TITLE:   Palmer LTER: Annual Season October 1996-March 1997
AUTHORS: Karen S. Baker, Wendy A. Kozlowski, Maria Vernet,
	 Janice L. Jones, Langdon B. Quetin, Robin M. Ross, Raymond C. Smith.
	 William R. Fraser
DATE:    1997 
Palmer LTER Contribution No. 147
Antarctic Journal  of the United States, (accepted)

Abstract - 
The Palmer Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Program
(Smith et al., 1995) completed a sixth season
of sampling at Palmer Station.
The Palmer LTER sampling strategy combines seasonal
time series data from the nearshore Palmer grid
and seabird observations from nesting sites near Palmer Station
with annual cruises which cover a regional grid along the western
Antarctic Peninsula.  The LTER January cruise (PD97-01)
visited the Palmer Basin inshore stations four times to provide continuity in
the seasonal record (Ross and Baker, this issue).