Pelagic swarms and beach strandings of the squat lobster Munida gregaria (Anomura: Munididae) in the Beagle Channel, Tierra del Fuego

• Main Authors: Pérez Barros, Patricia, Raya Rey, Andrea Nélida, Lovrich, Gustavo Alejandro
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Distribution; Hydroacoustic; Krill; Shoals; Sub-Antarctic; diet; lobster; pelagic ecosystem; spatial distribution; spatiotemporal analysis; swarming; water column; Beagle Channel; Patagonia; Tierra del Fuego [(ARC) South America]; algae; Animalia; Anomura; Crustacea; Euphausiacea; Galatheidae; Munida; Munida gregaria; Antarctic; Argentina; Barros; Antarc*; Tierra del Fuego
• Online Access: https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_07224060_v35_n7_p973_Diez; https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_07224060_v35_n7_p973_Diez

The present article is the first formal record of pelagic swarms and beach strandings of the squat lobster Munida gregaria in the Beagle Channel, southern South America. To describe size composition and natural diet of beach strandings and swarms, samples from strandings were taken in April 2007, Ma...