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Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL) - Laboratory of aquatic ecology
Filip Volckaert

ANT XXI-4, Capetown-Capetown

Antarctic
Polar Zone: Lazarev Sea
Begin date: 27 March 2004 – end date: 6 May 2004

• Title: ANT XXI-4, Capetown-Capetown
• Summary: The krill expedition ANTXXI-4 contributed to the international GLOBEC and CCAMLR research program, focusing on the survival mechanisms of Krill, Euphausia superba. During this campaign the interest of our lab was to collect fish and ichtyoplancton from the pelagic trawls.
  While larvae of Electrona antarctica (Myctophidae, Lantern fishes) and Notolepis sp. (Paralepididae) were abundant in the oceanic area, larvae of P. antarcticum dominated on the shelf. At nighttime adult myctophids occurred in high numbers in the catches.These samples were taken back to the lab for genetic en ecological studies and to compare hem with modeling data.
• Scientific leader: U. Bathman (AWI, Bremerhaven, Germany)
• Vessel: FS Polarstern

Belgian projects

Participant: Filip Volckaert