Variation in the distribution of Antarctic krill Euphausia superba around South Georgia

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 188, Issue , 1999, Pages 149-160

  Watkins, J L ^a   Murray, A W A ^a   Daly, H I ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic krill; Euphausia superba; Population structure; South Georgia

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; LENGTH-FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTH GEORGIA;

ANIMALIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA; MALACOSTRACA;

EID: 0033520727     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps188149     Document Type: Article

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