Excretion of ammonia and inorganic phosphate and respiration of various size classes of Euphausia superba were studied in the Scotia Sea and in the north of the Weddell Sea. Freshly caught krill respired 0.63 ml 0 2 g-1 dw h-1 and excreted 1.46 gg-at NHn-N and 1 Ixg-at PO4-P g-t dw h-1. Carbon made
Spawning frequency and fecundity of the Antarctic krillEuphausia superba
β Scribed by R. M. Ross; L. B. Quetin
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1983
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 493 KB
- Volume
- 77
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0025-3162
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