Successful ecosystem-based management of Antarctic krill should address uncertainties in krill recruitment, behaviour and ecological adaptation

• Published in: Communications Earth & Environment
• Main Authors: Meyer, Bettina, Atkinson, Angus, Bernard, Kim S., Brierley, Andrew S., Driscoll, Ryan, Hill, Simeon L., Marschoff, Enrique Ricardo, Maschette, Dale, Perry, Frances A., Reiss, Christian S., Rombola, Emilce Florencia, Tarling, Geraint A., Thorpe, Sally E., Trathan, Philip N., Zhu, Guoping, Kawaguchi, So
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature
• Subjects: Successful; ecosystem-based; krill recruitment; Antarctic krill; behaviour; ecological adaptation; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Argentina; Argentino; Atkinson; Oldenburg; Ricardo; Antarc*; Antarctic Krill; antartic*; Australian Antarctic Division; Dirección Nacional del Antártico; Euphausia superba; Instituto Antártico Argentino
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/153606

Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba, supports a valuable commercial fishery in the Southwest Atlantic, which holds the highest krill densities and is warming rapidly. The krill catch is increasing, is concentrated in a small area, and has shifted seasonally from summer to autumn/winter. The fishery i...