Acoustic targets at South Georgia and the South Orkney Islands during a season of krill scarcity

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 138, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 51-61

  Brierley, Andrew S ^a   Watkins, Jonathan L ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic krill; Dual frequency acoustic survey; Euphausia superba; Penguin diet; Predators; Southern Ocean; Target discrimination; Themisto gaudichaudii

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; ACOUSTIC SURVEYS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FAUNAL COMPOSITION; KRILL SCARCITY; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEMS; TARGET DISCRIMINATION;

ANTARCTICA, SOUTH GEORGIA, WILLIS ISLANDS; ANTARCTICA, SOUTH ORKNEY ISLANDS, CORONATION ISLAND;

EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA;

EID: 0029669567     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps138051     Document Type: Article

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