Bulgarian Antarctic Research, Life Sciences, Volume 1

About this book

A collection of papers presenting the scientific results of the third Bulgarian Antartic Expedition (1995). Coverage includes papers on climatic conditions, soils, humus formation, vegetation, soil microorganisms, Actinomyces and Streptomyces strains, diatoms, interstitial rhizopods, testate amoebae, soil nematodes, cestodes in birds at the Bulgarian Antartic Base on the Livingston Island, South Shetlands, Antartic.

Contents

Livingston Island as an environment for the Antarctic life, N. Chipev and K. Velchev; peculiarities in the formation of humus in soils from Antarctica - characteristics, factors and mechanisms, M. Sokolovska, L. Petrova and N. Chipev; selected data characterizing microbocoenoses in soil samples from the Antarctic region, V. Bogoev and M. Gyosheva; isolation and taxonomic investigation of actynomyces strains from Antarctica, K. Christova and M. Naidenova; ecophysiological study of streptomyces strains isolated from different soils of Livingston Island, Antarctica, D. Temniskova-Topalova, N. Chipev and K. Manoilova; intersticial rhizopods (Rhizopoda - Testacea and Foraminiferida) from the Antarctic region of Chile and Valparaiso (The Pacific), V. Golemansky and M. Todorov; notes on testate amoebae (Protozoa - Rhizopoda) from Livington Island (South Shetland Islands), M.T. Todorov and V.G. Golemansky; variation in abundance and trophic group structure of soil nematodes in various habitats at Livingston Island, Antarctica, N. Chipev and V. Peneva; "Prionchulus punctatus" cobb, 1917, a new record from Patagonia (Chile), with notes on other mononchids from Antarctic regions, V. Peneva, N. Chipev and S. Nedelchev; record of "Corynosoma Pseudohamanni" zdzitowiecki, 1984 (Acanthocephala, Polymorphidae) in birds at Livingston Island, South Shetlands, with a review of Antarctic avian acanthocephalans, Z.M. Dimitrova, N.H. Chipev and B.B. Georgiev; Cestodes in sea birds at Livingston Island, South Shetlands, Antarctica, B. Georgiev, G. Vassileva, N. Chipev and Z. Dimitrova.

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