Palmer Long-Term Ecological ResearchANTARCTIC JOURNAL – REVIEW 1997

• Main Authors: Karen S. Baker, Wendy A. Kozlowski, Maria Vernet, Janice L. Jones, Langdon B. Quetin, Robin M. Ross, Raymond C. Smith, Earth System
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Palmer Basin; Palmer Station; Palmer-Station; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.600.1560; http://pal.lternet.edu/docs/publications/1997/antj_vol32_5articles.pdf

gram (Smith et al. 1995) completed a sixth season of sam-pling 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 that cover a regional grid along the western Antarctic Peninsula. The LTER January cruise (PD97-1) visited the Palmer Basin inshore stations four times to provide continuity in the seasonal record (Ross and Baker, Antarctic Journal, in this issue). A summary of events for the 1996–1997 Palmer field sea-son is given in tables 1 and 2; table 1 gives the weekly standard sampling plan, which varied somewhat, and table 2 gives the season's sampling overview. An additional activity late in the season was excavation of penguin rookery sediments for local paleo studies (S. Emslie). Significant dates include