The potential role of Antarctic krill faecal pellets in efficient carbon export at the marginal ice zone of the South Orkney Islands in spring

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Belcher, A, Tarling, GA, Manno, C, Atkinson, A, Ward, P, Skaret, G, Fielding, S, Henson, SA, Saunders, RA
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2017
• Subjects: Ecology and Environment; Marine Sciences; Oceanography; Antarctic; South Orkney Islands; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Antarctic Krill; Antarctica; Euphausia superba; Polar Biology
• Online Access: http://plymsea.ac.uk/id/eprint/7761/; http://plymsea.ac.uk/id/eprint/7761/1/Belcher%20et%20al.%202017.pdf; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00300-017-2118-z; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-017-2118-z

Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) play a central role in the food web of the Southern Ocean, forming a link between primary production and large predators. Krill produce large, faecal pellets (FP) which can form a large component of mesopelagic particulate organic carbon (POC) fluxes. However, the...