Aller au contenu principal

    Acoustic estimates of krill density at South Georgia, December/January 1998/99

    Demander un document de réunion
    Numéro du document:
    WG-EMM-99/20
    Auteur(s):
    A.S. Brierley and C. Goss (United Kingdom)
    Accessibility Categories
    Request permission to release each time (RP)
    Point(s) de l'ordre du jour
    Résumé

    Dual frequency (38 and 120 kHz) acoustic data from grid surveys in two boxes to the north-west and north-east of South Georgia during December/January 1998/99 were used to estimate mean krill density there. Densities (east = 11.1 g m-2 , west = 12.0 g m-2) were towards the lower end of the range observed over the past two decades, but not abnonnally low, and comprised almost entirely of large (>50 mm) adult krill.