Call number:
AWI P1-12-0064
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents: Foreword. - Antarctic Conversation: prospects and retrospects. - Why preserve the Antarctic?. - Trace substances in the Antarctic atmosphere. - Limiting the contamination of virgin surfaces of firn by engine exhausts from nearby traverses and overflights. - Concentrations of heavy metals in some Antarctic and North American sea birds. - Chlorinated hydrocarbons in Antarctic birds. - Toward an understanding of community resilience and the potential effects of enrichments to the benthos at McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. - Radioactive contamination in the Antarctic. - Ecological constraints by stresses. - Understanding the Antarctic marine ecosystem: a prerequisite for its conservation. - Conservation of freshwater habitats on the Antarctic peninsula. - The need for conservation of freshwater enrichments. - The occurrence of aquatic fungi in Victoria Land and Ross Island. - Preserving the scientific value of cold dessert ecosystems: past and present practices and a rationale for the future. - Need for the conservation of terrestrial vegetation in the subantarctic. - Sanitation and waste disposal in Antarctica. - A proposal for the construction of a model Antarctic base. - Pollution in Antarctica: I. The Island Stations with remarks on some emerging psycho-ecological viewpoints. - Pollution and conservation of the Antarctic terrestrial ecosystems. - Work Group summaries. - Appendices. - Agreed measures for the conservation of Antarctic seals, from Conference for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals, London, 3-10 February, 1972
Type of Medium:
Monograph available for loan
Pages:
356 S. : Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.
Branch Library:
AWI Library
