Feeding and energy budgets of Antarctic krill Euphausia superba at the onset of winter. II. Juveniles and adults

• Main Authors: Atkinson, A., Meyer, B., Stubing, D., Hagen, W., Schmidt, K., Bathmann, U.V.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: AMER SOC LIMNOLOGY OCEANOGRAPHY 2002
• Subjects: Marine Sciences; Biology and Microbiology; Ecology and Environment; Antarctic; Lazarev; Lazarev Sea; Antarc*; Antarctic Krill; Euphausia superba; ice algae; Sea ice; Copepods
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/10201/

The overwintering success of Euphausia superba is a key factor that dictates population size, but there is uncertainty over how they cope with the scarcity of pelagic food. Both nonfeeding strategies (reduced metabolism, lipid use, or shrinkage in size) and switching to other foods (carnivory, ice a...