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Indications for long-term and interannual variations in environmental parameters in the Southern Ocean, particularly the Atlantic sector, are described. Trends in average annual air temperatures show considerable changes and so does the extent of the ice cover from year to year. An attempt is made to identify years with particularly “warm” or “cold” conditions in the Atlantic sector (South Orkney Islands), and to relate this to variations in the distribution of the krill.
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Sahrhage, D. (1988). Some Indications for Environmental and Krill Resources Variability in the Southern Ocean. In: Sahrhage, D. (eds) Antarctic Ocean and Resources Variability. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73724-4_3
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