Discovery of eggs and larvae of Thysanoessa Raschii (M. Sars, 1846) (Euphausiacea) in the Laptev Sea: Proof of eupausiids spawning on the shelf of the Arctic Ocean

Timofeev, S. F.

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Abstract

Eggs, nauplii and calyptopes of the euphausiid Thysanoessa raschii arereported from thenorth-eastern part of the Laptev Sea for the first time (expedition ARK XI/1, RV"Polarstern", August 1995).This means that T. raschii has a complete life cycle in the Laptev Sea, includingmaturation andreproduction, and that there is an independent population of this species in that partof the Arctic Ocean.

Item Type

Article

Authors

Timofeev, S. F.

Divisions

AWI Organizations > Biosciences > Marine Animal Ecology

Programs

Basic Research > Helmholtz Independent Research

Peer revision

ISI/Scopus peer-reviewed

Publication Status

Published

Eprint ID

5700

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Timofeev, S. F. (2000): Discovery of eggs and larvae of Thysanoessa Raschii (M. Sars, 1846) (Euphausiacea) in the Laptev Sea: Proof of eupausiids spawning on the shelf of the Arctic Ocean , Crustaceana, 73 , pp. 1089-1094 .

Research Platforms

Vessels > Polarstern

Campaigns

ARK > XI > 1

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