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CONTENTS 



INTRODUCTION 



1.1 Background 



1.1.1 Historical background 



1.1.2 History of establishing SCAR/SCOR Group of Specialists on 

 Living Resources of the Southern Ocean 



1.1.3 Marine pollution 



1 .2 General objectives 

 RESEARCH PROGRAMMES 

 2.1 Introduction 



2.2 Modelling 



2.3 Physical, chemical and biological environments 



2.3.1 



2.3.2 

 2.3.3 



2.4 KriU 



2.4.1 

 2.4.2 

 2.4.3 



Review 

 Objectives . 

 Research programmes 



Introduction 

 Objectives . 

 Research programmes 



2.5 Marine mammals and birds 



2.5.1 



2.5.2 

 2.5.3 

 2.5.4 

 2.5.5 



2.6 Fishes 



2.6.1 

 2.6.2 

 2.6.3 



Introduction 

 Ecology and abundance 

 Interactions 

 Objectives . 

 Research programmes 



Introduction 

 Objectives . 

 Research programmes 



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