902)

   • E. Ponzano
   • F. Dondero
   • A. Viarengo

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 147 - 153

2. Phytoplankton biomass in the sub-Antarctic area of the Straits of Magellan (53°S), Chile during spring-summer 1997/1998

   • José Luis Iriarte
   • A. Kusch
   • José Luis Iriarte

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 154 - 162

3. Lipids and fatty acids in Clione limacina and Limacina helicina in Svalbard waters and the Arctic Ocean: trophic implications

   • Stig Falk-Petersen
   • John R. Sargent
   • Rose-Mary Millar

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 163 - 170

4. Breeding habitat and lair structure of the ringed seal (Phoca hispida ladogensis) in northern Lake Ladoga in Russia

   • Mervi Kunnasranta
   • Heikki Hyvärinen
   • Nikolai Medvedev

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 171 - 174

5. Long-term population trends in seven Antarctic seabirds at Pointe Géologie (Terre Adélie) Human impact compared with environmental change

   • T. Micol
   • P. Jouventin

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 175 - 185

6. Mesozooplankton assemblages in the shallow Arctic Laptev Sea in summer 1993 and autumn 1995

   • Silke Lischka
   • Katrin Knickmeier
   • Wilhelm Hagen

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 186 - 199

7. Competition, mortality and diversity in South Atlantic coastal boulder communities

   • David K. A. Barnes
   • Clare Lehane

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 200 - 208

8. Distribution and diving of harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) in Svalbard

   • Ian Gjertz
   • Christian Lydersen
   • Øystein Wiig

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 209 - 214

9. Observations of neonate ringed seals, Phoca hispida, after early break-up of the sea ice in Prince Albert Sound, Northwest Territories, Canada, spring 1998

   • Thomas G. Smith
   • Lois A. Harwood

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 215 - 219