Adult Antarctic krill feeding at abyssal depths

• Published in: Current Biology
• Main Authors: Clarke, Andrew, Tyler, Paul A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Cell Press 2008
• Subjects: Marine Sciences; Zoology; Ecology and Environment; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Austral; Marguerite; Marguerite Bay; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctic Krill; Euphausia superba
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/11423/

Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) is a large euphausiid, widely distributed within the Southern Ocean [1], and a key species in the Antarctic food web [2]. The Discovery Investigations in the early 20(th) century, coupled with subsequent work with both nets and echosounders, indicated that the bul...