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Trophic Relationships Between Pelagic Fish and Euphausiids in Antarctic Waters

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Antarctic Nutrient Cycles and Food Webs

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This paper reports on work conducted in the Prydz Bay region on the role of Euphausia superba and other euphausiids in the diet of Antarctic ocean fishes (mainly Electrona antarctica, Notolepis coatsi, Pleuragramma antarcticum and Gymnoscopelus spp.). The stomach contents of fish collected both from the vicinity of Krill swarms and from areas of low abundance of Krill were examined.

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  1. Antarctic Division, Department of Science and Technology, Channel Highway, Kingston, 7150, Tasmania, Australia

    R. Williams

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  1. Percy FitzPatrick Institute, University of Cape Town, 7700, Rondebosch, South Africa

    Walter R. Siegfried

  2. Foundation for Research Development, C.S.I.R., P.O. Box 395, 0001, Pretoria, South Africa

    Pat R. Condy

  3. British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, High Cross, Madingley Road, CB 3 OET, Cambridge, UK

    Richard M. Laws

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Williams, R. (1985). Trophic Relationships Between Pelagic Fish and Euphausiids in Antarctic Waters. In: Siegfried, W.R., Condy, P.R., Laws, R.M. (eds) Antarctic Nutrient Cycles and Food Webs. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-82275-9_63

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