The absence of krill from the South Georgia zone, winter 1983

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part A. Oceanographic Research Papers
• Main Authors: Heywood, R.B., Everson, I., Priddle, J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 1985
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Austral; Scotia Sea; Bird Island; Antarc*; Antarctic Krill; Euphausia superba
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/523383/; https://doi.org/10.1016/0198-0149(85)90085-8

An extremely low abundance of the Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba, was observed in the Scotia Sea during the austral winter of 1983. The decline could not be attributed to any of the environmental factors investigated, including phytoplankton biomass which was higher than expected. One effect of...