Gradients in Season, Latitude, and Sea Ice: Their Effect on Metabolism and Stable Isotopic Composition of Antarctic Micronekton
Respiration, metabolic enzyme assays, and body composition parameters were measured in the Antarctic krill Euphausia superba during the summer, fall and winter on the Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP). E. superba of all sizes decrease their metabolism from the summer to the winter. These same para...
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Scholar Commons
2013
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| Online Access: | http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/4554 http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5751&context=etd |