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    Determining the sex of Antarctic krill Euphausia superba using carapace measurements

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    Número de documento:
    WG-EMM-99/31
    Autor(es):
    Reid, K. and J. Measures
    Aprobado por:
    Admin Admin (Secretaría de la CCRVMA)
    Accessibility Categories
    Open Access (OA)
    Review Finalised:
    No
    Punto(s) de la agenda
    WG-EMM-99 - 0 - undefined
    Publication:
    Reid, K. and J. Measures. 1997. Determining the sex of Antarctic krill Euphausia superba using carapace measument. Polar Biol., 19: 145-147. https://doi.org/10.1007/s003000050226
    Resumen

    A discriminant function using simple carapace measurements corretly determined the sex of 87% of male and 89% of female Antarctic krill Euphausia superba. This facilitated the use of sex-specific regression models which increased the accuracy of total length estimates.