Marine Ecosystem Research at the Weddell Sea Ice Edge: The AMERIEZ Program

• Published in: Oceanography
• Main Authors: Smith, Walker O., Jr., Garrison, DL
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: W&M ScholarWorks 1990
• Subjects: Physical Sciences Peer-Reviewed Articles; Oceanography; Southern Ocean; Weddell Sea; Weddell; Marr; Antarc*; Antarctica; Euphausia superba; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.wm.edu/vimsarticles/1665; https://scholarworks.wm.edu/context/vimsarticles/article/2658/viewcontent/3_2_smith.pdf

The explorers and naturalists who first visited Antarctica were struck by the large numbers of whales, seals and seabirds in such a harsh environment (summarized in Everson, 1977). Scientific expeditions in the twentieth century confirmed these observations, and also established that an even greater...