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Antarctic Krill occurrence data from Discovery expeditions
Citation
A. Atkinson, V. Siegel , E. Pakhomov, P. Rothery (2004): Long-term decline in krill stock and increase in salps within the Southern Ocean. Nature 432: 100-103 https://doi.org/10.15468/jggisi

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Availability: Creative Commons License This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Description
Antarctic Krill (Euphausia superba) occurence data from historic Discovery expeditions.

Scope
Themes:
Biology, Biology > Plankton
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Data, Discovery, Expeditions, Historic, Krill, Marine Genomics, PS, Southern Ocean, Euphausia superba Dana, 1850

Geographical coverage
PS, Southern Ocean [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage
March 1926 - February 1951

Taxonomic coverage
Euphausia superba Dana, 1850 [WoRMS]

Parameters
Absence of biota
Occurrence of biota
Presence of biota

Contributors
Natural Environment Research Council; British Antarctic Survey (BAS), more
Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen; Operationele Directie Natuurlijk Milieu; Afdeling Zoetwaterbiologie, more

Related datasets
Published in:
AntOBIS: Antarctic Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more
(Partly) included in:
RAS: Register of Antarctic Species, more

Publication
Based on this dataset
Atkinson, A. et al. (2004). Long-term decline in krill stock and increase in salps within the Southern Ocean. Nature (Lond.) 432(7013): 100-103, more

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Literature research
Metadatarecord created: 2007-01-25
Information last updated: 2019-04-09
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