BOOK TITLE:  Foundations for Ecological Research
	     West of the Antarctic Peninsula
EDITORS:     Robin M. Ross, Eileen Hofmann, Langdon B. Quetin
BOOK SERIES: Antarctic Research Series Vol.70
DATE:        1996
SECTION:     TABLE OF CONTENTS


Preface

Part I. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

Historical Perspective of Research in the Antarctic Peninsula Region
Sayed Z. El-Sayed


Part II. HABITAT DESCRIPTION 

Terrestrial and Freshwater Biotic Components of the Western Antarctic 
Peninsula
Ronald I. Lewis Smith

Water Mass Distribution and Circulation West of the Antarctic Peninsula
and Including Bransfield Strait
Eileen E. Hofmann, John M. Klinck, Cathy M. Lascara, and David A. Smith

Spatial and Temporal Variability of Western Antarctic Peninsula 
Sea Ice Coverage 
S.E. Stammerjohn and R.C. Smith

Surface Air Temperature Variations of the Western Antarctic Peninsula Region
Raymond C. Smith, Sharon E. Stammerjohn, and Karen S. Baker

Benthic Marine Habitats in Antarctica
Andrew Clarke

Accumulation of Glacial Marine Sediments in Fjords of the Antarctic
Peninsula and Their Use as Late Holocene Paleoenvironmental Indicators
Eugene W. Domack and Charles E. McClennen


Part III. DISTRIBUTIONS OF BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS

Pelagic and Sea Ice Microbial Communities
David L. Garrison and Sylvie Mathot

Phytoplankton: Quantitative and Qualitative Assessments
R.R. Bidigare, J.L. Iriarte, S.-H. Kang, D. Karentz, M.E. Ondrusek, and
G.A. Fryxell 

Distribution of Antarctic Krill and Dominant Zooplankton West of the 
Antarctic Peninsula 
Robin M. Ross, Langdon B. Quetin, and Cathy M. Lascara

The Distribution of Antarctic Marine Benthic Communities
Andrew Clarke

Midwater Fish Ecology
Adolf K. Kellermann

Factors Controlling the Distribution of Seabirds: Winter-Summer
Heterogeneity in the Distribution of Adelie Penguin Populations
William R. Fraser and Wayne Z. Trivelpiece 

The Breeding Biology and Distribution of Adelie Penguins:
Adaptations to Environmental Variability
Wayne Z. Trivelpiece and William R. Fraser

Marine Mammals of the Southern Ocean
Daniel P. Costa and Daniel E. Crocker


Part IV. CONTROL OF BIOLOGCIAL DISTRIBUTIONS

Microbiological Oceanography in the Region West of the Antarctic
Peninsula: Microbial Dynamics, Nitrogen Cycle and Carbon Flux
David M. Karl, James R. Christian, John E. Dore, and Ricardo M. Letelier

Phytoplankton Biomass and Productivity in the Western Antarctic Peninsula
Region 
Raymond C. Smith, Heidi Dierssen, and Maria Vernet

Factors Affecting Distribution and Abundance of Zooplankton, With an 
Emphasis on Antarctic Krill, Euphausia superba
Langdon B. Quetin, Robin M. Ross, Thomas K. Frazer, and Karen L. Haberman

Marine Benthic Populations in Antarctica: Patterns and Processes
Andrew Clarke


Part V. HUMAN DISTURBANCE 

Human Activity and Disturbance: Building an Antarctic Site Inventory
Ron Naveen

Marine Disturbance-Contaminants
Mahlon C. Kennicutt II and Susanne J. McDonald

Marine Disturbances-Commercial Fishing
David J. Agnew and Stephen Nicol


Part VI. SUMMARY
The Western Antarctic Peninsula Region: Summary of Environmental
and Ecological Processes
The Palmer LTER Group