Desarrollo de la Antártica

Takesi Nagata I THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ••• ting theír foods maínly from the surroundíng sea, and then theír excrements are supplying the nutritive elements for the lower plants and micro-organisms Oil and near the Antarctic coast. Then, fue food chain cyde for the terrestrial and marine lives may be schematically expressed as illustrated in Fig. 13. T'his figure may be considered as a summary oí 'biological researi:hes of the life history of seals, penguines and other hirds, fislhes, some invertebrate and zoo-planktons in and out the Antarctic sea coast. The Antarctic Treaty consultative meetings have made several recommendations (1-8, 11-2, m-8, III-9 and Iv·18) fot the conservatíon of Antarctíc fauna and flora. Parti– culary, Recornmendation m-8, titled "Agreed measures fol' the conservation of Antarctic fauna and flora" defined, in its Artide vn, "Specially Protected Areas" which ihall be spedal protected in order to preserve their unique natural ecological system. A number of spedal -protected areas have been designated and authorized by the AntarctÍc Treaty Powers. dr Oropping 01 s,,", bar<! 11","• ... downward wilh melting snow. Ecrements washil!'$ out. An example of foOO chains in Antarclica Fig. 13 b) Marine Bio~()gy irz the Antarctic Ocean During the past twenty years, biological researohes of the primary production by the phyto-¡planktons,l:!he taxonomy and ecology of zoo– plan:ktons incIuding Antarctic kr~lls, the ecology of benthic animals,