Feeding and energy budgets of Antarctic krill Euphausia superba at the onset of winter. I. Furcilia III larvae

• Main Authors: Meyer, B., Atkinson, A., Stubing, D., Oettl, B., Hagen, W., Bathmann, U.V.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: AMER SOC LIMNOLOGY OCEANOGRAPHY 2002
• Subjects: Marine Sciences; Biology and Microbiology; Ecology and Environment; Antarctic; Lazarev; Lazarev Sea; Antarc*; Antarctic Krill; Euphausia superba
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/10203/

Physiological condition and feeding behavior of furcilia larvae were investigated in autumn (April 1999) in the southwestern Lazarev Sea prior to the critical overwintering period. Furcilia stage III (FIII) larvae were most abundant, so only these were used for all analyses (dry mass [DM], elemental...