Interannual variability in krill abundance at South Georgia

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 150, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 87-98

  Brierley, Andrew S ^a   Watkins, Jonathan L ^a   Murray, Alistair W A ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic survey; Antarctic krill; Breeding success; Euphausia superba; Gentoo penguins; Interannual variability; Predators; South Georgia; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC KRILL; BIOMASS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; KRILL; POPULATION NUMBER; POPULATION SIZE; PREDATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANTARCTICA, SOUTH GEORGIA;

EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA;

EID: 0030619276     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps150087     Document Type: Article

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