Distribution and Demography of Antarctic Krill and Salps in the Atlantic Sector of the Southern Ocean during Austral Summer 2021–2022
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Remote Sensing Methods
2.2. CTD Measurements and Sampling
3. Results
3.1. Hydrology
3.2. Chlorophyll a
3.3. Macrozooplankton
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Ethics Approval
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Parameter | Number of individuals | ||||||
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BS | AS | SOI | PB | JR | SH | Total | |
Antarctic Krill | |||||||
Mass measurements | 1140 | 548 | 733 | 743 | 500 | 125 | 3789 |
Biological analysis | 734 | 330 | 529 | 543 | 300 | 125 | 2561 |
Salps | |||||||
Mass measurements | 1549 | - | 2433 | 2136 | - | 303 | 6421 |
BS | AS | SOI | PB | JR | SH | Average Score | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Juvenile | 3.6/1.8 | 3.4/2.2 | 2.5/0.5 | 0.5/0.2 | 3.4/1.7 | 1.0/0.0 | 2.7/1.3 |
Females | 3.8/1.7 | 4.0/2.3 | 3.6/1.6 | 2.8/0.9 | 3.4/2.4 | 3.4/0.6 | 3.5/1.5 |
Males | 3.9/2.3 | 3.9/2.1 | 3.0/1.2 | 1.9/0.9 | 3.8/2.3 | 3.8/1.5 | 3.3/1.6 |
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Bitiutskii, D.G.; Samyshev, E.Z.; Minkina, N.I.; Melnikov, V.V.; Chudinovskih, E.S.; Usachev, S.I.; Salyuk, P.A.; Serebrennikov, A.N.; Zuev, O.A.; Orlov, A.M. Distribution and Demography of Antarctic Krill and Salps in the Atlantic Sector of the Southern Ocean during Austral Summer 2021–2022. Water 2022, 14, 3812. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14233812
Bitiutskii DG, Samyshev EZ, Minkina NI, Melnikov VV, Chudinovskih ES, Usachev SI, Salyuk PA, Serebrennikov AN, Zuev OA, Orlov AM. Distribution and Demography of Antarctic Krill and Salps in the Atlantic Sector of the Southern Ocean during Austral Summer 2021–2022. Water. 2022; 14(23):3812. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14233812
Chicago/Turabian StyleBitiutskii, Dmitrii G., Ernest Z. Samyshev, Natalia I. Minkina, Victor V. Melnikov, Elena S. Chudinovskih, Sergei I. Usachev, Pavel A. Salyuk, Alexander N. Serebrennikov, Oleg A. Zuev, and Alexei M. Orlov. 2022. "Distribution and Demography of Antarctic Krill and Salps in the Atlantic Sector of the Southern Ocean during Austral Summer 2021–2022" Water 14, no. 23: 3812. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14233812
APA StyleBitiutskii, D. G., Samyshev, E. Z., Minkina, N. I., Melnikov, V. V., Chudinovskih, E. S., Usachev, S. I., Salyuk, P. A., Serebrennikov, A. N., Zuev, O. A., & Orlov, A. M. (2022). Distribution and Demography of Antarctic Krill and Salps in the Atlantic Sector of the Southern Ocean during Austral Summer 2021–2022. Water, 14(23), 3812. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14233812