Krill population dynamics at South Georgia 1991-1997, based on data from predators and nets

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 177, Issue , 1999, Pages 103-114

  Reid, Keith ^a   Watkins, Jon L ^a   Croxall, John P ^a   Murphy, Eugene J ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic fur seal; Gentoo penguin; Krill; Macaroni penguin; RMT 8; South Georgia

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECRUITMENT;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTH GEORGIA;

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

EID: 0033545394     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps177103     Document Type: Article

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