Aspects of krill growth and condition during late winter-early spring off East Antarctica (110-130°E)

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 9-10, 2011, Pages 1211-1221

  O'Brien, C ^a   Virtue, P ^a   Kawaguchi, S ^b   Nichols, P D ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^c ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

East Antarctica; Euphausia superba; Fatty acids; Growth; Lipids; Overwintering

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC KRILL; BIOLOGICAL PARAMETER; CALANUS; DIGESTIVE GLANDS; EAST ANTARCTICA; ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS; EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; FATTY ACID COMPOSITION; FATTY ACID PROFILES; FEEDING STRATEGIES; GROWTH; ICE BIOTA; KEYSTONE SPECIES; LIPID CONTENT; LIPID RESERVES; OPEN WATER; OVERWINTERING; PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOM; POSTLARVAE; SOUTHERN OCEAN; STOMACH CONTENT ANALYSIS;

FEEDING; ICE; LIPIDS; NUTRITION; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS; RATING; WATER CONTENT;

FATTY ACIDS;

ALGAL BLOOM; CRUSTACEAN; DIET; FATTY ACID; FEEDING; GROWTH RATE; KEYSTONE SPECIES; LIFE CYCLE; OVERWINTERING; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONALITY; STOMACH CONTENT;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CALANUS PROPINQUUS; COPEPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES);

EID: 79954631978     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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