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Table 1: Selected research programs supported by the R/V Polar Duke during her service to the U.S. National Science Foundation's Antarctic Program (1985-1997)


PROJECT TITLE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Marine Geology & Geophysics
Marine heat flow L. Lawver
Paleoclimate history of southern Chile A. Leventer
Stratigraphy in Antarctic fjords E. Domack
Marine geology of Antarctic continental margins J. B. Anderson

Marine Chemistry
Particulate matter flux R. Dunbar
Cycling of biogenic silica D. Nelson, D. Demaster
Iron and phytoplankton production J. H. Martin
Physiological ecology of ultraviolet absorbing compounds D. Karentz
Hydrocarbons in the Antarctic Peninsula region M. Kennicutt

Marine Biology
Antifreeze proteins in Antarctic fishes A. DeVries
Energetics of Antarctic krill R. Ross, L. Quetin
Physiology of ice algae C. Sullivan
Behavioral ecology of Weddell seals J. W. Testa
Microbial chitin degradation J. T. Staley
Life history of Antarctic fishes R. Radtke
Biology of gelatinous zooplankton R. Harbison

Meteorology/Oceanography
Marine sources of sulfate aerosol H. Berresheim
Network for monitoring ultraviolet radiation C. R. Booth
Photochemistry of Antarctic waters K. Mopper, D. Kieber
Ozone depletion and phytoplankton biology R. Smith, B. Prezelin
Cloud condensation nuclei: A link between ocean sulfate and climate V. Saxena

Oceanography
Trophic coupling between mesopelagic and sea-ice communities K. Smith
Long-term Ecological Research on the Antarctic marine ecosystem R. Ross / R. Smith and others
Research on Antarctic Coastal Ecosystem Rates M. Huntley and others
Hydrothermal vents in the Bransfield Straits G. Klinkhammer
Formation of Antarctic bottom water T. Foster
Ecology of marine Antarctic Archaebacteria E. DeLong