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Aurora Australis Voyage 7 (KROCK) 1992-93 Zooplankton Data

Australian Antarctic Data Centre
HOSIE, GRAHAM
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This dataset contains results from the Aurora Australis Voyage 7 (KROCK) 1992-93, related to mesoscale distribution of krill and zooplankton communities in Prydz Bay in relation to physical and biological oceanographic parameters. There were five objectives of this project: to define the distribution patterns and abundance of krill in the krill dominated continental shelf area of the Prydz Bay region; to define the krill population structure within this area and the distribution pattern of developmental stages, especially spawning females; to define the distribution patterns and composition of the other two principal communities, neritic and oceanic, which border the krill dominated community; to specifically determine the zooplankton composition within the main feeding area of Adelie Penguins from Bechervaise Island monitoring site, Mawson; to record and analyse various physical and biological processes, eg. salinity, temperature, ice and phytoplankton, to determine how these parameters affect the observed distribution patterns. Surveys of krill and other zooplankton were taken in Prydz Bay, Antarctica between January and February 1993. At each station, rectangular midwater trawls and CTDs/bottle casts were made. During the program, echosounders and echointegrators were operating to provide krill abundance and distribution data, in addition to that from the RMT trawls. Initial analysis has shown that Euphausia crystallorophias dominates the neritic community on the shelf, while Euphausia superba was found not to occur in high abundance in the central Prydz Bay area between 70 and 78 degrees East. This dataset is a subset of the full cruise.

Issued: 1999-10-07

Data time period: 1993-01-15 to 1993-02-26

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ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES | ARTHROPODS | BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION | BIOMASS DYNAMICS | BIOSPHERE | CRUSTACEANS | EARTH SCIENCE | ECHO SOUNDERS | ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS | ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS | GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR | KROCK | Krill | MIDWATER TRAWLS | NISKIN BOTTLES | OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN | OCEAN ACOUSTICS | OCEAN TEMPERATURE | OCEANS | POPULATION DYNAMICS | Prydz Bay | R/V AA > R/V Aurora Australis | SALINITY | SALINITY/DENSITY | SHIPS | SPECIES LIFE HISTORY | SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS | WATER TEMPERATURE | biota | oceans |

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