External parasite infestation depends on moult-frequency and age in Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba)

Polar Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 121-130

  Tarling, G A ^a   Cuzin Roudy, J ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

Age; Body length; Ephelota sp.; Eye diameter; Moult cycle; Parasite load; Population structure; Scotia sea; Sexual development; South Georgia; Suctorian

Indexed keywords

AGE; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BODY SHAPE; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; CRUSTACEAN; EYE; MATURATION; MOLT; PARASITE INFESTATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

ANTARCTICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; SCOTIA SEA; SOUTH GEORGIA;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EPHELOTA SP.; EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA; SUCTORIA;

EID: 36549019505     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-007-0339-2     Document Type: Article

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