1997/01/01 by Jie Chen, Chen, J., Hans‐Peter Blume +1
Environmental Science · Medicine · #Polar Research and Ecology #Species Distribution and Climate Change #Zoonotic diseases and public health
paper · pdf · doi:10.2312/polarforschung.65.2.83
An awareness of human Impacts on the Antarctic terrestrial ecosystem has becn increasing in the recent decades due especially to the expansions of scicntific expeditions and the tourism industry.In this review, localized contamination of soils and vegetation, disturbance of wildlife, import of alien organisms as well as introduction of exogenous bacterial diseases as a result of human activities undertaken in Antarctica have been outlined.Besides.potential threats to the Antarctic environment from the contaminants emanating frorn sources outside the Antarctic have also been demonstrated.Finally, efforts and progresses within the Antarctic Treaty System towards protection of the Antarctic environment and its terrestrial ecosystem are brielly summarized in this review.