Winter condition, physiology, and growth potential of juvenile Antarctic krill

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Bernard, Kim S., Steinke, Kirsten B., Fontana, Julia M.
• Other Authors: National Science Foundation
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2022
• Subjects: Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Antarctic Peninsula; Austral; Palmer Station; Palmer-Station; Antarc*; Antarctic Krill; Antarctica; Euphausia superba
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.990853; https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2022.990853/full

In recent years, substantial efforts have been made to understand the implications of climate change on Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba , because of their pivotal role in the Southern Ocean food web and in biogeochemical cycling. Winter is one of the least studied seasons in Antarctica and we hav...