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Block, William; Holdgate, Martin. 2023 Obituary – Dr Peter John Tilbrook. Polar Record, 59, e7. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247422000420

Block, William. 2021 [Book review] Large animals and wide horizons (the autobiography of Richard M Laws). Arnoldus Schytte Blix, Ian Parker and Christine Parker. 2017. Cambridge, England: Janus Publishing Company Ltd. 431 pages. ISBN 978-1-85756-864-6. Polar Record, 57, e16. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247421000176

Ermilov, Sergey G.; Stary, Josef; Block, William. 2012 Morphology of juvenile instars of Ameronothridae (Acari: Oribatida). Zootaxa, 3224. 1-40.

Block, W.; Smith, R.I. Lewis; Kennedy, A.D.. 2009 Strategies of survival and resource exploitation in the Antarctic fellfield ecosystem. Biological Reviews, 84 (3). 449-484. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-185X.2009.00084.x

Block, William. 2005 Review of Life in the frozen state, edited by B.J. Fuller, N. Lane and E.E. Benson. London, CRC Press, 2004. Antarctic Science, 17 (2). 301-302.

Sherlock, Graham; Block, William; Benson, Erica E.. 2005 Thermal analysis of the plant encapsulation-dehydration cryopreservation protocol using silica gel as the desiccant. CryoLetters, 26 (1). 45-54.

Bignell, David E.; Block, William; Baker, Anne S.. 2004 Obituary: John Anthony Wallwork (1932-2004). International Journal of Acarology, 30 (3). 281-285.

Block, William; Zettel, Juerg. 2003 Activity and dormancy in relation to body water and cold tolerance in a winter-active springtail (Collembola). European Journal of Entomology, 100 (3). 305-312.

Worland, M. Roger; Block, William. 2003 Desiccation stress at sub-zero temperatures in polar terrestrial arthropods. Journal of Insect Physiology, 49 (3). 193-203. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-1910(02)00264-0

Block, William. 2003 Obituary: David Wynn-Williams (1946-2002). Polar Record, 39 (209). 161-164.

Convey, Peter ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8497-9903; Block, William; Peat, Helen J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2017-8597. 2003 Soil arthropods as indicators of water stress in Antarctic terrestrial habitats? Global Change Biology, 9 (12). 1718-1730. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1529-8817.2003.00691.x

Block, William. 2003 Water or ice? - the challenge for invertebrate cold survival. Science Progress, 86 (1-2). 77-101. https://doi.org/10.3184/003685003783238680

Block, William. 2003 Water status and thermal analysis of alginate beads used in cryopreservation of plant germplasm. Cryobiology, 47 (1). 59-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0011-2240(03)00069-5

Johnstone, Claire; Block, William; Benson, Erica E.; Day, John G.; Staines, Harry; Illian, Janine B.. 2002 Assessing methods for collecting and transferring viable algae from Signy Island, maritime Antarctic, to the United Kingdom. Polar Biology, 25 (7). 553-556. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-002-0377-8

Block, William. 2002 Ignoring our roots [Editorial]. CryoLetters, 23 (3). 137-138.

Block, William. 2002 Interactions of water, ice nucleators and desiccation in invertebrate cold survival. European Journal of Entomology, 99 (2). 259-266.

Bale, J.S.; Worland, M.R.; Block, W.. 2001 Effect of summer frost exposures on the cold tolerance strategy of a sub-Antarctic beetle. Journal of Insect Physiology, 47 (10). 1161-1167. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-1910(01)00097-X

Block, William; Worland, M. Roger. 2001 Experimental studies of ice nucleation in an Antarctic springtail (Collembola, Isotomidae). Cryobiology, 42 (3). 170-181. https://doi.org/10.1006/cryo.2001.2319

Bauer, Roswitha; Worland, M. Roger; Block, William. 2001 Experimental studies on cold survival of enchytraeid cocoons. Pedobiologia, 45 (6). 561-571. https://doi.org/10.1078/0031-4056-00107

Block, W.; Convey, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8497-9903. 2001 Seasonal and long-term variation in body-water content of an Antarctic springtail - a response to climate change? Polar Biology, 24 (10). 764-770. https://doi.org/10.1007/s003000100282

Block, William; Bauer, Roswitha. 2000 DSC studies of freezing in terrestrial enchytraeids (Annelida: Oligochaeta). CryoLetters, 21 (2). 99-106.

Block, William. 2000 Feature locality: the UK Arctic Research Station at Ny-Alesund, Svalbard. Arctic Insect News, 11. 10-14.

Dumet, Dominique; Block, William; Worland, Roger; Reed, Barbara M.; Benson, Erica E.. 2000 Profiling cryopreservation protocols for Ribes ciliatum using differential scanning calorimetry. CryoLetters, 21 (6). 367-378.

Worland, M. Roger; Block, William; Grubor-Lajsic, Gordana. 2000 Survival of Heleomyza borealis (Diptera, Heleomyzidae) larvae down to -60oC. Physiological Entomology, 25 (1). 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-3032.2000.00159.x

Bale, J.S.; Block, W.; Worland, M.R.. 2000 Thermal tolerance and acclimation response of larvae of the sub-Antarctic beetle Hydromedion sparsutum (Coleoptera: Perimylopidae). Polar Biology, 23 (2). 77-84. https://doi.org/10.1007/s003000050011

Convey, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8497-9903; Greenslade, P.; Arnold, R.J.; Block, W.. 1999 Collembola of sub-Antarctic South Georgia. Polar Biology, 22 (1). 1-6.

Bale, J.S.; Worland, M.R.; Block, W.. 1999 Comparative thermal tolerance of herbivorous and predatory beetles on South Georgia, Sub-Antarctic. CryoLetters, 20 (2). 83-88.

Bauer, Roswitha; Block, William. 1999 Differential scanning calorimetry studies on enchytraeids. Newsletter on Enchytraeidae, 6. 43-47.

Hodkinson, I. D.; Webb, N. R.; Bale, J. S.; Block, W.. 1999 Hydrology, water availability and tundra ecosystem function in a changing climate: the need for a closer integration of ideas? Global Change Biology, 5 (3). 359-369. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2486.1999.00229.x

Worland, M. Roger; Block, William. 1999 Ice-nucleating bacteria from the guts of two sub-Antarctic beetles,Hydromedion sparsutum and Perimylops antarcticus(Perimylopidae). Cryobiology, 38 (1). 60-67. https://doi.org/10.1006/cryo.1998.2147

Ernsting, G.; Brandjes, G. J.; Block, W.; Isaaks, J. A.. 1999 Life-history consequences of predation for a subantarctic beetle: evaluating the contribution of direct and indirect effects. Journal of Animal Ecology, 68 (4). 741-752. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2656.1999.00322.x

Brandjes, G. J.; Block, W.; Ernsting, G.. 1999 Spatial dynamics of two introduced species of carabid beetles on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia. Polar Biology, 21 (5). 326-334. https://doi.org/10.1007/s003000050369

Block, William; Wharton, David A.; Sinclair, Brent J.. 1998 Cold tolerance of a New Zealand alpine cockroach, Celatoblatta quinquemaculata (Dictyoptera, Blattidae). Physiological Entomology, 23 (1). 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-3032.1998.2310001.x

Stary, Josef; Block, William. 1998 Distribution and biogeography of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) in Antarctica, the sub-Antarctic islands and nearby land areas. Journal of Natural History, 32. 861-894.

Hodkinson, Ian D.; Webb, N.R.; Bale, J.S.; Block, W.; Coulson, S.J.; Strathdee, A.T.. 1998 Global change and Arctic ecosystems: conclusions and predictions from experiments with terrestrial invertebrates on Spitsbergen. Arctic and Alpine Research, 30 (3). 306-313.

Block, William; Worland, M. Roger; Bale, Jeffrey. 1998 Respiratory responses to chilling and freezing in two sub-Antarctic insects. Cryobiology, 37 (2). 163-166. https://doi.org/10.1006/cryo.1998.2110

Šustr, V.; Block, W.. 1998 Temperature dependence and acclimatory response of amylase in the High Arctic springtail Onychiurus arcticus (Tullberg) compared with the temperate species Protaphorura armata (Tullberg). Journal of Insect Physiology, 44 (10). 991-999. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-1910(97)00174-1

Webb, Nigel R.; Coulson, Steven J.; Hodkinson, Ian D.; Block, William; Bale, Jeffery S.; Strathdee, Andrew T.. 1998 The effects of experimental temperature elevation on populations of cryptostigmatic mites in high Arctic soils. Pedobiologia, 42 (4). 298-308.

McAllen, Rob; Block, William. 1997 Aspects of the cryobiology of the intertidal Harpacticoid CopepodTigriopus brevicornis(O. F. Müller). Cryobiology, 35 (4). 309-317. https://doi.org/10.1006/cryo.1997.2046

Todd, Catherine M.; Block, William. 1997 Responses to desiccation in four Coleopterans from sub-Antarctic South Georgia. Journal of Insect Physiology, 43 (10). 905-913. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-1910(97)00055-3

Chown, S.L.; Block, W.; Vernon, P.; Greenslade, P.. 1997 Priorities for terrestrial Antarctic research. Polar Record, 33 (186). 187-188. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247400014674

Starý, J.; Block, W.; Greenslade, P.. 1997 Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of sub-Antarctic Heard Island. Journal of Natural History, 31 (4). 545-553. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939700770281

Block, William. 1997 [Book review] Sømme, L. (1995). Invertebrates in Hot and Cold Arid Environments. (Cloudsley Thompson, J.L. General Editor. Adaptations of Desert Organisms). Berlin: Springer Verlag. ISBN 3-540-58985-6. Journal of Arid Environments, 35 (2). 384-386. https://doi.org/10.1006/jare.1996.0177

Chown, S. L.; Block, W.. 1997 Comparative nutritional ecology of grass-feeding in a sub-Antarctic beetle: the impact of introduced species on Hydromedion sparsutum from South Georgia. Oecologia, 111 (2). 216-224. https://doi.org/10.1007/s004420050228

Wharton, David A.; Block, William. 1997 Differential scanning calorimetry studies on an Antarctic nematode (Panagrolaimus davidi) which survives intracellular freezing. Cryobiology, 34 (2). 114-121. https://doi.org/10.1006/cryo.1996.1989

Grubor-Lajsic, G.; Block, W.; Telesmanic, M.; Jovanovic, A.; Stevanovic, D.; Baca, F.. 1997 Effect of cold acclimation on the antioxidant defense system of two larval lepidoptera (noctuidae). Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology, 36 (1). 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1520-6327(1997)36:1<1::AID-ARCH1>3.0.CO;2-#

Rossolimo, T.E.; Block, W.; Worland, M.R.. 1997 Issledovaniye fiziologicheskikh parametrov Pterostichus subaeneus (Carabidae) iz Zapadmogo Sayana [A note on the ecophysiology of ... from the western Sayan Mountains]. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 76 (8). 910-914.

Block, W.; Starý, J.. 1996 Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of the maritime Antarctic and Antarctic Peninsula. Journal of Natural History, 30 (7). 1059-1067. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939600770561

Hodkinson, I. D.; Coulson, S. J.; Webb, N. R.; Block, W.. 1996 Can high Arctic soil microarthropods survive eleveated summer temperatures? Functional Ecology, 10 (3). 314-321. https://doi.org/10.2307/2390278

Convey, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8497-9903; Greenslade, P.; Richard, K. J.; Block, W.. 1996 The terrestrial arthropod fauna of the Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands - Collembola. Polar Biology, 16 (4). 257-259. https://doi.org/10.1007/s003000050052

Coulson, S. J.; Hodkinson, I. D.; Wooley, C.; Webb, N. R.; Block, W.; Worland, M. R.; Bale, J. S.; Strathdee, A. T.. 1996 Effects of experimental temperature elevation on high-arctic soil microarthropod populations. Polar Biology, 16 (2). 147-153. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02390435

Morton-Firth, C.J.; Block, William; Worland, M. Roger. 1996 Organism survival and cell integrity in a freeze-tolerant insect. CryoLetters, 17 (1). 25-30.

Convey, Peter ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8497-9903; Block, William. 1996 Antarctic diptera: ecology, physiology and distribution. European Journal of Entomology, 93 (1). 1-13.

Grubor-Lajsic, G.; Block, W.; Jovanovic, A.; Worland, R.. 1996 Antioxidant enzymes in larvae of the Antarctic fly, Belgica antarctica. CryoLetters, 17 (1). 39-42.

Block, W.. 1996 Cold or drought - the lesser of two evils for terrestrial arthropods? European Journal of Entomology, 93 (3). 325-329.

Worland, M.R.; Block, W.; Oldale, Helen. 1996 Ice nucleation activity in biological materials with examples from Antarctic plants. CryoLetters, 17. 31-38.

Starý, J.; Block, W.. 1996 Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of the Falkland Islands, South Atlantic and their zoogeographical relationships. Journal of Natural History, 30 (4). 523-535. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939600770281

Hodkinson, I. D.; Coulson, S. J.; Webb, N. R.; Block, W.; Strathdee, A. T.; Bale, J. S.; Worland, M. R.. 1996 Temperature and the biomass of flying midges (Diptera: Chironomidae) in the high Arctic. Oikos, 75 (2). 241-248. https://doi.org/10.2307/3546247

Ernsting, G.; Block, W.; Brandjes, G.J.. 1996 Trophic interactions among soil fauna in a sub-Antarctic site. Circumpolar Journal, 11 (1-2). 56-59.

Coulson, S.J.; Hodkinson, I.D.; Strathdee, A.T.; Block, W.; Webb, N.R.; Bale, J.S.; Worland, M.R.. 1995 Thermal Environments of Arctic Soil Organisms during Winter. Arctic and Alpine Research, 27 (4). 364-370. https://doi.org/10.2307/1552029

Block, William; Harrisson, Paul M.. 1995 Collembolan water relations and environmental change in the maritime Antarctic. Global Change Biology, 1 (5). 347-359. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.1995.tb00033.x

Coulson, S.J.; Hodkinson, I.D.; Block, W.; Webb, N.R.; Worland, M.R.. 1995 Low summer temperatures: a potential mortality factor for high arctic soil microarthropods? Journal of Insect Physiology, 41 (9). 783-792. https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-1910(95)00027-R

Block, William; Convey, Peter ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8497-9903. 1995 The biology, life cycle and ecophysiology of the Antarctic miteAlaskozetes antarcticus. Journal of Zoology, 236 (3). 431-449. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1995.tb02723.x

Ernsting, G.; Block, W.; MacAlister, H.; Todd, C.. 1995 The invasion of the carnivorous carabid beetle Trechisibus antarcticus on South Georgia (sub-Antarctic) and its effect on the endemic herbivorous beetle Hydromedion spasutum. Oecologia, 103 (1). 34-42. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00328422

Strathdee, A.T.; Bale, J.S.; Strathdee, F.C.; Block, W.C.; Coulson, S.J.; Webb, N.R.; Hodkinson, I. D.. 1995 Climatic severity and the response to temperature elevation of Arctic aphids. Global Change Biology, 1 (1). 23-28. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.1995.tb00003.x

Block, William. 1995 Insects and freezing. Science Progress, 78 (4). 349-372.

Starý, J.; Block, W.. 1995 Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of South Georgia, South Atlantic. Journal of Natural History, 29 (6). 1469-1481. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939500770631

Block, William; Hong-Chang, Li; Worland, M. Roger. 1995 Parameters of cold resistance in eggs of three species of grasshoppers from Inner Mongolia. CryoLetters, 16 (2). 73-78.

Todd, C.M.; Block, W.. 1995 A comparison of the cold hardiness attributes in larvae of four species of Diptera. CryoLetters, 16. 137-146.

Richard, K.J.; Convey, Peter ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8497-9903; Block, William. 1994 The terrestrial arthropod fauna of the Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands. Polar Biology, 14 (6). 371-379. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00240257

Hodkinson, I.D.; Coulson, S.; Webb, N.R.; Block, W.; Strathdee, A.T.; Bale, J.S.. 1994 Feeding studies on Onychiurus arcticus (Tullberg) (Collembola: Onychiuridae) on West Spitsbergen. Polar Biology, 14 (1). 17-19. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00240267

Worland, M. Roger; Block, William. 1994 An Automatic Respirometer for use with Small Invertebrates. Functional Ecology, 8 (3). 419-426. https://doi.org/10.2307/2389836

Block, William. 1994 Differential scanning calorimetry in ecophysiological research. Acta Oecologica, 15 (1). 13-22.

Block, William. 1994 Terrestrial ecosystems: Antarctica. Polar Biology, 14 (5). 293-300. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00238443

Block, W.; Webb, N.R.; Coulson, S.; Hodkinson, I.D.; Worland, M.R.. 1994 Thermal adaptation in the Arctic collembolan Onychiurus arcticus (Tullberg). Journal of Insect Physiology, 40 (8). 715-722. https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-1910(94)90099-X

Block, William; Vannier, Guy. 1994 What is ecophysiology? Two perspectives. Acta Oecologica, 15 (1). 5-12.

Strathdee, A.T.; Bale, J.S.; Block, W.C.; Coulson, S.J.; Hodkinson, I.D.; Webb, N.R.. 1993 Effects of temperature elevation on a field population of Acyrthosiphon svalbardicum (Hemiptera: Aphididae) on Spitsbergen. Oecologia, 96 (4). 457-465. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00320502

Wharton, D. A.; Block, William. 1993 Freezing tolerance in some Antarctic nematodes. Functional Ecology, 7 (5). 578-584. https://doi.org/10.2307/2390134

Worland, Roger; Block, William; Rothery, Peter. 1993 Ice nucleation studies of two beetles from sub-antarctic South Georgia. Polar Biology, 13 (2). 105-112. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00238543

Coulson, S.; Hodkinson, I.D.; Strathdee, A.; Bale, J.S.; Block, W.; Worland, M.R.; Webb, N.R.. 1993 Simulated climate change: the interaction between vegetation type and microhabitat temperatures at Ny �lesund, Svalbard. Polar Biology, 13 (1). 67-70. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00236585

Webb, N.R.; Block, William. 1993 Aspects of cold hardiness in Steganacarus magnus (Acari: Cryptostigmata). Experimenta; and Applied Acarology, 17 (10). 741-748. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00051832

Block, William; Grubor-Lajsic, Gordana; Worland, M. Roger. 1993 Cold tolerance of a larval tipulid from an upland habitat. CryoLetters, 14. 185-192.

Strathdee, A.T.; Bale, J.S.; Block, W.C.; Webb, N.R.; Hodkinson, I.D.; Coulson, S.J.. 1993 Extreme adaptive life-cycle in a high arctic aphid, Acyrthosiphon svalbardicum. Ecological Entomology, 18 (3). 254-258. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2311.1993.tb01098.x

Strathdee, A.T.; Bale, J.S.; Webb, N.R.; Coulson, S.J.; Block, W.C.; Hodkinson, I.D.. 1993 Identification of three previously unknown morphs of Acyrthosiphon svalbardicum Heikinheimo (Hemiptera: Aphididae) on Spitsbergen. Entomologica Scandinavica, 24 (1). 43-47. https://doi.org/10.1163/187631293X00055

Davey, M.C.; Pickup, J.; Block, William. 1992 Temperature variation and its biological significance in fellfield habitats on a maritime Antarctic island. Antarctic Science, 4 (04). 383-388. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102092000567

Grubor-Lajsic, Gordana; Block, William; Worland, Roger. 1992 Comparison of the cold hardiness of two larval Lepidoptera (Noctuidae). Physiological Entomology, 17 (2). 148-152. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3032.1992.tb01192.x

Block, William; Davenport, J.; Bale, J.. 1992 Animals at low temperatures. Journal of Zoology, 226 (2). 345-350. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1992.tb03844.x

Rothery, P.; Block, William. 1992 Characterizing supercooling point distributions. CryoLetters, 13 (3). 193-198.

Worland, Roger; Block, William; Rothery, Peter. 1992 Survival of sub-zero temperatures by two South Georgian beetles (Coleoptera, Perimylopidae). Polar Biology, 11 (8). 607-613. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00237955

Block, William. 1992 U.K. studies on Arctic arthropods at Svalbard. Arctic Insect News, 3. 2-4.

Grubor-Lajsic, G.; Block, William; Palanacki, V.; Glumac, S.. 1991 Cold hardiness parameters of overwintering diapause larvae of Ostrinia nubilalis in Vojvodina, Yugoslavia. CryoLetters, 12 (3). 177-182.

Harrisson, Paul M.; Rothery, Peter; Block, William. 1991 Drying processes in the Antarctic collembolan Cryptopygus antarcticus (Willem). Journal of Insect Physiology, 37 (12). 883-890. https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-1910(91)90003-I

Block, William. 1991 To freeze or not to freeze? Invertebrate survival of sub-zero temperatures. Functional Ecology, 5 (2). 284-290. https://doi.org/10.2307/2389266

Block, William. 1990 CRYO'90–An Adventure in the low temperature sciences: State University of New York, Binghamton, New York, 17–23 June 1990. Antarctic Science, 2 (04). 367. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102090210517

Griffin, Christine T.; Downes, M.J.; Block, William. 1990 Tests of Antarctic soils for insect parasitic nematodes. Antarctic Science, 2 (03). 221-222. https://doi.org/10.1017/S095410209000030X

Block, William; Erzinclioglu, Y.Z.; Worland, M. Roger. 1990 Cold resistance in all life stages of two blowfly species (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 4 (2). 213-219. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2915.1990.tb00279.x

Block, William; Baust, J.G.; Franks, F.; Johnston, I.A.; Bale, J.. 1990 Cold Tolerance of Insects and Other Arthropods [and Discussion]. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 326 (1237). 613-633. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1990.0035

Ring, R. A.; Block, William; Sømme, L.; Worland, M. Roger. 1990 Body water content and desiccation resistance in some arthropods from subantarctic South Georgia. Polar Biology, 10 (8). 581-588. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00239369

Harrisson, P.M.; Block, William; Worland, M. Roger. 1990 Moisture and temperature dependent changes in the cuticular permeability of the antarctic springtail Parisotoma octooculata (Willem). Revue d'Écologie et de Biologie du Sol, 27 (4). 435-448.

Block, William; Harrisson, Paul M.; Vannier, Guy. 1990 A comparative study of patterns of water loss from two Antarctic springtails (Insecta, Collembola). Journal of Insect Physiology, 36 (3). 181-187. https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-1910(90)90120-5

Somme, L.; Ring, R.A.; Block, William; Worland, M. Roger. 1989 Feeding in the two phytophagous beetles Hydromedion sparsutum and Perimylops antarcticus from South Georgia. Polar Biology, 10 (2). 141-143. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00239159

Somme, L.; Ring, R.A.; Block, William; Worland, M. Roger. 1989 Respiratory metabolism of Hydromedion sparsutum and Perimylops antarcticus (Col., Perimylopidae) from South Georgia. Polar Biology, 10 (2). 135-139. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00239158

Block, William; Duman, John G.. 1989 Presence of thermal hysteresis producing antifreeze proteins in the antarctic mite,Alaskozetes antarcticus. Journal of Experimental Zoology, 250 (2). 229-231. https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.1402500215

Lister, A.; Block, William; Usher, M.B.. 1988 Arthropod predation in an Antarctic terrestrial community. The Journal of Animal Ecology, 57 (3). 957-970. https://doi.org/10.2307/5104

Cannon, R.J.C.; Block, William. 1988 Cold tolerance of microarthropods. Biological Reviews, 63 (1). 23-77. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-185X.1988.tb00468.x

Block, William; Somme, L.; Ring, R.; Ottesen, P.; Worland, M. Roger. 1988 Adaptations of arthropods to the sub-Antarctic environment. British Antarctic Survey Bulletin, 81. 65-67.

Block, William. 1988 South Georgian entomology. Antenna, 12 (3). 97-102.

Collier, R.H.; Worland, M. Roger; Block, William; Anderson, M.. 1988 Sugar and polyol content of cabbage root fly pupae. CryoLetters, 9 (4). 256-265.

Block, William; Erzinclioglu, Y.Z.; Worland, M. Roger. 1988 Survival of freezing in Calliphora larvae. CryoLetters, 9 (2). 86-93.

Block, William; Turnock, W. J.; Jones, T. H.. 1987 Cold resistance and overwintering survival of the cabbage root fly, Delia radicum (Anthomyiidae), and its parasitoid, Trybliographa rapae (Cynipidae), in England. Oecologia, 71 (3). 332-338. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00378704

Lister, A.; Usher, M. B.; Block, William. 1987 Description and quantification of field attack rates by predatory mites: An example using an electrophoresis method with a species of Antarctic mite. Oecologia, 72 (2). 185-191. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00379265

Heal, O.W.; Block, William. 1987 Soil biological processes in the North - and South. Ecological Bulletins, 38. 47-57.

Schenker, R.; Block, William. 1986 Micro-arthropod activity in three contrasting terrestrial habitats on Signy Island, maritime Antarctic. British Antarctic Survey Bulletin, 71. 31-43.

Worland, M. Roger; Block, William. 1986 Survival and water loss in some Antarctic arthropods. Journal of Insect Physiology, 32 (6). 579-584. https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-1910(86)90075-2

Block, William. 1985 Ecological and physiological studies of terrestrial arthropods in the Ross Dependency 1984-85. British Antarctic Survey Bulletin, 68. 115-122.

Cannon, R.J.C.; Block, William; Collett, G.D.. 1985 Loss of supercooling ability in Cryptopygus antarcticus (Collembola: Isotomidae) associated with water uptake. CryoLetters, 6. 73-80.

Block, William. 1985 Survival on land. Biologist, 32 (3). 133-138.

Block, William; Christensen, B.. 1985 Terrestrial Enchytraeidae from South Georgia and the maritime Antarctic. British Antarctic Survey Bulletin, 69. 65-70.

Sømme, Lauritz; Block, William. 1984 Ecophysiology of two intertidal mites at South Georgia. Oikos, 42 (3). 276-282. https://doi.org/10.2307/3544395

Block, William. 1984 A comparative study of invertebrate supercooling at Signy Island, maritime Antarctic. British Antarctic Survey Bulletin, 64. 67-76.

Block, William; Burn, A.J.; Richard, K.J.. 1984 An insect introduction to the maritime Antarctic. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 23 (1). 33-39. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.1984.tb00804.x

Block, William. 1983 Heterogeneous ice nucleation in supercooled micro-arthropods. CryoLetters, 4 (3). 155-162.

Fain, A.; Somme, L.; Block, William. 1983 Hyadesia maxima sp. n. (Acari, Hyadesiidae) from South Georgia. Bulletin et Annales de la Societe Royal Entomologique de Belgique, 119. 171-176.

Block, William; Somme, L.. 1983 Low temperature adaptations in beetles from the Sub-Antarctic Island of South Georgia. Polar Biology, 2 (2). 109-114. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00303176

Block, William. 1982 Cold hardiness in invertebrate poikilotherms. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Physiology, 73 (4). 581-593. https://doi.org/10.1016/0300-9629(82)90265-1

Sømme, Lauritz; Block, William. 1982 Cold hardiness of Collembola at Signy Island, maritime Antarctic. Oikos, 38 (2). 168-176. https://doi.org/10.2307/3544016

Block, William; Sømme, Lauritz. 1982 Cold hardiness of terrestrial mites at Signy Island, maritime Antarctic. Oikos, 38 (2). 157-167. https://doi.org/10.2307/3544015

Block, William. 1982 Respiration studies on some South Georgian Coleoptera. CNFRA, 51. 183-192.

Block, William. 1982 The Signy Island terrestrial reference sites: XIV. Population studies on the Collembola. British Antarctic Survey Bulletin, 55. 33-49.

Block, William. 1982 Supercooling points of insects and mites on the Antarctic Peninsula. Ecological Entomology, 7 (1). 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2311.1982.tb00638.x

Block, William. 1981 Les ecosystemes terrestres subantarctiques. CryoLetters, 2. 229-230.

Block, William. 1981 Low temperature effects on micro-arthropods. Journal of Thermal Biology, 6 (4). 215-218. https://doi.org/10.1016/0306-4565(81)90009-7

Al-Dabbagh, K. Y.; Block, William. 1981 Population ecology of a terrestrial isopod in two breckland grass heaths. The Journal of Animal Ecology, 50 (1). 61-77. https://doi.org/10.2307/4031

Block, William; Somme, L.. 1981 Studies of arthropod cold hardiness. British Antarctic Survey Bulletin, 53. 265-266.

Block, William. 1981 Terrestrial arthropods and low temperature. Cryobiology, 18 (4). 436-444. https://doi.org/10.1016/0011-2240(81)90119-X

Block, William; Zettel, Jurg. 1980 Cold hardiness of some Alpine Collembola. Ecological Entomology, 5 (1). 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2311.1980.tb01118.x

Young, S.R.; Block, William. 1980 Experimental studies on the cold tolerance of Alaskozetes antarcticus. Journal of Insect Physiology, 26 (3). 189-200. https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-1910(80)90080-3

Block, William. 1980 Nanorchestes antarcticus Strandtmann (Prostigmata) from Antarctic ice. Acarologia, 21 (2). 173-176.

Young, S.R.; Block, William. 1980 Some factors affecting metabolic rate in an Antarctic mite. Oikos, 34 (2). 178-185. https://doi.org/10.2307/3544180

Block, William. 1980 Survival strategies in polar terrestrial arthropods. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 14 (1). 29-38. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.1980.tb00095.x

Block, William. 1979 Cold tolerance of micro-arthropods from Alaskan taiga. Ecological Entomology, 4 (2). 103-110. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2311.1979.tb00566.x

Block, William; Young, S.R.. 1979 Measurement of supercooling in small arthropods and water droplets. CryoLetters, 1. 85-91.

Block, William. 1979 Oxygen consumption of the Antarctic springtail Parisotoma octooculata (Willem) (sotomidae). Revue d'Ecologie et de Biologie du Sol, 16 (2). 227-233.

Block, William; Young, S.R.; Conrad-Larsen, E.M.; Somme, L.. 1978 Cold tolerance of two Antarctic terrestrial arthropods. Experientia, 34. 1166-1167.

Block, William; Young, S.R. 1978 Metabolic adaptations of antarctic terrestrial micro-arthropods. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Physiology, 61 (2). 363-368. https://doi.org/10.1016/0300-9629(78)90119-6

Block, William; Tilbrook, P.J.. 1978 Oxygen Uptake by Cryptopygus antarcticus (Collembola) at South Georgia. Oikos, 30 (1). 61-67. https://doi.org/10.2307/3543522

Block, William. 1977 Oxygen consumption of the terrestrial mite Aaskozetes antarcticus (Acari: Cryptostigmata). Journal of Experimental Biology, 68. 69-87.

Block, William. 1976 Oxygen uptake by Nanorchestes antarcticus (Acari). Oikos, 27 (2). 320-323. https://doi.org/10.2307/3543913

Block, William; Tilbrook, P.J.. 1975 Respiration Studies on the Antarctic Collembolan Cryptopygus antarcticus. Oikos, 26 (1). 15-25. https://doi.org/10.2307/3543271

Tilbrook, P.J.; Block, William. 1972 Oxygen uptake in an Antarctic collembole Cryptopygus antarcticus. Oikos, 23 (3). 313-317. https://doi.org/10.2307/3543169

Publication - Book

Block, William. 1992 An annotated bibliography of Antarctic invertebrates (terrestrial and fresh water). Cambridge, British Antarctic Survey.

Publication - Book Section

Rybalov, L.; Rossolimo, T.; Block, W.. 2000 Temperature adaptations of terrestrial arthropods of the Yenisey Region of Siberia (Asian Ecological Transect). In: Watson, A.E.; Aplet, G.H.; Hendee, J.C., (eds.) USDA Forest Service Proceedings Rocky Road Mountain Research Station. Fort Collins, USA, Rocky Mountain Research Station, 57-61.

Block, William. 1997 Ecophysiological strategies of terrestrial arthropods in the maritime Antarctic. In: Battaglia, B.; Valencia, J.; Walton, D.W.H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7103-4043, (eds.) Antarctic communities: species, structure and survival. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 316-320.

Bale, Jeffrey S.; Hodkinson, Ian D.; Block, William; Webb, Nigel R.; Coulson, Steven C.; Strathdee, Andrew T.. 1997 Life strategies of arctic terrestrial arthropods. In: Woodin, S.J.; Marquiss, M., (eds.) Ecology of arctic environments. Oxford, Blackwell, 137-165. (British Ecological Society special publication, 13).

Somme, L.; Block, William. 1991 Adaptations to alpine and polar environments in insects and other terrestrial arthropods. In: Lee, R.E.; Denlinger, D.L., (eds.) Insects at low temperature. New York, Chapman and Hall, 318-359.

Usher, M.B.; Block, William; Jumeau, P.J.A.M.. 1989 Predation by arthropods in an Antarctic terrestrial community. In: Heywood, R.B., (ed.) University research in Antarctica. Proceedings of British Antarctic Survey Antarctic Special Topic Scheme Symposium 9-10 November 1988. Cambridge, British Antarctic Survey, 123-129.

Somme, L.; Block, William. 1987 Ecophysiology of intertidal mites at South Georgia. In: Trehen, P., (ed.) Deuxieme Colloque sur les Ecosystemes Terrestres Subantarctiques. Contraintes selectives sur les organismes et les communautes / Communities and organisms: selective pressure, Station Biologique de Paimpont, 8-11 Septembre 1986. Paris, Institut Geographique National, 107-109. (CNFRA, 58).

Block, William. 1987 Ecophysiology of terrestrial arthropods. In: Trehen, P., (ed.) Deuxieme Colloque sur les Ecosystemes Terrestres Subantarctiques. Contraintes selectives sur les organismes et les communautes / Communities and organisms: selective pressure, Station Biologique de Paimpont, 8-11 Septembre 1986. Paris, Institut Geographique National, 99-106. (CNFRA, 58).

Block, William. 1987 Seasonal changes in cold resistance of soil arthropods. In: Striganova, B.R., (ed.) Soil fauna and fertility. Moscow, Nauka, 120-124.

Block, William. 1986 Temperature and drought effects on Antarctic land arthropods. In: Velthuis, H.H.W., (ed.) Proceedings of the 3rd European Congress of Entomology. Part 2. Amsterdam, Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging, 247-250.

Block, William. 1985 Arthropod interactions in an Antarctic terrestrial community. In: Siegfried, W.R.; Condy, P.R.; Laws, R.M., (eds.) Antarctic nutrient cycles and food webs. Berlin, Springer-Verlag, 614-619.

Block, William. 1984 Terrestrial microbiology, invertebrates and ecosystems. In: Laws, R.M., (ed.) Antarctic Ecology, vol. 1. London, Academic Press, 163-236.

Block, William. 1983 Low temperature tolerance of soil arthropods - some recent advances. In: Lebrun, P.; Andre, H.M.; De Medts, A.; Gregoire-Wibo, C.; Wauthy, G., (eds.) New trends in soil biology. Proceedings of the VIII International Colloquium of Soil Zoology, Louvain-la-Neuve, 1982: International Colloquium of Soil Zoology, 8th, 1982. Louvain-le-Neuve, Universite Catholique de Louvain, 427-431.

Block, William. 1983 Summary of round table discussion on 'soil animal ecophysiology'. In: Lebrun, P.; Andre, H.M.; De Medts, A.; Gregoire-Wibo, C.; Wauthy, G., (eds.) New trends in soil biology. Proceedings of the VIII International Colloquium of Soil Zoology, Louvain-la-Neuve, 1982: International Colloquium of Soil Zoology, 8th, 1982. Louvain-le-Neuve, Universite Catholique de Louvain, 455.

Block, William. 1980 Aspects of the ecology of Antarctic soil fauna. In: Dindal, D.L., (ed.) Soil as related to land use practices. Proceedings of the VII International Soil Zoology Colloquium of the International Society of Soil Science. Washington, D.C., Office of Pesticide and Toxic Substances, 741-758.

Block, William. 1979 Terrestrial invertebrates. In: Furse, C., (ed.) Elephant Island: an Antarctic expedition. Shrewsbury, Anthony Nelson, 226-229.

Publication - Report

Webb, N.R.; Hodkinson, I.D.; Coulson, S.; Bale, J.S.; Strathdee, A.T.; Block, W.. 1995 Life history and ecophysiological responses to temperature in Arctic terrestrial invertebrates. Luxembourg, Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 51pp. (Ecosystems research report 10)