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Distribution of euphausiid larvae along the coast of East Antarctica

in the Dumont d’Urville Sea (139 – 14588888E) during summer 2004

CAROLE VALLET1,2*, PHILIPPE KOUBBI3, EMMANUELLE SULTAN4, ANNE GOFFART5,

KERRIE M. SWADLING6and SIMON W. WRIGHT7

1Universite´ d’Artois, centre IUFM Nord - Pas de Calais, 10 rue Hippolyte Adam, 62230 Outreau, France

2Universite´ du Littoral Coˆte d’Opale, Laboratoire d’Oce´anologie et de Ge´osciences, CNRS, UMR 8187 LOG, 32 avenue Foch, 62930

Wimereux, France

3Universite´ Paris 06, UMR 7093, Laboratoire d’Oce´anographie de Villefranche, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France CNRS, UMR 7093,

LOV, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France

4LOCEAN/MNHN, Universite´ Pierre et Marie Curie, case 100, 4 place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France 5

Laboratoire d’Oce´anologie, MARE Center, Universite´ de Lie`ge, Bat. B6c, Alle´e de la Chimie, 3, 4000 Lie`ge, Belgium

6Marine Research Laboratories, Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute and School of Zoology, University of Tasmania, Private Bag

49, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia

7Australian Antarctic Division and Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems CRC, 203 Channel Highway, Kingston, TAS 7050, Australia

*carole.vallet@univ-littoral.fr

Abstract: The distribution of euphausiid larvae along the coast of Terre Ade´lie, Antarctica, was assessed using oblique tows of a double-framed bongo net at 38 stations during summer 2004. Larvae of Euphausia crystallorophias and Thysanoessa macrura were observed. For E. crystallorophias larvae, the calyptopis I stage was dominant along the coast, while the most commonly observed stage of T. macrura was the furcilia. The distribution of E. crystallorophias larvae were correlated with abiotic factors, including depth and sea surface salinity, whereas those of T. macrura larvae were correlated with biotic factors, especially chlorophyll a and nitrate. Developmental stages of both species increased in age from west to east in the survey area, with younger developmental stages (metanauplius and calyptopis I) in the western part of the region and older stages (calyptopis II and III and furcilia I to VI) in the eastern part near the Mertz Glacier Tongue (MGT). It is suggested that these patterns could be linked with the water circulation and wind: near the MGT gyres could concentrate all developmental stages of both species near the coast, while katabatic winds near Dumont d’Urville will promote larval advection seawards, with younger stages near the coast and older stages further offshore.

Received 29 January 2008, accepted 18 September 2008

Key words: abundance, environmental factors, Euphausia crystallorophias, Mertz Glacier Tongue, spatial distribution, Terre Ade´lie, Thysanoessa macrura

Introduction

Early Antarctic international programmes (e.g. FIBEX, SIBEX/BIOMASS, BROKE, SO-GLOBEC, CCAMLR) were undertaken to increase understanding of the structure and dynamic functioning of the Antarctic marine ecosystem (Hempel 1983, Nicol et al. 2000, Atkinson et al. 2004). Many of these programmes focussed on the assessment of stocks of the Antarctic krill Euphausia superba Dana, which was perceived to be a key component of the ecosystem. Antarctic krill was thought to form the vital link in the classic short phytoplankton-krill-whale food chain as well as being essential prey for numerous other predators such as fur seals, penguins and fish (Hecq 2003). Other authors (e.g. Everson 1984, Yamada & Kawamura 1986, Conover & Huntley 1991, Hosie et al. 1997, 2000, Hofmann et al. 2002, Kaufmann et al. 2003) have highlighted that planktonic organisms, such as copepods, the ice krill Euphausia crystallorophias Holt & Tattersall and some fish larvae, also represent a significant

component of zooplankton biomass, sometimes exceeding that of krill, and form important alternative pathways in the Antarctic food web as food for fish, birds and mammals (Williams 1985, Green & Williams 1986, Foster et al. 1987, Arnould & Whitehead 1991, Hosie et al. 1997, Rodary et al. 2000).

Most information on the larval ecology of Antarctic euphausiids comes from the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean (e.g. Fevolden 1979, 1980, Hempel et al. 1979, Makarov 1979, Brinton & Townsend 1984, Rakusa-Suszczewski 1984), with less information available from East Antarctica through the BIOMASS cruise in the Prydz Bay region (Hosie & Kirkwood 1986, Hosie et al. 1988) and the BROKE survey (Nicol et al. 2000). These mostly sampled offshore areas or near the shelf break where Euphausia superba is often abundant.

There have been few zooplankton studies on the continental shelf of East Antarctica. Since 2004, the Institute Paul-Emile Victor (IPEV) has carried out surveys

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of phyto-, zoo- and ichthyoplankton of the coastal zone of East Antarctica between 139 and 1468E, from Terre Ade´lie to Mertz Glacier Tongue (MGT). The Mertz Glacier is the largest glacier in the region, though smaller ones, including the Astrolabe and Ze´le´e glaciers, are also present in the western part of the area. The shelf is divided into large bays: Commonwealth Bay, Watt Bay and Buchanan Bay (Fig. 1). The Ade´lie Bank, a long plateau at about 200 m depth, is located between the Astrolabe Glacier and Commonwealth Bay. Innershelf depressions (500 – 1000 m) are present, with the largest one between Watt Bay and the MGT known as the Ade´lie Depression (142 – 1468E), which is closed by a threshold (Williams & Bindoff 2003). A second depression is present along the Ade´lie Bank which opens to the north towards very deep waters (500 – 1000 m). From a hydrodynamical point of view, the study area is characterized by the presence of gyres, which were studied during surveys such as BROKE (Nicol et al. 2000), the formation of Antarctic Deep Water, the influence of the large Mertz Glacier Tongue and the northern position of Terre Ade´lie and Georges V Land in East Antarctica. The region is also characterized by very strong katabatic winds that influence surface water currents (Wendler et al. 1997), the dynamics of polynyas, and then could play an important role in structuring the spatial distribution of larval euphausiids. Moreover, because of its more latitudinal position northerly compared to other Antarctic coasts, it is a good place to look at the

consequences of environmental changes on the marine ecosystem of the East Antarctic shelf. Apart from these local features, the region away from glacial influence appears typical of more than 50% of the Antarctic coastline. This emphasizes the scientific interest of the area studied where ecosystem functioning is largely unknown.

During a survey in January 2004, we studied the relationships between the distribution of euphausiid larvae and biotic and abiotic factors along the coast of Terre Ade´lie. This study took place within a long-term programme (Ichtyologie Coˆtie`re en Terre Ade´lie, ICOTA) that is established in Terre Ade´lie (East Antarctica 66840’s, 1408E) and has been undertaken each summer from 1996 – 2008). This programme ended with the January – February 2008 CEAMARC surveys (Collaborative East Antarctic Marine Census). The programme is part of CAML (Census of Antarctic Marine Life - IPY 53) supported by research vessels of three countries (Australia, Japan and France). To continue national and international efforts in this area, a new programme (Integrated Coastal Ocean Observations in Terre Ade´lie, ICO2TA) will continue the pelagic monitoring of this area which might be considered in the near future as a legacy site of the CAML initiative.

Methods

The survey was conducted from the RS l’Astrolabe across the area 1398 – 1458E from 19 – 28 January 2004 (Fig. 1). The water was free of sea ice, while icebergs were observed only near the glaciers. Eleven transects were occupied, generally sampling south to north, and these extended to a maximum of 20 nautical miles northwards from the southern extent, which was determined by ice conditions or navigational safety considerations. In total, 38 stations were sampled; 15 stations in the western part of the survey were selected to sample the foraging area of Ade´lie penguins who were feeding their chicks at the colony near Dumont d’Urville, and 23 stations covered the area from Dumont d’Urville to the MGT. The 15 western sampling stations were selected in conjunction with satellite tracks (Argos) of 10 penguins (C. Bost, personal communication 2008). Samples were collected at all stations. However, at station 29, macrozooplankton could not be sampled, so this station is excluded from analyses presented here.

Throughout the survey, regular measurements (1 per minute) of sea surface temperature (SST) and salinity (SSS) were taken with an onboard Seabird surface

thermosalinometer. At each station a SBE25 CTD

measured temperature and salinity down to 1000 m or to the seabed if the depth was less than 1000 m. Niskin bottles were used to sample water at different depths for each station (approximately 5 m, 25 m, 75 m and 150 m) in order to study concentrations of oxygen, nutrients, total carbon and nitrogen, photosynthetic pigments and

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abundance of the microplankton community (Bean et al. 2008).

Water samples for nitrate and nitrite (20 ml) were collected directly from the Niskin bottles using polyethylene syringes. Polyethylene flasks were filled approximately two-thirds full, immediately frozen vertically and stored at -208C until analysis. Syringes and flasks had previously been soaked in 10% HCl for 24 h and rinsed thrice with Milli-Q water and sample water. Nutrients were determined using a Technicon AutoAnalyser II. Nitrate and nitrite analysis followed Tre´guer & Le Corre (1975). OSIL marine nutrient standards were used for calibrations.

Macrozooplankton was collected by oblique tows of a double-framed bongo net with 500 lm mesh and 60 cm mouth diameter (Smith & Richardson 1977). Tows were carried out at a speed of 2 knots from the surface to near the sea bed for depths shallower than 200 m or a depth of 200 m. The volume of water filtered by each net was measured with a flowmeter and used to calculate macrozooplankton abundances. Samples were fixed immediately on board with 5% neutral formalin in seawater.

In the laboratory, euphausiid larvae were sorted, identified and counted. All individuals were separated into the following stages: nauplius I and II, metanauplius, calyptopis I to III, and furcilia I to VI, according to Kirkwood (1982). Fish larvae, euphausiid adults, copepods, amphipods and other taxa were sorted, identified and counted. These date will be presented in later papers.

A Geographic Information System (GIS) (ArcGis 9.1; ESRI) was used to produce distribution maps of the

euphausiid larvae and environmental variables.

Environmental and biological data were imported into the GIS as point georeferenced data. Interpolations of surface temperature and salinity were calculated to generate raster layers (based on pixels) using the Geostatistical Analyst extension of ArcGis. Geostatistics are methods which allow the estimation of a value at an unsampled location

(Rivoirard et al. 2000). Kriging was used for

interpolations, and maps were limited to areas where the error of interpolation was not bad.

Multivariate analyses were performed using CANOCO version 4.53 (Biometrics, Waginengen). Redundancy analysis (RDA) was used to examine the relationships between the euphausiid larvae and the environmental

Fig. 2. Maps showing a. Sea Surface Temperature, and b. Sea Surface Salinity during the 2004 survey (Beans et al. 2008).

Fig. 3. Chlorophyll a (lg.l-1), nitrate and nitrite (lM) concentrations during the 2004 survey.

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Fig. 4. Ordination diagram showing the position of the sampling sites (1 to 38) on a biplot of the first two axes of a Principal Components Analysis (PCA) of environmental data (depth, SST, SSS, nitrite, nitrate and chlorophyll).

Fig. 5. Distribution and abundance of the larvae of Euphausia crystallorophias: a. distribution and abundance of all stages in all stations, and b. map of abundances of calyptopis stages.

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Table I. Characteristics of developmental stages for Euphausia crystallorophias and Thysanoessa macrura in summer 2004. Frequency ¼ (number of sampling sites where stages are collected)  100/total number of sampling sites.

Species Stage Frequency (%) Maximal abundance (ind. 100 m-3)

Average (ind. 100 m-3)

Euphausia crystallorophias Metanauplius 30 6.44 0.41

Calyptopis 1 86 32.97 6.43

Calyptopis 2 57 15.68 1.92

Calyptopis 3 30 8.48 0.52

Furcilia 1 19 4.13 0.32

Furcilia 6 5 0.98 0.04

Thysanoessa macrura Calyptopis 1 3 3.22 0.09

Calyptopis 2 14 0.83 0.08 Calyptopis 3 3 0.34 0.01 Furcilia 1 35 3.72 0.39 Furcilia 2 41 3.27 0.48 Furcilia 3 27 3.77 0.34 Furcilia 6 3 0.33 0.01

Fig. 6. Distribution and abundance of the larvae of Thysanoessa macrura: a. distribution and abundance of all stages in all stations, and b. map of abundances of furcilia stages.

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variables for the 37 sampling sites. RDA is a direct gradient analysis technique where the ordination axes are constrained to be linear combinations of environmental factors. RDA was chosen as the appropriate ordination method based on gradient lengths, as determined by detrended canonical correspondence analysis, being less than 2 (Lepsˇ & Sˇimlauer 2003). The forward selection option of RDA, which is analogous to the technique of stepwise multiple regression, was used to determine the minimum number of explanatory factors that could explain statistically significant (p  0.05) proportions of variation in the euphausiid larvae data. The significance of these variables was assessed using Monte Carlo permutation tests (with 499 unrestricted permutations).

Results

Environmental variables

The surface temperature of the water varied from -0.888C at station 17 near the MGT to 0.338C at station 30 near the coast in Commonwealth Bay (Fig. 2a). The mean surface temperature was -0.23  0.298C over the whole study area. The coldest sea surface temperatures (SST) were on the eastern side of the study region, along the MGT just above the deepest part of the Ade´lie Depression (Fig. 2a). In this region, the mean surface temperature was -0.53  0.168C. Warmer surface water (mean 0.04  0.258C) occurred on the

Ade´lie Bank, on the north-eastern part of Commonwealth Bay and on the shelf bordered on the west by the D’Urville Trough. In the foraging area of Ade´lie penguins (western part of the study area), the SST varied between -0.48 to þ0.28C with a mean of -0.15  0.198C. The SST was closely related to the topographic features. The coldest water was above the trough and the depression, and the warmest surface waters were over shallow region of the shelf.

A salinity gradient was observed from the coast to the offshore waters in the eastern part, with the freshest water

Fig. 8. Redundancy analysis (RDA) of a. log-transformed abundance of Euphausia crystallorophias and environmental parameters (sea-surface salinity and depth), and

b. log-transformed abundance of Thysanoessa macrura and environmental parameters (chlorophyll a

and nitrate, NO3) from the 2004 survey.

Fig. 7. Frequency distribution of developmental stages within each species. Metanauplius (MN), calyptopis I, II, III (CI, CII, CIII), furcilia I, II, III, IV, V, VI (FI, FII, FIII, FIV, FV, FVI). 551 552 553 554 555 556 557 558 559 560 561 562 563 564 565 566 567 568 569 570 571 572 573 574 575 576 577 578 579 580 581 582 583 584 585 586 587 588 589 590 591 592 593 594 595 596 597 598 599 600 601 602 603 604 605 606 607 608 609 610 611 612 613 614 615 616 617 618 619 620 621 622 623 624 625 626 627 628 629 630 631 632 633 634 635 636 637 638 639 640 641 642 643 644 645 646 647 648 649 650 651 652 653 654 655 656 657 658 659 660

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offshore and along the northern edge of the MGT (Fig. 2b). The maximum sea surface salinity (SSS) was observed above the d’Urville Trough with an average of 34.2  0.1 and along a coastal horizontal layer as far as Commonwealth Bay (Fig. 2b). From this bay, fresher waters (SSS , 33.9) predominated towards the Mertz Glacier and further offshore. Relationships between the sampling sites based on the environmental data were assessed with a PCA (Fig. 4). Figure 4 shows a biplot of the scores derived from PCA axes 1 and 2, which accounted for 37 and 33% of the variation in the environmental data, respectively. Sites near the MGT (16, 17 and 18) grouped with several in Watt Bay (from 19 to 28; Group I). They were characterized by the deepest water, low sea surface temperature and salinity, low concentration of nitrite (mean NO2 ¼ 0.18  0.01 lM)

and nitrate (mean NO3 ¼ 31.22  0.48 lM), and

higher concentration of chlorophyll a (mean chlorophyll a ¼ 0.86  0.34 lg.l-1) (Fig. 3). Group II, which grouped sites occurring in Ade´lie Bank, tended to have relatively shallow water depth, higher SST and concentration of

nitrite (mean NO2 ¼ 0.21  0.01 lM), low SSS,

lower concentration of chlorophyll a (mean chlorophyll a ¼ 0.29  0.04 lg.l-1) and high concentration of nitrate (mean NO3 ¼ 32.16  0.42 lM) (Fig. 3). Group III grouped sites occurred mainly over shelf waters from Dumont D’Urville. They were characterized by higher SSS and concentration of nitrate (mean NO3 ¼ 33.49  0.82 lM), and low SST, concentration of nitrite (mean NO2 ¼ 0.19  0.02 lM) and concentration of chlorophyll a (mean chlorophyll a ¼ 0.69  0.14 lg.l-1) (Fig. 3).

Euphausiid larvae composition

The larvae of two species of euphausiids, Thysanoessa macrura and Euphausia crystallorophias, were observed. The most abundant species was E. crystallorophias, which occurred at all but three stations (Fig. 5). Two naupliar stages of this species, nauplius I and II, and four furcilia stages, furcilia II, III, IV and V, were not observed (Table I; Fig. 7a). Metanauplii were observed at eleven stations (Table I), but their abundance was low (Fig. 5). A few specimens of furcilia VI were found at two stations (Figs 5a & 7a). Calyptopis stages of this species, representing 92% of all stages found in our samples, were dominated by calyptopis I (67%, Fig. 6a). Abundances of the calyptopis stages were the highest in our samples and maxima were observed over the Ade´lie Bank, with 37 ind. 100 m-3 (Fig. 5b). Of these, abundance of calyptopis I were maximal with 33 ind. 100 m-3 (Fig. 5b; Table I). Metanauplius and calyptopis I stages showed a major aggregation north of Port Martin, while a patch of calyptopis I was observed near the Mertz Glacier and a patch of metanauplii and calyptopis I west of Dumont d’Urville (Fig. 5).

Thysanoessa macrura was observed at 23 stations (Fig. 6), especially near the Mertz Glacier and over the shelf facing

Port Martin. Two naupliar stages of this species, I and II, metanauplii and two furcilia stages, IV and V, were not collected (Fig. 6). Furcilia stages represented around 87% of all T. macrura larvae (Fig. 6). The calyptopis I stage of this species was only observed north of Dumont d’Urville, with an abundance of 3.2 ind. 100 m-3, while calyptopis II and III were collected near the MGT. However, their abundances remained very low (, 1ind. 100 m-3) (Fig. 6a; Table I). Most of the furcilia I, II, III and IV were observed near the Mertz Glacier and on Ade´lie Bank (Fig. 6b). Abundances of T. macrura furcilia stages were the highest for this species in our samples (Table I) and maxima were observed over the shelf north of Watt Bay over the Ade´lie Depression, with 5.9 ind. 100 m-3. In this area, furcilia I reached 3.7 ind. 100 m-3 (Fig. 6b;Table I).

Correlations between euphausiid larvae distribution and environmental data

Relationships between the distributions of larvae and the environmental data were assessed with a RDA (Fig. 8). For E. crystallorophias two environmental variables explained statistically significant proportions of variation in the developmental stages data: SSS (P , 0.01) and depth (P , 0.05). Two canonical axes were necessary for the interpretation because the variance percentage of the species-environment relation explained by the first canonical axis was only 63%. SSS was negatively correlated (-0.99) with the first axis and the depth was positively correlated (0.99) with the second axis. Metanauplius, calyptopis I and furcilia I stages were negatively correlated with depth and were independent of SSS (Fig. 8a). Calyptopis II and III were negatively correlated with SSS and independent of depth. Furcilia VI was highly correlated with depth and independent of SSS. From these results, it appears that young larval stages tend to inhabit shallower waters while the older stages tend to inhabit deeper water.

For T. macrura, chlorophyll a (P , 0.05) and nitrate concentrations (P , 0.05) could explain significant proportions of variation in larval stage distribution (Fig. 8b). The first axis explained approximately 70% of variance of the species-environment. Chlorophyll a concentration was highly correlated with both axis 1 (0.78) and axis 2 (0.62). Nitrate concentration was highly negatively correlated with axis 2 (-0.93). Calyptopis I and furcilia VI were highly correlated with chlorophyll a concentration and were independent of nitrate concentration. Calyptopis II and III and furcilia II were negatively correlated with nitrate concentration and were independent of chlorophyll a concentration. Furcilia I and III were negatively correlated with the chlorophyll a concentration and were independent of nitrate concentration. These results suggest that T. macrura larvae were more dependent on biotic factors than E. crystallorophias ones. 661 662 663 664 665 666 667 668 669 670 671 672 673 674 675 676 677 678 679 680 681 682 683 684 685 686 687 688 689 690 691 692 693 694 695 696 697 698 699 700 701 702 703 704 705 706 707 708 709 710 711 712 713 714 715 716 717 718 719 720 721 722 723 724 725 726 727 728 729 730 731 732 733 734 735 736 737 738 739 740 741 742 743 744 745 746 747 748 749 750 751 752 753 754 755 756 757 758 759 760 761 762 763 764 765 766 767 768 769 770

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Discussion

Environmental data

Gradients in SSS was identified from the coast to offshore and from west to east. In the eastern part of the survey region, lower salinity water was observed offshore and along the northern edge of the MGT. The main current could explain this accumulation of freshened ice shelf water (ISW) because it flowed eastward and packed together the sea ice in the vicinity of the MGT. (Whitworth et al. 1998; Fig. 9). The lower salinity Ade´lie Antarctic Surface Water (AASW) formed close to the surface, under melting sea ice, from spring to late summer and overlaid the entire continental shelf (Vaillancourt et al. 2003, Whitworth et al. 1998, Bindoff et al. 2000, 2001). The saltiest area was located in the west between the region offshore from Dumont d’Urville and the area north of Port Martin.

From the statistical analyses we could distinguish three main zones from Terre Ade´lie to the MGT. Zone 1 was located in front of Dumont d’Urville in the western part of the study area. It was characterized by high salinity and nitrate concentration, and low biomass (0.38 – 0.94 lg chl a.l-1) and abundance (394 – 9058 cells.l-1) of diatoms;

the diverse diatom community was characterized by larger species such as Corethron pennatum and Rhizosolenia spp. (Beans et al. 2008). Zone 2 was located in waters over the Ade´lie Bank where the depth was shallowest. In this part of the study area, SST and nitrite concentrations were highest while chlorophyll a concentrations remained low because of a low abundance (1190 – 5431 cells. l-1) of diatoms (Beans et al. 2008), coinciding with presence of herbivorous zooplankton such as fish larvae Pleuragramma antarcticum in high abundance (Koubbi et al. in press). This zone had less vertical stratification compared to the Ade´lie depression zone (zone 3) (Sultan, personal communication 2008) and lower SSS. Zone 3 was located in the eastern part of the survey region near the Mertz Glacier Tongue. This area was characterized by low SST and nitrate concentration but high chlorophyll a concentration. The high chlorophyll a concentrations

corresponded to the highest diatom abundances

(6507 – 70274 cells. l-1 at 5 m), though diversity was low, being dominated by Fragilariopsis spp. (Beans et al. 2008). Zone 3 had dense water formation where high salinity shelf waters (HSSW) accumulated (Fig. 8). The HSSW is formed in winter from brines rejected during sea ice formation and is incorporated into the regional circulation. Gordon & Tchernia (1972) identified this HSSW as an important source of deep water, and named it the Ade´lie Land Bottom Water (ALBW). The densest part of the water column is trapped within the depression. The MGT isolates the Ade´lie Depression from the East Drift, allowing the Mertz Glacier Polynya to be formed and maintained throughout the entire winter (Williams & Bindoff 2003). An important cyclonic gyre transports water within the depression and can explain lowest sea surface temperature and salinity. Salinity might be more stable spatially than any other parameters in the neritic zone during the summer period, because of ice melt during spring and katabatic winds that modify the characteristics of the sea surface by changing water circulation, cooling the surface layer and creating upwelling that could bring cold and salty waters up to the surface.

General composition of euphausiid larvae

Our main objective during this study of the coastal zone from Terre Ade´lie to Mertz Glacier Tongue (MGT) in Eastern Antarctica was to assess the summer variability in abundance and development of euphausiid larvae. During our survey E. crystallorophias was the dominant euphausiid species, with a mean density of 10 ind. 100 m-3, while no larvae of Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba, were found. This confirms previous reports (Nordhausen 1994, Zhou et al. 1994, Kirkwood 1996, Falk-Petersen et al. 1999) showing that E. crystallorophias is restricted to the near-coastal waters of Antarctica where it is the dominant species of euphausiid.

Fig. 9. Oceanographic regime of the George V Coast (modified from Harris et al. 2001). ACoastC ¼ Antarctic Coastal Current, MCDW ¼ Modified Circumpolar Deepwater, HSSW ¼ High Salinity Shelf Water, ISW ¼ Ice Shelf Water, WW ¼ Winter Water, ALBW ¼ Ade´lie Land Bottom Water. The position of the core NBP01-01 JPC10 is indicated. Inset is the location of the Mertz Ninnis Trough (MNT) on the East Antarctic Margin. 771 772 773 774 775 776 777 778 779 780 781 782 783 784 785 786 787 788 789 790 791 792 793 794 795 796 797 798 799 800 801 802 803 804 805 806 807 808 809 810 811 812 813 814 815 816 817 818 819 820 821 822 823 824 825 826 827 828 829 830 831 832 833 834 835 836 837 838 839 840 841 842 843 844 845 846 847 848 849 850 851 852 853 854 855 856 857 858 859 860 861 862 863 864 865 866 867 868 869 870 871 872 873 874 875 876 877 878 879 880

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Some specimens of the oceanic species Thysanoessa macrura were observed. This species had a mean density of 1 ind. 100 m-3 over the entire study area. Spawning of E. crystallorophias occurs earlier in the year than E. superba (Fevolden 1979, 1980, Hosie & Kirkwood 1986, Harrington & Thomas 1987, Kirkwood 1996, Daly & Zimmerman 2004), thereby reducing competition for food between the larvae of these species (Makarov 1979, Fevolden 1980). This also seems to be the case in our study where E. crystallorophias and T. macrura seem likely to have spawned earlier than E. superba, according for the lack of larvae of this last species in our samples.

Composition of developmental stages

Euphausia crystallorophias requires 150 to 180 days to develop from the egg to furcilia VI if the food supply is adequate (Ikeda 1986, Harrington & Thomas 1987, Kirkwood 1996). During this investigation, the calyptopis I was by far the most common stage of E. crystallorophias, with only a few metanauplii, calytopis II and III, and furcilia I and VI observed. This observation suggests a recent spawning in this species. Several authors (Fevolden 1979, 1980, Hosie & Kirkwood 1986, Harrington & Thomas 1987, Kirkwood 1996, Daly & Zimmerman 2004) also noted a large January peak of E. crystallorophias calyptopis I to III in the Southern Ocean. It seems that, as suggested by Fevolden (1980), the spawning season of this species possibly occurred in December in the study area. Moreover, Pakhomov & Perissinotto (1997) found that spawning for E. crystallorophias coincided with the opening of coastal polynyas. However, because of the presence of furcilia I and VI in this study area, especially near the MGT where the polynya developed, we suggest that the spawning period of E. crystallorophias may have started earlier, in September 2003. If the food supply was not adequate in September 2003, it is possible that the furcilia I and VI recorded in the present study may have overwintered from the previous summer spawning.

The larvae of Thysanoessa macrura were older than those of E. crystallorophias. Larvae of T. macrura were mostly at the furcilia I, II and III stages. T. macrura is believed to be an oceanic species. Its development involves the sinking of eggs to great depth and the subsequent developmental ascent of larvae (Marr 1962, Hempel et al. 1979, Harrington & Thomas 1987), similar to E. superba (Marr 1962). The 200 m net tows we used may have missed the early stages of T. macrura since nauplius, metanauplius and calyptopis stages of T. macrura are concentrated at depths greater than 200 m (Makarov 1979, Harrington & Thomas 1987). This may explain why we found calyptopis I of T. macrura at station 2 where the depth was only 166 m, because they could not sink deeper. Moreover,

because the most common stages observed were the first three furcilia stages, spawning by T. macrura must have occurred some months earlier. This is consistent with Makarov (1979) and Hosie & Kirkwood (1986) who noted early spawning in September with a protracted spawning season. Thus, it is probable that the calyptopis I stages were derived from later spawning than those of the furcilia larvae.

Spatial distribution of euphausiid larvae

Euphausia crystallorophias larvae were found mainly over the Adelie Bank and near Dumont d’Urville, where the depth was the shallowest. A patch was also found near the MGT (station 17: deep depth, high SSS and very low SST) with a maximum abundance reaching 37.6 ind. 100 m-3. According to previous observations in different regions of the Southern Ocean, the spatial distribution is very patchy for all stages of the life cycle of this species (Fevolden 1979, 1980, Kittel & Stepnik 1983, Hosie & Kirkwood 1986, Brinton & Townsend 1991, Hosie 1991, Pakhomov & Perissinoto 1997). Menshenina & Spiridonov (1991) found an inverse relationship between the mean water temperatures at which different species of euphausiid were collected and their larval duration. Thus, the slow larval development of E. crystallorophias may result from the fact that it is a cold-water stenothermic species, restricted to water temperatures of less than 08C (Kirkwood 1996). The RDA also showed that E. crystallorophias larvae were more influenced by abiotic than biotic factors (Fig. 8a). However, in this investigation, E. crystallorophias larvae were found in higher abundance over the Ade´lie Bank where the SST was higher than 0.28C. Furthermore, the distribution of E. crystallorophias larvae was significantly correlated with depth or SSS, but not SST. This could be explained by the relationship between the spatial distribution of E. crystallorophias larvae and their development stages. Calyptopis I, the most common development stage of E. crystallorophias, was negatively correlated with depth and was found mostly in shallower waters over the Ade´lie Bank (station 37: abundance ¼ 33 ind. 100 m-3, depth ¼ 194.5 m), and near Dumont d’Urville (station 2: abundance ¼ 29 ind. 100 m-3, depth ¼ 166 m) (Fig. 5b). In both areas, SST and SSS were highest (station 37: SSS ¼ 34, SST ¼ 0.218C; station 2: SSS ¼ 34.3, SST ¼ 0.268C, Fig. 2a). However, the distribution of calyptopis II, III and furcilia VI stages corresponded more with the definition of cold-water stenothermic species as by

Kirkwood (1996). Maximum abundance of these

developmental stages occurred near the MGT in deeper water (depth ¼ 1023 m) where SST was lowest (-0.888C). Younger development stages of E. crystallorophias were found in the western part of the study area (metanauplius and calyptopis I stages) and older stages in the eastern part near the MGT (calyptopis II and III and Furcilia VI). 881 882 883 884 885 886 887 888 889 890 891 892 893 894 895 896 897 898 899 900 901 902 903 904 905 906 907 908 909 910 911 912 913 914 915 916 917 918 919 920 921 922 923 924 925 926 927 928 929 930 931 932 933 934 935 936 937 938 939 940 941 942 943 944 945 946 947 948 949 950 951 952 953 954 955 956 957 958 959 960 961 962 963 964 965 966 967 968 969 970 971 972 973 974 975 976 977 978 979 980 981 982 983 984 985 986 987 988 989 990

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In contrast, T. macrura larvae were observed at higher abundance in the eastern part of the study region, where the sea surface salinity was low. As with E. crystallorophias, the distribution of development stages of T. macrura followed a gradient from west to east, with calyptopis I occurring near Dumont d’Urville and furcilia VI observed near the MGT. These spatial distributions of development stages of both E. crystallorophias and T. macrura larvae could be explained by the physical differences of the eastern and western parts of the study area. In fact, the water circulation by gyres near the MGT could be the key to euphausiid larvae accumulation of all developmental stages at the same place. In contrast, near Dumont d’Urville, wind will favour advection of larvae seawards, with young stages near the coast and older stages offshore. Nevertheless, the spatial distribution of T. macrura larvae was significantly correlated with biotic factors as chlorophyll a and nitrate concentrations. The negative correlation with nitrate, found in RDA analyses, is possibly a positive correlation with nitrate depletion during the season, which is in turn an index of the net community production for the season (Jennings et al. 1984).The positive correlation with chlorophyll a suggested that they are more dependent on phytoplankton stocks than the calyptopis stage of E. crystallorophias. Falk-Petersen et al. (1999) highlighted that T. macrura is more herbivorous than E. crystallorophias in that it probably feeds more exclusively on phytoplankton, whereas E. crystallorophias is a typical omnivore – well adapted to utilize a bloom situation, to feed on microzooplankton or, when necessary, decaying organic matter (Falk-Petersen et al. 1999). It is also possible that diet requirements may change during development. Further diet studies on each developmental stage of euphausiid larvae may allow us to understand better the link between spatial distribution of euphausiid larvae and the biotic environment in the Southern Ocean.

Acknowledgements

We thank the Captain Yvon Gue´dez and the crew of the RS l’Astrolabe, Alain Pottier and Patrice Godon for logistics onboard and adaptation of l’Astrolabe for allowing scientific work. We also thank Patrice Pruvost and Camille White for help with the field work. Funding was provided by IPEV and Zone Atelier Antarctique (INSU-CNRS) to Philippe Koubbi. We also thank Anne-Sophie Quilliet for help with the laboratory work, Janine Cuzin, Jean-Philippe Labat and Ste´phanie Sabini for their help with the taxonomic identifications. This work was supported by the Australian Government’s Cooperative Research Centres Programme through the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre (SW Wright). Work of Anne Goffart (MARE publication no. 149) was supported by

BELSPO (Belgium) under contracts PELAGANT (EV/12/ 30A) and PADI (SD/BA/851).

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Fig. 3. Chlorophyll a (lg.l -1 ), nitrate and nitrite (lM) concentrations during the 2004 survey.
Fig. 4. Ordination diagram showing the position of the sampling sites (1 to 38) on a biplot of the first two axes of a Principal Components Analysis (PCA) of environmental data (depth, SST, SSS, nitrite, nitrate and chlorophyll).
Table I. Characteristics of developmental stages for Euphausia crystallorophias and Thysanoessa macrura in summer 2004
Fig. 7. Frequency distribution of developmental stages within each species. Metanauplius (MN), calyptopis I, II, III (CI, CII, CIII), furcilia I, II, III, IV, V, VI (FI, FII, FIII, FIV, FV, FVI).
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