Anvers Island

A month-long study of the effects of ultraviolet radiation (UV) on phytoplankton and ice-algae collected from Arthur Harbor, Anvers Island, Antarctica, was carried out during November-December 1987. The parameters studied included primary production rates, photosynthetic... 

Although our original plans were to conduct the field experiments in the open waters of Arthur Harbor, Anvers Island,... 

In a more focused examination of eight of the more common macroalgal species at Anvers Island, Huang et al. (2006) were able to show that fresh thallus of the red... 

Fairhead et al. (2005b) examined small-scale within-thallus variations in the phlorotannin contents of D. anceps and D. menziesii and also compared individuals collected from different sites at Anvers Island as well as from the upper and lower limits of their depth distributions at those sites. Thirteen defined thallus parts within each individual were sampled, and although there was considerable variation within individuals at that spatial scale, there were no consistent patterns. When fine scale parts within the individuals were grouped, the main axis of D. anceps had significantly lower phlorotannin levels than did lateral branches. In D. menziesii, the distal-most tips of the lateral branches had significantly higher phlorotannin levels... 

Plant Material Collection of the rhodophyte G. skottsbergii was done manually during scuba dives within 3.5 km of Palmer Station on Anvers Island off the western Antarctic Peninsula (64° 46.5 S, 64° 03.3 W) at a depth of 5-12 m. Identifications were made by Prof. Bill J. Baker (University of South Florida) and Prof. Charles D. Amsler (University of Alabama at Birmingham). 

Figure 1 gives an overview of the cruise tracks and the DMS sampling stations in the Drake Passage and in Bransfield Strait. The land base in Antarctica was Palmer Station on Anvers Island. Most of the measurements were made in open ocean areas (Drake Passage) and in the inshore areas of Gerlache Strait. 

The USA maintains three research stations in Antarctica at McMurdo on Ross Island, at the South Pole, and Palmer Station on Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago. These stations are a major component of the US Antarctic Program that is administered by the Office of Polar Programs of the National Science Foundation which is funded directly by the Congress of the USA. McMurdo and South Pole stations have been operated continuously since the IGY on a year-round basis, whereas Palmer Station opened in 1965. These stations provide facilities for research to scientists who either work at the stations or in the field outside the stations. 

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