Male krill grow fast and die young

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 345, Issue , 2007, Pages 199-210

  Kawaguchi, So ^a   Finley, Luke A ^a,b   Jarman, Simon ^a   Candy, Steven G ^a   Ross, Robin M ^c   Quetin, Langdon B ^c   Siegel, Volker ^d   Trivelpiece, Wayne ^e   Naganobu, Mikio ^f   Nicol, Stephen ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d INSTITUT FÜR SEEFISCHEREI   (Germany)

^e SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^f NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FAR SEAS FISHERIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Euphausia superba; Length frequency distribution; Lifespan; Longevity; Mortality; Proportion of males; Recruitment; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BODY SIZE; CRUSTACEAN; LENGTH-FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; RECRUITMENT; SEX RATIO;

ATLANTIC SECTOR; INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 35348867324     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps06934     Document Type: Article

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