TITLE:    Palmer LTER: Temporal variability in HPLC pigmentation and inorganic
          nutrient distribution in surface waters adjacent to Palmer Station, 
	  December 1991-February 1992
AUTHOR:   Barbara B Prezelin, Mark Moline, Keith Seydell and Kai Scheppe
Palmer LTER Contribution #08

A set of nearfield stations were established in waters adjacent to Palmer
Station in the austral spring of 1991 (Waters and Smith, 1993).  A range of
hydrographic, optical, chemical and biological properties of the water columns
at these sites were repeatedly characterized during late austral spring and
summer (December 1991-March 1992).  The data will be used to define patterns
and scales of variability for foodchain parameters in the area surrounding
important nesting and fledging sites for large populations of Antarctic
seabirds.  Here, we present our preliminary data on the temporal variability
and possible succession of phytoplankton communities within surface waters of
the Palmer grid and their correspondence with changes in the availability of
major plant nutrients.