The Association of Antarctic Krill Euphausia superba with the Under-Ice Habitat

• Main Authors: Hauke Flores, Jan Andries Van Franeker, Volker Siegel, Matilda Haraldsson, Volker Strass, Erik Hubert Meesters, Ulrich Bathmann, Willem Jan Wolff
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Antarctic; Austral; Lazarev; Lazarev Sea; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Antarctic Krill; Euphausia superba; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.271.4552

The association of Antarctic krill Euphausia superba with the under-ice habitat was investigated in the Lazarev Sea (Southern Ocean) during austral summer, autumn and winter. Data were obtained using novel Surface and Under Ice Trawls (SUIT), which sampled the 0–2 m surface layer both under sea ice...