Volume 39, Issue 1

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January 2016

Special Issue on Life in Antarctica: Boundaries and Gradients in a Changing Environment

Issue Editors:

Josep-Maria Gili,
R. Zapata Guardiola

17 articles in this issue

Introduction to the special issue on the Life in Antarctica: Boundaries and Gradients in a Changing Environment (XIth SCAR Biology Symposium)
Josep-Maria Gili
Rebeca Zapata-Guardiola
Antonio Quesada
Introduction 21 December 2015 Pages: 1 - 10
Sex determination in Antarctic notothenioid fish: chromosomal clues and evolutionary hypotheses
Laura Ghigliotti
Chi-Hing Christina Cheng
Eva Pisano
Original Paper 22 October 2014 Pages: 11 - 22
Pathways of alien invertebrate transfer to the Antarctic region
Melissa Houghton
Peter B. McQuillan
Justine Shaw
Original Paper 25 October 2014 Pages: 23 - 33
Physiological responses to temperature in Merizodus soledadinus (Col., Carabidae), a subpolar carabid beetle invading sub-Antarctic islands
M. Laparie
D. Renault
Original Paper 29 October 2014 Pages: 35 - 45
Comparative salinity tolerance in native flies from the subantarctic Kerguelen Islands: a metabolomic approach
D. Renault
M. Lombard
M. Laparie
Original Paper 30 October 2014 Pages: 47 - 56
Physiological differences between two overlapped breeding Antarctic penguins in a global change perspective
Verónica L. D’Amico
Néstor Coria
Marcelo Bertellotti
Original Paper 30 October 2014 Pages: 57 - 64
Production of extracellular hydrolase enzymes by fungi from King George Island
Abiramy Krishnan
Peter Convey
Siti Aisyah Alias
Original Paper 23 November 2014 Pages: 65 - 76
Out of Antarctica: quaternary colonization of sub-Antarctic Marion Island by the limpet genus Nacella (Patellogastropoda: Nacellidae)
Claudio A. González-Wevar
Steven L. Chown
Elie Poulin
Original Paper 29 November 2014 Pages: 77 - 89
Mapping the lithic colonization at the boundaries of life in Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica
Laura Zucconi
Silvano Onofri
Laura Selbmann
Original Paper 29 November 2014 Pages: 91 - 102
Biological traits of a sub-Antarctic nototheniid, Patagonotothen ramsayi, from the Burdwood Bank
Mario La Mesa
Emilio Riginella
Carlotta Mazzoldi
OriginalPaper 07 March 2015 Pages: 103 - 111
In situ monitoring of microclimate and metabolic activity in lichens from Antarctic extremes: a comparison between South Shetland Islands and the McMurdo Dry Valleys
J. Raggio
T. G. A. Green
L. G. Sancho
OriginalPaper 18 March 2015 Pages: 113 - 122
Micro- and mesozooplankton responses during two contrasting summers in a coastal Antarctic environment
Maximiliano D. Garcia
Mónica S. Hoffmeyer
Irene R. Schloss
OriginalPaper 19 March 2015 Pages: 123 - 137
Symbiosis as a successful strategy in continental Antarctica: performance and protection of Trebouxia photosystem II in relation to lichen pigmentation
Andres Sadowsky
Sieglinde Ott
OriginalPaper 19 March 2015 Pages: 139 - 151
Photosynthetic light requirements and vertical distribution of macroalgae in newly ice-free areas in Potter Cove, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
D. Deregibus
M. L. Quartino
K. Zacher
OriginalPaper 21 March 2015 Pages: 153 - 166
Distribution, habitat and trophic ecology of Antarctic squid Kondakovia longimana and Moroteuthis knipovitchi: inferences from predators and stable isotopes
J. Seco
J. Roberts
J. C. Xavier
OriginalPaper 21 March 2015 Pages: 167 - 175
Modeling the transport and fate of euphausiids in the Ross Sea
Andrea Piñones
Eileen E. Hofmann
L. Brynn Davis
Original Paper 17 October 2015 Pages: 177 - 187
First assessment of the rocky intertidal communities of Fildes Bay, King George Island (South Shetland Islands, Antarctica)
Ahmed Aghmich
Sergi Taboada
Manuel Ballesteros
Original Paper 29 October 2015 Pages: 189 - 198

Volume 39, Issue 1

Introduction to the special issue on the Life in Antarctica: Boundaries and Gradients in a Changing Environment (XIth SCAR Biology Symposium)

Sex determination in Antarctic notothenioid fish: chromosomal clues and evolutionary hypotheses

Pathways of alien invertebrate transfer to the Antarctic region

Physiological responses to temperature in Merizodus soledadinus (Col., Carabidae), a subpolar carabid beetle invading sub-Antarctic islands

Comparative salinity tolerance in native flies from the subantarctic Kerguelen Islands: a metabolomic approach

Physiological differences between two overlapped breeding Antarctic penguins in a global change perspective

Production of extracellular hydrolase enzymes by fungi from King George Island

Out of Antarctica: quaternary colonization of sub-Antarctic Marion Island by the limpet genus Nacella (Patellogastropoda: Nacellidae)

Mapping the lithic colonization at the boundaries of life in Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica

Biological traits of a sub-Antarctic nototheniid, Patagonotothen ramsayi, from the Burdwood Bank

In situ monitoring of microclimate and metabolic activity in lichens from Antarctic extremes: a comparison between South Shetland Islands and the McMurdo Dry Valleys

Micro- and mesozooplankton responses during two contrasting summers in a coastal Antarctic environment

Symbiosis as a successful strategy in continental Antarctica: performance and protection of Trebouxia photosystem II in relation to lichen pigmentation

Photosynthetic light requirements and vertical distribution of macroalgae in newly ice-free areas in Potter Cove, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

Distribution, habitat and trophic ecology of Antarctic squid Kondakovia longimana and Moroteuthis knipovitchi: inferences from predators and stable isotopes

Modeling the transport and fate of euphausiids in the Ross Sea

First assessment of the rocky intertidal communities of Fildes Bay, King George Island (South Shetland Islands, Antarctica)

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