Biomass and population structure of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba DANA) collected during SIBEX II cruise of R.V. KAIYO MARU

• Main Authors: Yoshinari Endo, Tetsuo Imaseki, Yuzo Komaki
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Far Seas Fisheries, Research Laboratory 1986
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Drake Passage; Elephant Island; Queen Maud Land; Sandwich Islands; South Sandwich Islands; The Antarctic; Weddell; Antarc*; Antarctic Krill; Euphausia superba; Memoirs of National Institute of Polar Research; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=2036; http://id.nii.ac.jp/1291/00002036/; https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_action_common_download&item_id=2036&item_no=1&attribute_id=18&file_no=1

Juvenile and adult Euphausia superba were collected in the northwest of the Antarctic Peninsula, eastern Drake Passage, and the Scotia and Weddell Seas during the SIBEX II cruise of R. V. KAIYO MARU. Average biomass estimated from blind tows was 145g/1000m^3 (838g/1000m^3,if aimed tows were included...