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    Coincidence between climate fluctuations and variability in the Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) recruitment

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    Document Number:
    WG-EMM-95/53
    Author(s):
    Sasai, Y., Kutsuwada, K., Naganobu, M.
    Agenda Item(s)
    WG-EMM-95 - - undefined
    Abstract

    This paper demonstrated the relationship between sea-level air pressure gradients in Drake Passage and krill recruitment variabiIlty. Years of high pressure gradients coincided with the years of good krill recruitment, and vice versa.