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Acoustic Estimate of the Krill (Euphausia superba) Density between South Shetland Islands and South Orkney Islands, Antarctica, During 2002/2003 Austral Summer

음향 조사에 의한 2002/2003 하계 시기의 남극 남쉐틀랜드 군도와 남오크니섬 사이의 크릴 밀도

  • Kang, Don-Hyung (Marine Living Resources Research Division Research, KORDI) ;
  • Shin, Hyoung-Chul (Korea Polar Research Institute, KORDI) ;
  • Lee, Yoon-Ho (Marine Living Resources Research Division Research, KORDI) ;
  • Kim, Yong-Sin (Department of Earth and Marine Science, College of Science and Technology Hanyang University) ;
  • Kim, Su-Am (Department of Marine Biology, College of Fisheries Sciences Pukyong University)
  • 강돈혁 (한국해양연구원 해양생물자원연구본부) ;
  • 신형철 (한국해양연구원 부설 극지연구소) ;
  • 이윤호 (한국해양연구원 해양생물자원연구본부) ;
  • 김영신 (한양대학교 과학기술대학 지구해양학과) ;
  • 김수암 (부경대학교 수산과학대학 자원생물학과)
  • Published : 2005.03.31
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Abstract

Acoustic survey for density and biomass estimate of Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba, was conducted in the large area between South Shetland Islands and South Orkney Islands, during November 30-December 30, 2002. Considering oceanographic and geographic properties, the study area was divided into six sub-regions. Acoustic system and frequency used in the survey were quantitative echo sounder (Simrad Ek 500) and 38, 120-kHz split beam transducers. In order to discriminate krill aggregations in all acoustic signal, difference of mean volume backscattering strength $({\Delta}MVBS)$ method of the two frequencies was introduced. Averaged krill density for the overall surveyed area was $23.5g/m^2$, and spatially averaged estimates of krill density were $44.9g/m^2$ (north of the South Shetland Islands), $30.3g/m^2$ (Bransfield Strait), $11.3g/m^2$ (near the Elephant Island), $13.6g/m^2$ (north of the Elephant Island), $18.1g/m^2$(between Elephant Island and South Orkney Islands) and $21.7g/m^2$(northwest of the South Orkney Islands) at each sub-area. In the two sub-regions with surveyed area, estimated krill biomass in the north of the Elephant Island was 0.315 million tones with a CV of 18.35% $(6,766mile^2)$, and between Elephant Island and South Orkey Islands was 1.26 million tones with a CV of 9.45% $(20,299mile^2)$. As a whole, the krill density in the early summer season was low level, comparing with that of January-February. This suggested that major krill swarms in the around South Shetland Islands were reached in the mid-summer seasons from western part of the Antarctic Peninsula, and the low krill density also affects the density variation of the krill between Elephant Island and South Orkney Islands.

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