Articles

1. Assessment of trace metals in droppings of Adélie penguins(Pygoscelis adeliae) from different locations of the Antarctic Peninsula area
2. Geographic ranges of ascidians from Antarctica and the southeastern Pacific
3. Experimental culture of non-indigenous Juncus bufonius from King George Island, South Shetland Island,Antarctica
4. Detection of integron integrase genes on King George Island, Antarctica
5. Distribution patterns of typical enzyme activities in tundra soils on the Fildes Peninsula of maritime Antarctica
6. Analysis of phosphorus forms in sediment cores from ephemeral ponds on Ardley Island, West Antarctica
7. Sources and distribution of particulate organic carbon in Great Wall Cove and Ardley Cove, King George Island,West Antarctica
8. Seawater nutrient and chlorophyll α distributions near the Great Wall Station, Antarctica
9. Identification of Antarctic culturable bacteria able to produce diverse enzymes of potential biotechnological interest
10. Preliminary evidence for 17 coastal terraces on Fildes Peninsula,King George Island, Antarctica
11. Characterizing proteases in an Antarctic Janthinobacterium sp. isolate: Evidence of a protease horizontal gene transfer event
12. Construction and screening of a functional metagenomic library to identify novel enzymes produced by Antarctic bacteria

Letters

1. Five-year bio-monitoring of aquatic ecosystems near Artigas Antarctic Scientific Base, King George Island
2. A preliminary study of freshwater meiofaunal communities at Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

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