Xth SCAR International Biology Symposium on ‘Antarctic Biology in the 21st Century-Advances in and beyond IPY’: A brief overview

摘要

The Xth SCAR International Biology Symposium was held under the theme of "Antarctic Biology in the 21st Century-Advances in and beyond IPY-" at the Conference Hall, Hokkaido University, between July 26 and 31, 2009. A total of 113 oral presentations and 122 poster presentations were given under six sub-themes. This special issue was edited by six guest editors under the Editor-in-Chief of "Polar Science", in accordance with the editorial system of "Polar Science" and contains one overview paper and five review papers and 18 research papers.