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Vol. 18 No. 2, 1999, pp. 113-400, Proceedings of the International Symposium
on Polar Aspects of Global Change, Tromso, Norway, 24-28 August 1998, NOK
250

  1. Preface.
  2. WELLER, G.: The aim of the symposium;
  3. RAPLEY, C.: Global change and the polar regions.
  4. GRASSL, H.: The cryosphere: an early indicator and global player.
  5. ORBAEK, J.B.: Radiation climate variability in Svalbard: surface and
    satellite observations.
  6. PROSHUTINSKY, A.Y., POLYAKOV, I.V. & JOHNSON, M.A.: Climate states and
    variability of Arctic ice and water dynamics during 1946-1997.
  7. RINKE, A., DETHLOFF, K., SPEKAT, A., ENKE, E. & CHRISTENSEN, J.H.: High
    resolution climate simulations over the Arctic.
  8. SKVARCA, P., RACK, W., ROTT, H. & IBARZABAL Y DONANGELO, T.: Climatic
    trend and the retreat and disintegration of ice shelves on the Antarctic
    Peninsula: an overview.
  9. GERDES, R. & KOBERLE, C.: Numerical simulation of salinity anomaly
    propagation in the Nordic seas and the Arctic Ocean.
    1. GLOERSEN, P. & HUANG, N.E.: In search of an elusive Antarctic
      circumpolar wave in sea ice extents: 1978-1996.
    2. HAARPAINTNER, J.: The Storfjorden polynya: ERS-2 SAR observations and
      overview.
    3. HAUGAN, P.M.: Structure and heat content of the West Spitsbergen
      Current.
    4. CALLAGHAN, T.V., PRESS, M.C., LEE, J.A., ROBINSON, D.L. & ANDERSON,
      C.W.: Spatial and temporal variability in the responses of Arctic
      terrestrial ecosystems to environmental change.
    5. CHRISTENSEN, T.R.: Potential and actual trace gas fluxes in Arctic
      terrestrial ecosystems.
    6. HOBBIE, J.E., PETERSEN, B.J., BETTEZ, N., DEEGAN, L., O'BRIEN, W.J.,
      KLING, G.W., KIPPHUT, G.W., BOWDEN, W.B. & HERSHEY, A.E.: Impact of
      global change on the biogeochemistry and ecology of an Arctic freshwater
      system.
    7. JOABSSON, A., CHRISTENSEN, T.R. & WALLEN, B.: Influence of vascular
      plant photosynthetic rate on CH4 emission from peat monoliths from
      southern boreal Sweden.
    8. LEVESQUE, E. & SVOBODA, J.: Vegetation re-establishment in polar
      "lichen-kill" landscapes: a case study of the Little Ice Age impact.
    9. MONTIEL, P., SMITH, A. & KEILLER, D.: Photosynthetic responses of
      selected Antarctic plants to solar radiation in the southern maritime
      Antarctic.
    10. PANIKOV, N.S.: Fluxes of CO2 and CH4 in high latitude wetlands:
      measuring, modelling and predicting response to climate change.
    11. SHAVER, G.R. & JONASSON, S.: Response of Arctic ecosystems to climate
      change: results of long-term field experiments in Sweden and Alaska.
    12. SOMMERKORN, M., BOLTER & KAPPEN, L.: Carbon dioxide fluxes from tundra
      soil and soil-covering moss layer.
    13. WADA, N.: Factors affecting the seed-setting success of Dryas octopetala
      in front of Broggerbreen (BrOgger Glacier) in the high Arctic,
      Ny-Alesund, Svalbard.
    14. FRENCH, H.M.: Past and present permafrost as an indicator of climate
      change.
    15. GERLAND, S., WINTHER, J.-G., ORBAEK, J.B. & IVANOV, B.: Physical
      properties, spectral reflectance and thickness development of first year
      fast ice in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard.
    16. LISTON, G.E., BRULAND, O., WINTHER, J.-G., ELVEHOY, H. & SAND, K.:
      Meltwater production in Antarctic blue-ice areas: sensitivity to changes
      in atmospheric forcing.
    17. DIETRICH, R., METZIG, R., KORTH, W. & PERLT, J.: Combined use of field
      observations and SAR interferometry to study ice dynamics and mass
      balance in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica.
    18. HUYBRECHTS, P. & LE MEUR, E.: Predicted present-day evolution patterns
      of ice thickness and bedrock elevation over Greenland and Antarctica.
    19. LEFAUCONNIER, B., HAGEN, J.O., ORBAEK, J.B., MELDVOLD, K. & ISAKSSON,
      E.: Glacier balance trends in the Kongsfjord area, western Spitsbergen,
      Svalbard, in relation to the climate.
    20. PINGLOT, J.F., POURCHET, M., LEFAUCONNIER, B., HAGEN, J.O., ISAKSSON,
      E., VAIKMAE, R. & KAMIYAMA, K.: Accumulation in Svalbard glaciers
      deduced from ice cores with nuclear tests and Chernobyl reference
      layers.
    21. INGOLFSSON, O. & HJORT, C.: The Antarctic contribution to Holocene
      global sea level rise.
    22. BJORN, L.O., CALLAGHAN, T.V., GEHRKE, C., GWYNN-JONES, D., LEE, J.A.,
      JOHANSON, U., SONESSON, M. & BUCK, N.D.: Effects of ozone depletion and
      increased ultraviolet-B radiation on northern vegetation.
    23. GARSSEN, J., NORVAL, M. & VAN LOVEREN, H.: UV-B induced
      immunomodulation: a health risk.
    24. HESSEN, D.O., BORGERAAS, J., KESSLER, K. & REFSETH, U.H.: UV-B
      susceptibility and photoprotection of Arctic Daphnia morphotypes.
    25. LUGG, D.J. & ROY, C.R.: Ultraviolet radiation and health effects in the
      Antarctic.
    26. NOONAN, F.P. & DE FABO, E.C.: UV-B radiation: a health risk in the
      Arctic?
    27. FORBES, B.C.: Land use and climate change on the Yamal Peninsula of
      north-west Siberia: some ecological and socio-economic implications.
    28. HACQUEBORD, L.: The hunting of the Greenland right whale in Svalbard,
      its interaction with climate and its impact on the marine ecosystem.
    29. HAMILTON, L.C. & HAEDRICH, R.L.: Ecological and population changes in
      fishing communities of the North Atlantic Arc.
    30. LANGE, M.A., COHEN, S.J. & KUHRY, P.: Integrated global change impact
      studies in the Arctic: the role of the stakeholders.
    31. YOUNG, O.R.: The interplay of global and polar regimes.