Acoustic characterisation of the broad-scale distribution and abundance of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) off East Antarctica (30-80°E) in January-March 2006

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 9-10, 2010, Pages 916-933

  Jarvis, Toby ^a   Kelly, Natalie ^a   Kawaguchi, So ^a   van Wijk, Esmee ^a   Nicol, Stephen ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

30 80 E; 60 70 S.; Acoustics; Biomass; CCAMLR; East Antarctica; Ecology; Enderby Land; Kemp Land; Krill; MacRobertson Land; Princess Elizabeth Land; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

A-COEFFICIENT; ACOUSTIC DATA; ACOUSTIC METHOD; ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; ANTARCTIC KRILL; ANTARCTICA; AUSTRAL SUMMERS; CCAMLR; CHARACTERISATION; ECHO SOUNDERS; ENVIRONMENTAL DATA; EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; HIGH DENSITY; LOW DENSITY; MEAN DENSITY; MULTI FREQUENCY; OCEANOGRAPHIC SURVEYS; PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS; SCALE DISTRIBUTIONS; SHELF BREAK; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SURVEY AREA; TOTAL BIOMASS; WATER COLUMNS;

OCEAN CURRENTS; SURVEYS;

BIOMASS;

ABUNDANCE; ACOUSTIC DATA; CRUSTACEAN; DATA SET; ECHO SOUNDER; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYTOMASS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SHELF BREAK; SURVEY;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; ENDERBY LAND; PRINCESS ELIZABETH LAND; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA;

EID: 77951206826     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.06.013     Document Type: Article

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