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Metabolic rates and elemental composition of the Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba dana

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  1. H. Ishii

    Present address: Laboratory of Oceanography, Faculty of Agriculture, Tohoku University, 1-1 Tsutsumidouri-Amamiyamachi, 980, Sendai, Japan

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  1. Tokyo University of Fisheries, 4-5-7 Konan, Minato-ku, 108, Tokyo, Japan

    H. Ishii, M. Omori & M. Maeda

  2. Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, 1646 Abiko, 270-11, Abiko, Chiba, Japan

    Y. Watanabe

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Ishii, H., Omori, M., Maeda, M. et al. Metabolic rates and elemental composition of the Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba dana. Polar Biol 7, 379–382 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00293228

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