Trace and Toxic Elements Accumulation in Food Chain Representatives at Livingston Island (Antarctica)

Trace and Toxic Elements Accumulation in Food Chain Representatives at Livingston Island (Antarctica)

Nematode communities of Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, maritime Antarctica

The nematode communities of Antarctica are considered simple. The few species present are well adapted to the harsh conditions and often endemic to Antarctica. Knowledge of Antarctic terrestrial ecosystems is increasing rapidly, but nematode communities remain to be explored in large parts of Antarctica. In soil samples collected at Byers Peninsula (Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 126), ...

Urinary Concentrations of Toxic and Essential Trace Elements among Rural Residents in Hainan Island, China

BACKGROUND Toxic element exposure and essential trace element consumption may have changed after the Chinese economy transformed to a market-oriented system.The objectives of this study were to measure urinary concentrations of toxic (arsenic,cadmium, lead) and essential trace (selenium, zinc, copper) elements among rural residents in Hainan, China and to examine if variations in economic devel...

Multidisciplinary research on Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island: a future benchmark for change in Maritime Antarctica

Multidisciplinary research on Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island: a future benchmark for change in Maritime Antarctica ANTONIO QUESADA, ANTONIO CAMACHO and W. BERRY LYONS Departamento Biologı́a, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain Instituto Cavanilles de Biodiversidad y Biologia Evolutiva y Departamento de Microbiologia y Ecologia, Edificio de Investigación, Campus de Burjassot...

Regional weather survey on Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

In 2001 the LIMNOPOLAR Project was launched with the aim of addressing the suitability of freshwater ecosystems as useful sentinels of climate change. In this project, an automatic weather station was deployed on Byers Peninsula (Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands) near several freshwater ecosystems under research. Here the multi-year data recorded are presented and compared with meteoro...