Metabolic and enzymatic adaptations in northern krill, Meganyctiphanes norvegica , and Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
• Main Authors: Buchholz, Friedrich, Saborowski, Reinhard
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2000
• Subjects: Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Arctic; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Ocean; Kattegat; Antarc*; Antarctic Krill; Euphausia superba; Meganyctiphanes norvegica; North Atlantic; Northern krill
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f00-168; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f00-168

The Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba, is restricted to the Antarctic Ocean. The northern krill, Meganyctiphanes norvegica, is extremely widely distributed from the arctic North Atlantic to the warm Mediterranean. Respiration measurements showed no seasonal differences in rates determined in krill...