Variation in reproductive status of Antarctic krill swarms; evidence for a size-related sorting mechanism?

• Published in: Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Main Authors: Watkins, Jonathan L., Buchholz, F., Priddle, Julian, Morris, D.J., Ricketts, C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Inter-Research 1992
• Subjects: Antarctic; Elephant Island; South Shetland Islands; Antarc*; Antarctic Krill; Euphausia superba
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/519102/; https://doi.org/10.3354/meps082163

Length, sex and maturity stage of Antarctic krill Euphausia superba Dana occurring in discrete swarms were measured. Over a 14 d period 38 swarms were sampled in a small area southwest of Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands. Analysis indicated that the composition of the swarms in terms of the s...