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Antarctic Science

Global Concerns

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  • © 1994

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Editors:
  1. Gotthilf Hempel

    1. Institut für Polarökologie, Kiel, Germany

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XII
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  2. Antarctic Science — Global Concerns: Introduction

    • Gotthilf Hempel
    Pages 1-5

  3. Environmental Protection and Science in the Antarctic

    • W. Nigel Bonner
    Pages 6-11

  4. Conflicts of Interest in the Use of Antarctica

    • David J. Drewry
    Pages 12-30

  5. Antarctica — Where Space Meets Planet Earth

    • Michael J. Rycroft
    Pages 31-44

  6. The Antarctic Sea Ice Cover

    • Peter Wadhams
    Pages 45-59

  7. Ecological Significance of the Sea Ice Biota

    • Michael Spindler, Gerhard Dieckmann
    Pages 60-68

  8. The Polar Ice Sheets: A Chronicle of Climate and Environment

    • Hans Oeschger
    Pages 69-94

  9. Biological Impacts of Seasonal Ozone Depletion

    • Harvey J. Marchant
    Pages 95-109

  10. The Southern Ocean: Biogeochemical Cycles and Climate Changes

    • Paul Tréguer
    Pages 110-125

  11. Detection of Change in Antarctica

    • H. Jay Zwally
    Pages 126-143

  12. Antarctic Krill — Changing Perceptions of Its Role in the Antarctic Ecosystem

    • Stephen Nicol
    Pages 144-166

  13. Impact of Shelf and Sea Ice on Water Mass Modifications and Large-Scale Oceanic Circulation in the Weddell Sea

    • Eberhard Fahrbach, Ernst Augstein, Dirk Olbers
    Pages 167-187

  14. Evolutionary History of Antarctica

    • J. A. Crame
    Pages 188-214

  15. Geological Contributions from Antarctica

    • Franz Tessensohn
    Pages 215-228

  16. Antarctica as a Space Laboratory

    • D. J. Lugg
    Pages 229-242

  17. Antarctic Benthos: Present Position and Future Prospects

    • W. E. Arntz, V. A. Gallardo
    Pages 243-277

  18. Future Ocean-Atmosphere Research in the Antarctic Region

    • Ernst Augstein
    Pages 278-282

  19. Future of Antarctic Science — Biosphere

    • Gerd Hubold
    Pages 283-287
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About this book

Public awareness of the importance of Antarctic research, particularly in relation to global problems, has increased. The book spans a broad spectrum of Antarctic science from the "ozone hole" to microbiology to the sea ice. The main focus is on the role of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean in the world climate system, e.g. the formation of sea ice and its relevance to ocean circulation, the biological pump in relation to CO2 release. The past climate history is revealed by the analysis of ice cores and sediments. Studies of plate tectonics and fossil records reach further back in earth history. Key words in the biological chapters are krill and the rich Antarctic benthos. Finally, the potential conflict between conservationists, researchers and tourists is discussed.

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"There is a deceptively comprehensive wealth of information contained between the covers which will be of interest to almost every polar researcher and to the science world in general." - Antarctic Science

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institut für Polarökologie, Kiel, Germany

    Gotthilf Hempel

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Antarctic Science

  • Book Subtitle: Global Concerns

  • Editors: Gotthilf Hempel

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78711-9

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1994

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-57559-7Published: 20 May 1994

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-78711-9Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 287

  • Number of Illustrations: 24 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Ecology, Geography, general, Geoecology/Natural Processes, Nature Conservation, Oceanography, Geology

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