Feeding and overwintering of Antarctic krill across its major habitats: The role of sea ice cover, water depth, and phytoplankton abundance

• Published in: Limnology and Oceanography
• Main Authors: Schmidt, K, Atkinson, A, Pond, DW, Ireland, LC
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Ecology and Environment; Marine Sciences; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Bransfield Strait; East Antarctica; Lazarev; Lazarev Sea; Scotia Sea; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctic Krill; Antarctica; Euphausia superba; Sea ice; Copepods
• Online Access: http://plymsea.ac.uk/id/eprint/6256/; http://plymsea.ac.uk/id/eprint/6256/1/Schmidt%20et%20al%20L%26O%202014.pdf; https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.2014.59.1.0017

Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) were sampled in contrasting habitats: a seasonally ice-covered deep ocean (Lazarev Sea), ice-free shelves at their northern range (South Georgia) and the Antarctic Peninsula (Bransfield Strait), and shelf and oceanic sites in the Scotia Sea. Across 92 stations, re...