Geoecology of Antarctic ice-free coastal landscapes

This user-friendly second edition provides a fully up-dated and practical introduction to gynaecological ultrasound. It describes and explains background anatomy and physiology, instrumentation and how to make the best use of equipment. Emphasis is placed on how to maximise image quality, and how to recognise normal and pathological features. The volume also assesses other relevant diagnostic techniques and various management strategies, and evaluates the role of ultrasound as part of patient management. It includes chapters on pathology of the uterus, ovaries and adnexae, paediatric and trauma cases, together with management of infertility and other gynaecological perspectives of patient management. Illustrated throughout with numerous high-quality ultrasound images and line drawings, many of them new for this latest edition, this is essential reading for practitioners in training, including radiologists, gynaecologists and sonographers Antarctic Coastal Landscapes: Characteristics, Ecology and Research.- Maritime and Continental Antarctic: The Sites of Investigation in Context.- King George Island - South Shetland Islands, Maritime Antarctic.- Windmill Islands - Wilkes Land, Continental Antarctic.- Ongul Islands - Dronning Maud Land, Continental Antarctic.- Glacial Changes in the Areas of Admiralty Bay and Potter Cove, King George Island, Maritime Antarctica.- Soils and Soil Scapes.- Weathering and Soil Formation.- Refractory Soil Organic Matter - Accumulation, Transformation and Translocation.- Ornithogenic Ecosystems in the Maritime Antarctic - Formation, Development and Disintegration.- Heterotrophic Soil Microbes, Microbial and Enzymatic Activity.- Plant Communities at King George Island.- Plant Communities at Windmill Islands.- Plant Communities at Dronning Maud Land.- Soil Fauna of Antarctic Coastal Landscapes.- Soils as Habitats for Microorganisms.- Ecological Classification of Terrestrial Algal Communites etc