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Age, Growth, Mortality, and Recruitment of Antarctic Krill, Euphausia superba

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Biology and Ecology of Antarctic Krill

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Laboratory and field studies on the age, growth, mortality, and recruitment dynamics of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba; hereafter “krill”) have greatly increased knowledge of its life history over the last 30 years. The development of long, standardized time series of recruitment and abundance have provided data to test and refine conceptual models of krill recruitment, and to examine the role of environmental factors and climatic variability on recruitment and cohort size. Laboratory studies have also greatly increased knowledge about intrinsic and extrinsic factors governing growth and moulting frequency that have been used to develop more robust models for krill growth. These findings have demonstrated the plasticity of krill life history and can provide the foundation for understanding krill population response to future climate change. However, the lack of progress on the development of conservative, direct measures of krill age continue to hamper the ability to properly compare and contrast growth and recruitment across environments.

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I thank Debra Losey and Robin Schnug of the Fisheries Library at the Southwest Fisheries Science Center for meeting each of my many requests for papers with a smile and a wonderful attitude. I thank Jennifer Walsh for editing various parts of this chapter, and I also thank two anonymous reviewers for thoughtful comments for my consideration. The views expressed in this chapter are those of the author and should not be considered as reflecting the views of the Government of the United States.

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Reiss, C.S. (2016). Age, Growth, Mortality, and Recruitment of Antarctic Krill, Euphausia superba . In: Siegel, V. (eds) Biology and Ecology of Antarctic Krill. Advances in Polar Ecology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29279-3_3

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