Determining the sex of Antarctic krill Euphausia superba using carapace measurements

Reid, Keith; Measures, Jonathon. 1998 Determining the sex of Antarctic krill Euphausia superba using carapace measurements. Polar Biology, 19 (2). 145-147. 10.1007/s003000050226

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Abstract/Summary

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

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1007/s003000050226
Programmes:	BAS Programmes > Pre 2000 programme
ISSN:	0722-4060
Date made live:	17 Dec 2013 10:01 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/504289

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

10.1007/s003000050226

Programmes:

BAS Programmes > Pre 2000 programme

ISSN:

0722-4060

Date made live:

17 Dec 2013 10:01 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/504289