Austral fall-winter transition of mesozooplankton assemblages and krill aggregations in an embayment west of the Antarctic Peninsula

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 452, Issue , 2012, Pages 63-80

  Espinasse, Boris ^a   Zhou, Meng ^b   Zhu, Yiwu ^b   Hazen, Elliott L ^c   Friedlaender, Ari S ^c   Nowacek, Douglas P ^c   Chu, Dezhang ^d   Carlotti, Francois ^a  

^a STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic Peninsula; Austral fall; Chlorophyll; Food web; Krill; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; AIRBORNE SENSING; BAY; CHLOROPHYLL; CRUSTACEAN; DIEL MIGRATION; ECHO SOUNDER; FOOD WEB; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MESH SIZE; MORTALITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PREDATOR; RESEARCH VESSEL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TAXONOMY; VERTICAL MIGRATION; WHALE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

CETACEA; EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA; MEGAPTERA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE;

EID: 84860253970     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09626     Document Type: Article

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