Functioning of the geoecosystem for the west side of Admiralty Bay (King George Island, Antarctica): Outline of research at Arctowski Station

Ocean and Polar Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 653-662

  Rakusa Suszczewski, Stanisław ^a  

^a POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Fauna; Flora; Global and local changes; Meteo hydrographical conditions

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COLONIZATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ICE COVER;

ANTARCTICA; KING GEORGE ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; DESCHAMPSIA; DESCHAMPSIA ANTARCTICA; ELEPHANT; MIROUNGA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA; SPHENISCIDAE; TRACHEOPHYTA; TRIXIS;

EID: 1342288744     PISSN: 1598141X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4217/OPR.2003.25.4.653     Document Type: Article

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