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Résumé :

Series Foreword v

Acknowledgements ix

List of Contributors x

Chapter 1 Introducing Krill 1
Inigo Everson

Chapter 2 Sampling Krill 8

2.1 Direct sampling 8
Jon Watkins

2.2 Acoustic estimation of krill abundance 20
Michael Macaulay

2.3 Biological observations 33
Inigo Everson

Chapter 3 Distribution and Standing Stock 40

3.1 Japanese waters 40
Yoshi Endo

3.2 Canadian waters 53
Inigo Everson

3.3 The Southern Ocean 63
Inigo Everson

Chapter 4 Aggregation and Vertical Migration 80
Jon Watkins

Chapter 5 Population Parameters 103
Volker Siegel and Stephen Nicol

Chapter 6 Reproduction in Euphausiacea 150
Robin Ross and Langdon Quetin

Chapter 7 Role of Krill in Marine Food Webs 182

7.1 Japanese waters 182
Yoshi Endo

7.2 Canadian waters 190
Ron Tanasichuk

7.3 The Southern Ocean 194
Inigo Everson

Chapter 8 Ecosystem Dynamics Involving Krill 202
Inigo Everson

Chapter 9 Krill Harvesting 228
Taro Ichii

Chapter 10 Products Derived from Krill 262
Stephen Nicol, Ian Forster and John Spence

Chapter 11 Management of Krill Fisheries in Japanese Waters 284
Yoshi Endo

Chapter 12 Management of Krill Fisheries in the Southern Ocean 300
Denzil Miller and David Agnew

Chapter 13 Management of Krill Fisheries in Canadian Waters 338
Inigo Everson

Chapter 14 Krill Fisheries and the Future 345
Inigo Everson, David Agnew and Denzil Miller Glossary 349

Index 355

Taxonomic index 369

List of Abbreviations 371

Please note: the plate section falls between pp. 182 and 183.