Krill caught by predators and nets: Differences between species and techniques

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 140, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 13-20

  Reid, K ^a   Trathan, P N ^a   Croxall, J P ^a   Hill, H J ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Albatrosses; Antarctic krill; Euphausia superba; Fur seals; Penguins; South Georgia

Indexed keywords

ARCTOCEPHALUS GAZELLA; CICONIIFORMES; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA; PHOCIDAE; SPHENISCIDAE;

MATURITY/SEX STAGE COMPOSITION; PREDATION; PREY SELECTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANTARCTICA, SOUTH GEORGIA;

EID: 0029664116     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps140013     Document Type: Article

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