DOI 10.1007/s00227-008-1102-0ORIGINAL PAPER Submesoscale distribution of Antarctic krill and its avian and pinniped predators before and after a near gale

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• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Antarctic; Livingston Island; Antarc*; Antarctic Fur Seals; Antarctic Krill; Antarctica; Arctocephalus gazella; Cape Petrels; Daption capense; Euphausia superba; Pygoscelis antarctica
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.468.7708; http://www.msrc.sunysb.edu/~warren/www_files/my_pubs/warren_santora_demer_marbio_2009.pdf

Abstract We conducted two ship-based surveys of the nearshore ecosystem north of Livingston Island, Antarctica during 2–10 February 2005. Between the two surveys, a low-pressure system (963 mbar) passed through the area providing the opportunity to measure ecosystem parameters before and after a nea...