Body length and maturity stage measurements of Antarctic krill caught during the South Orkneys science cruise JR15004 (2016)

The dataset contains body length and maturity stage measurements of Antarctic krill caught from multiple RMT8 hauls conducted as part of science cruise JR15004 to the South Orkneys in January and February 2016. The measurement followed standard protocols as detailed in Morris et al 1988 and Makarov and Denys 1980. All measurements were made on a random subset of approximately 100-200 individuals per haul. The datasets include measurements made from a total of 11 hauls. The measurements were all made by a single analyst.

The work was carried out as part of NERC Antarctic Logistics and Infrastructure Science funding for Southern Ocean Ecosystems.

Alternate title: Polar Data Centre (PDC) record GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/02072

Date (Publication): 2025-06-10

Citation identifier: http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id= / GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/02072

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
British Antarctic Survey		pdc@bas.ac.uk	Custodian
NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre	Saunders, R., Fielding, S., & Tarling, G.	pdc@bas.ac.uk	Originator

Maintenance and update frequency: Unknown

Keywords

NDGO0001

NERC OAI Harvesting

NERC_DDC

GCMD Parameter Valids

EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Animal Taxonomy > Crustaceans
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Environment Monitoring

BAS Free-text keywords

Antarctic krill
Euphausia superba
body length
maturity

Use limitation: Data are supplied under Open Government Licence v3.0 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/.

Access constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: Data are supplied under Open Government Licence v3.0 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/.

Language: English

Topic category

Biota
Environment
Oceans

Begin date: 2016-02-02

End date: 2016-02-15

Reference system identifier: OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326

Distribution format

Distributor contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Polar Data Centre - British Antarctic Survey		pdc@bas.ac.uk	Distributor

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
http	http://ramadda.data.bas.ac.uk/repository/entry/show?entryid=2733f2ad-e111-4b21-b695-c9452e4548a1	GET DATA

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Domain consistency

Measure identification: INSPIRE / Conformity_001

Conformance result

Title: INSPIRE Data Specification on unknown theme Guidelines

Date

Explanation: See the referenced specification

Pass: No

Statement: All body length measurements were rounded down to the nearest mm. All were performed by a single analyst (Ryan Saunders) to minimise inter-analyst error and bias.

Net hauls cover a variable distance of between 0.1 and 1 nautical mile.