Report on the BIOMASS-oriented research at Syowa Station in 1982

Abstract

The Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE) planned a three-year programme of shore-based research, "Marine biological production in the Antarctic coastal ecosystem", between 1982 (JARE-23) and 1984 (JARE-25). This research programme was a part of the international "Biological Investigations of Marine Antarctic Systems and Stocks (BIOMASS)" programme. The JARE-23 was the first year of the three-year programme and three marine biologists wintered at Syowa Station. Routine observations of oceanographic conditions and plankton samplings were carried out at five stations on the fast-ice near Syowa Station for a period of 13 months between January 1982 and January 1983. During this period emphasis was put on the ecological studies of zooplankton and micronekton. In addition, an ecological study on ice algae and the population census of the Adelie penguin were also made.