books.google.co.uk - BIOMASS (Biological Investigations of Marine Antarctic Systems and Stocks) was a unique, large-scale, long-term, international research programme established in 1977 to investigate the ecology of the Southern Ocean. Its main aim was to gain a greater understanding of the biological systems and stocks...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Southern_Ocean_Ecology.html?id=A5vBfEiZpvkC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareSouthern Ocean Ecology