Seasonal differences in citrate synthase and digestive enzyme activity in larval and postlarval Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba

• Published in: Marine Biology
• Main Authors: Meyer, B., Saborowski, R., Atkinson, A., Buchholz, F., Bathmann, U.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: SPRINGER-VERLAG 2002
• Subjects: Marine Sciences; Biology and Microbiology; Ecology and Environment; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Austral; Lazarev; Lazarev Sea; Antarc*; Antarctic Krill; Euphausia superba
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/10204/

Antarctic krill maintain large population sizes despite dramatic seasonal fluctuations in food availability, but the mechanisms for this are still debated. The aim of this study was to compare seasonal differences in enzyme activity and respiration rates of larval and postlarval krill to provide ins...