Interannual variability of the South Georgia marine ecosystem: Biological and physical sources of variation in the abundance of krill

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 7, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 381-390

  Murphy, E J ^a   Watkins, J L ^a   Reid, K ^a   Trathan, P N ^a   Everson, I ^a   Croxall, J P ^a   Priddle, J ^a   Brandon, M A ^a   Brierley, A S ^a   Hofmann, E ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem; Interannual variability; Krill; Models; Southern Ocean; Transport

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRANSPORT PROCESS; ZOOPLANKTON;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA;

EID: 0032420809     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2419.1998.00081.x     Document Type: Article

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