Preface
1: Introduction to the Polar Regions
2: Stress, Adaptation and Survival in Polar Regions
3: Periglacial and Terrestrial Habitats in Polar Regions
4: Glacial Habitats in Polar Regions
5: Inland Waters in Polar Regions
6: Open Oceans in Polar Regions
7: Frozen Oceans in Polar Regions
8: Marine Benthos in Polar Regions
9: Birds and Mammals in Polar Regions
10: Climate Change in Polar Regions
11: Human impacts on Polar Regions
12: Some Conclusions
Further Reading & Web Resources
References
Index
Dr. David N. Thomas is Professor in Marine Biology at the School of
Ocean Sciences, University of Wales Bangor. Between 1989 and 1996
he held four research scientist posts in Germany at the University
of Bremen, Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, University of
Oldenburg and Centre for Marine Tropical Ecology, Bremen. He was
appointed to his position at the University of Wales-Bangor in July
1996. In 2001 to 2003 he held an Ocean and Climate Research
Fellowship
at the Hanse Institute for Advanced Study, Germany.
G. E. Fogg was Professor Emeritus of Marine Biology, School of
Ocean Sciences University of Wales, Bangor.
Dr. Peter Convey is Research Scientist at the Biological Sciences
Division of the British Antarctic Survey.
Dr. Christian Fritsen is Assistant Research Professor in the
Division of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences at the Desert Research
Institute, Nevada, USA.
Dr Josep-Maria Gili is of the Institut de Ciències del Mar, Spanish
National Research Council Dr Rolf Gradinger is Assistant Professor
of Biological Oceanography at the School of Fisheries and Ocean
Sciences, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Prof. Johanna Laybourn-Parry is Dean of Natural Sciences at Keele
University. Her research interests centre around polar limnology,
in particular carbon cycling, environmental microbiology, protozoan
ecophysiology and biological processes on glaciers. Her Antarctic
work is conducted with the Australian and US Antarctic programmes
while her work in the Arctic is conducted in Svalbard. She has been
funded by NERC, The Leverhulme Trust, EPSRC, Industry, the US
National Science Foundation and the
Australian Antarctic Science Advisory Committee (ASAC). She
currently holds a grant from the Leverhulme Trust for work on
protozoan feeding selectivity physiology and from ASAC for
investigating
bacterial biodiversity in Antarctic saline lakes.
Dr. Keith Reid is an ecologist at the British Antarctic Survey.
Professor David Walton is a chief scientist at the British
Antarctic Survey.
`Review from previous edition This is a masterful synthesis of
information across many disciplines about the two polar regions
giving, as intended, a readily accessible overview that deserves a
long future role as the foundation to the teaching and
understanding of polar biology.'
Trends in Ecology and Evolution
`...This up-to-date text provides an excellent introduction to
polar ecology...The author has considerable experience in this
field and both researchers and students of ecology and conservation
will find the book of value.'
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