At-Sea Distribution and Prey Selection of Antarctic Petrels and Commercial Krill Fisheries.

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Sébastien Descamps, Arnaud Tarroux, Yves Cherel, Karine Delord, Olaf Rune Godø, Akiko Kato, Bjørn A Krafft, Svein-Håkon Lorentsen, Yan Ropert-Coudert, Georg Skaret, Øystein Varpe
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Dronning Maud Land; Svarthamaren; Antarc*; Antarctic Krill; Antarctic Petrel; Antarctica; Euphausia superba; Thalassoica antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0156968; https://doaj.org/article/26ef8f3ac6924cd09ee0a77a5d802dc1

Commercial fisheries may impact marine ecosystems and affect populations of predators like seabirds. In the Southern Ocean, there is an extensive fishery for Antarctic krill Euphausia superba that is projected to increase further. Comparing distribution and prey selection of fishing operations versu...