Physiology, growth, and development of larval krill Euphausia superba in autumn and winter in the Lazarev Sea, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Meyer, B., Fuentes, V., Guerra, C., Schmidt, K., Atkinson, A., Spahic, S., Cisewski, B., Freier, U., Olariaga, A., Bathmann, U.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: AMER SOC LIMNOLOGY OCEANOGRAPHY 2009
• Subjects: Marine Sciences; Biology and Microbiology; Zoology; Ecology and Environment; Antarctic; Austral; Lazarev; Lazarev Sea; Antarc*; Antarctic Krill; Antarctica; Euphausia superba; Sea ice; Copepods
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/10188/

The physiological condition of larval Antarctic krill was investigated during austral autumn 2004 and winter 2006 in the Lazarev Sea. The condition of larvae was quantified in both seasons by determining their body length (BL), dry weight (DW), elemental and biochemical composition, stomach content...