@ARTICLE{Rakusa-Suszczewski_Stanisław_Environmental_1980, author={Rakusa-Suszczewski, Stanisław}, volume={vol. 1}, number={No 1}, journal={Polish Polar Research}, pages={11-27}, howpublished={online}, year={1980}, publisher={Polish Academy of Sciences}, publisher={Committee on Polar Research}, abstract={Multidisciplinary research was carried on in 1978/79 in the region of Admiralty Bay and Arctowski Station. This area is representative of the near-shore Antarctic ecosystem. It is characterized by a number of local traits such as climate, ice conditions, hydrology, hydrochemistry and hydrodynamics. Estimates were made of primary production and abundance of zooplankton in Admiralty Bay and of the biomass and quantity of food taken by avi-fauna and pinnipeds. Main routes and directions of transport of mineral and organic matter are shown; some of them have been estimated quantitatively. A continuous inflow of organic matter from Bransfield Strait is necessary for the summer functionning of Admiralty Bay.}, type={Article}, title={Environmental conditions and the functioning of Admiralty Bay (South Shetland Islands)}, URL={http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/111593/PDF-MASTER/1980_1_011-027.pdf}, keywords={Antarctic, environmental conditions}, }