TY - JOUR N2 - Macrozooplankton was caught at 17 stations with a Bongo net from the 0-200 m layer. The stations were located near the pack ice edge, between Elephant Islands and the South Orkney Islands. The cluster analysis of 58 recognized taxa allowed to distinguish three regions: the western — near Elephant Island, the middle and the western one — at the South Orkney Islands. No clear difference in macrozooplankton species composition at the open sea stations and those near pack ice was found. The average biomass of macrozooplankton in the investigated area amounted to 82.8 g/1000 m3 (95% CL: 47.2-94.2 g/1000m3). Macrozooplankton was dominated by salps and krill. The biomass and 95% confidence limits were 52.0 g/1000 m3 (15.6-59.2 g/1000 m3) and 26.1 g/1000 m3 (8.4-30.4 g/1000 m3), respectively. Differences in the biomass distribution of some taxa in three distinguished regions were observed. Except of salps the biomass of particular taxa caught near the pack ice edge and the same taxa caught in stations distant from this edge were similar. The biomass of salps was evidently higher in most northern stations. L1 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/111155/PDF/1991-4_565-582.pdf L2 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/111155 PY - 1991 IS - No 4 EP - 582 KW - Antarctic KW - zooplankton KW - pack ice A1 - Siciński, Jacek A1 - Kittel, Wojciech A1 - Żmijewska, Maria I. PB - Polish Academy of Sciences PB - Committee on Polar Research VL - vol. 12 DA - 1991 T1 - Macrozooplankton near the pack ice between Elephant Island and the South Orkney Islands (December 1988 - January 1989) SP - 565 UR - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/111155 T2 - Polish Polar Research ER -