Antarctic krill and ecosystem monitoring survey off the South Orkney Islands in 2023

• Main Authors: Krafft, Bjørn Arne, Pedersen, Ronald, Zhang, Guosong, Menze, Sebastian, Rasmussen, Astrid Fuglseth, Skaar, Hege, Dale, Julian, Biuw, Martin, Oosthuisen, Chris, Lowther, Andrew
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Havforskningsinstituttet 2023
• Subjects: Antarctic; Norway; Powell Island; South Orkney Islands; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Antarctic Krill; Euphausia superba
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3073221

Environmental monitoring along 5 set transect lines off South Orkney Islands in the Southern Ocean have been carried out annually (since 2011) by the Institute of Marine Research, Norway. Data are used to calculate biomass of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) as well as mapping distribution and de...