BENTHOPELAGIC AGGREGATIONS OF KRILL (EUPHAUSIA-SUPERBA) ON THE DEEPERSHELF OF THE WEDDELL SEA (ANTARCTIC)

Authors
GUTT J SIEGEL V
Citation
J. Gutt et V. Siegel, BENTHOPELAGIC AGGREGATIONS OF KRILL (EUPHAUSIA-SUPERBA) ON THE DEEPERSHELF OF THE WEDDELL SEA (ANTARCTIC), Deep-sea research. Part 1. Oceanographic research papers, 41(1), 1994, pp. 169-178
Citations number
53
Categorie Soggetti
Oceanografhy
Journal title
Deep-sea research. Part 1. Oceanographic research papers → ACNP
ISSN journal
09670637
Volume
41
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
169 - 178
Database
ISI
SICI code
0967-0637(1994)41:1<169:BAOK(O>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Benthopelagic krill aggregations were found at the shelf edge in the s outheastern Weddell Sea and observed directly along transects using a video camera mounted on a Remotely Operated Vehicle. The observations were made at depths of 480 and 416 m from a distance of up to 200 cm a bove the bottom. At one station a swarm was observed to reach densitie s of several tens to several hundreds of specimens per m3, maximum den sity exceeded 230 specimens per m3. At a second station only scattered krill were encountered.