Debris accumulation on oceanic island shores of the Scotia Arc, Antarctica

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Convey, Peter, Barnes, David K.A., Morton, A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Springer-Verlag 2002
• Subjects: Ecology and Environment; Adelaide Island; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Sandwich Islands; South Sandwich Islands; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Biology
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/13226/; http://www.springerlink.com/content/gwnhu5mdb1p8pfqw/fulltext.html

The oceanic islands in the Southern Ocean can be considered amongst the remotest shores as, not only are they uninhabited (except for small research stations) and geographically isolated, but they are also enclosed by the oceanographic barrier of the Polar Frontal Zone. We survey island shores in th...