Environmental and behavioural drivers of Antarctic krill distribution at the South Orkney Islands: A regional perspective

• Published in: Journal of Marine Systems
• Main Authors: Young, Emma F., Thorpe, Sally E., Renner, Angelika H.H., Murphy, Eugene J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2024
• Subjects: Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Weddell; South Orkney Islands; Fishing Ground; South Orkney Plateau; Antarc*; Antarctic Krill; Euphausia superba; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/534268/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/534268/1/1-s2.0-S0924796323000647-main.pdf; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0924796323000647

Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) is a key species in the marine ecosystem of the Southern Ocean, but is also the target of a commercial fishery, with an important fishing ground in the South Orkney Islands region. The potential for competition for krill between predators and the fishery requires...