Antarctic ecosystems
Subtitle: ecological changes and conservation
By: K.R. Kerry, G. Hempel (eds.).
Contributors: Kerry, K. R. 1939-; Hempel, Gotthilf.; International Council of Scientific Unions. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research.; Symposium on Antarctic Biology (SCAR) (5th : 1988 : University of Tasmania)
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Berlin; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 427
Subjects: Ecology -- Antarctica -- Congresses.; Natural history -- Antarctica -- Congresses.; Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Antarctica -- Congresses.; Animal populations -- Antarctica -- Congresses.
Description: A compilation of papers presented at the fifth symposium on Antarctic biology, held under the auspices of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) at the University of Tasmania in 1988, focussing on short- and long-term changes in ecosystem and community structure caused by natural and human factors. Papers include all fields of biological research on the Antarctic continent, the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands, and in the Southern Ocean. Contains a genera and species index.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
"Compilation of papers which were presented at a Symposium on Antarctic Biology... which was the fifth in a series held under the auspices of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) ... at the University Centre, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, 29 August-3 September 1988" --T.p. verso.