The Official Magazine of The Oceanography Society
Volume 08 | Number 3 | 1995
On the Cover: Clockwise around the Antarctic continent (upper center), starting from the upper left: Palmer Station, (64°46'S 64°04'W) on Anvers Island west of the Antarctic Peninsula, is a year round U.S. research station supported by the National Science Foundation, Office of Polar Programs (view from glacier looking toward Torgersen Island and Palmer Basin); sunset on the Antarctic Peninsula; deploying BOPS (bit-optical profiling system) from the Polar Duke (Jan '93); deploying nets from the Polar Duke in winter (Aug '93); retrieving sediment traps with the Nathaniel B. Palmer (Mar '93)
Middle panel from left to right: SCUBA diver censusing under-ice community; south polar skua; RV Polar Duke.
Lower panel from left to right: pancake ice; Adelie penguins on Torgersen Island; trawling zodiac near Palmer Station. (Photos by Palmer LTER PIs, graduate students and staff.)
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REGULAR ISSUE FEATURES
The Palmer LTER: A Long-Term Ecological Research Program at Palmer Station, Antarctica
By
Raymond C. Smith ,
Karen S. Baker ,
William R. Fraser ,
Eileen E. Hofmann,
David M. Karl,
John M. Klinck,
Langdon B. Quetin,
Barbara B. Prézelin,
Robin M. Ross,
Wayne Z. Trivelpiece, and
Maria Vernet
DEPARTMENTS
QUARTERDECK • We Are on the Web
By
Larry Atkinson
LETTER TO THE EDITOR •
Letter to the editors. 1995. Oceanography 8(3):76.
REVIEW AND COMMENT • Physical Oceanography of the Southwest Atlantic Ocean
By
Edmo J.D. Campos,
Jerry L. Miller,
Thomas J. Müller, and
Ray G. Peterson
REVIEW AND COMMENT • Calcium Carbonate Sedimentation in the Global Ocean: Linkages Between the Neritic and Pelagic Environments
By
John D. Milliman and
André W. Droxler
REVIEW AND COMMENT • Review of Benoit Chushman-Roisin's Introduction to Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
By
Dennis W. Moore
REVIEW AND COMMENT • Priorities for Coastal Ecosystem Science—A Review
By
Donald F. Boesch and
Edward R. Urban Jr.
THE OCEANOGRAPHER’S TOOLKIT • Common Data Formats
By
Larry Atkinson and
Steve Hankin
THE OCEANOGRAPHY CLASSROOM • New Column on Education
By
John W. Farrington
THE OCEANOGRAPHY CLASSROOM • Linking Public Policy Support for Ocean Science to Pre-College Education
By
Admiral James D. Watkins
THE OCEANOGRAPHY CLASSROOM • Diverse Career Possibilities and a Broad Oceanography Curriculum
By
Jonathan H. Sharp
NEWS AND INFORMATION • European Biophysics
By
Igor Vodyanoy
NEWS AND INFORMATION • DOC Intercalibration to End Soon
By
Jonathan H. Sharp
NEWS AND INFORMATION • SCOR: What Is It and What Does It Do?
By
Elizabeth Gross and
Terry Healy
IN MEMORY OF • Ann Gall Durbin, Oceanographer, 1946–1995
By
Margaret Leinen