Seasonal variation in body composition, metabolic activity, feeding, and growth of adult krill Euphausia superba in the Lazarev Sea

• Published in: Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Main Authors: Meyer, Bettina, Auerswald, Lutz, Siegel, Volker, Spahic, Susanne, Pape, Carsten, Fach, Bettina A., Teschke, Mathias, Lopata, Andreas L., Fuentes, Veronica
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Inter Research 2010
• Subjects: Antarctic krill; Seasonal condition; Overwintering; Antarctic; Lazarev; Lazarev Sea; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctic Krill; Euphausia superba
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/115626; https://doi.org/10.3354/meps08371

18 pages, 9 figures, 10 tables We investigated physiological parameters (elemental and biochemical composition, metabolic rates, feeding activity and growth) of adult Antarctic krill in the Lazarev Sea in late spring (December), mid autumn (April) and mid winter (July and August) to evaluate propose...