TITLE:   Palmer LTER: Annual Season Sampling on Station
AUTHORS: Raymond C. Smith, Janice L. Jones, Langdon B. Quetin, Robin M. Ross,
	 Karen S. Baker, Wendy A. Kozlowski, Maria Vernet
DATE:    1996
Palmer LTER Contribution No. 103
Antarctic Journal  of the United States, (accepted)

Abstract - 
The seasonal sampling program for the Palmer Long-Term Ecological
Research (LTER) site (Smith et al., 1995) has developed over the past five
seasons.  Observations of annual events in conjunction
with samples collected weekly from October through March at Palmer Station
provide a seasonal time series that is enabling us (1) to understand
interannual variability in the seasonal timing and rates of processes at
lower trophic levels which are reflected spatially and temporally in higher
trophic levels (krill, seabird), (2) to place results from the regional
scale annual cruises of the Palmer LTER within the specific year's seasonal
progression, and (3) to place short-term more process-oriented experiments
(by LTER and other Palmer Station Principal Investigators) in a
seasonal/interannual context.  Weekly observations from October through March
include the seasonal progression of hydrography, nutrients, 
pigment biomass and primary productivity, the near-shore abundance and
distribution of Antarctic krill and their larvae, and timing and success of
the reproductive cycle of a major predator, Ade\*'lie penguins.
The marine water column and seabird sampling schedule, summarized in Table 1,
is designed with flexibility to accommodate variability in weather.