Sex-dependent diel vertical migration in northern krill Meganyctiphanes norvegica and its consequences for population dynamics

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 260, Issue , 2003, Pages 173-188

  Tarling, Geraint A ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic Doppler current profiler; Behaviour; DVM; Euphausiid; Mortality; Predation; Sex ratio; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

DIEL MIGRATION; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; VERTICAL MIGRATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CLYDE SEA;

EUPHAUSIACEA; EUPHAUSIIDAE; MEGANYCTHIPHANES; MEGANYCTHIPHANES NORVEGICA; MEGANYCTIPHANES NORVEGICA;

EID: 0242370755     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps260173     Document Type: Article

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