The Association of Antarctic Krill Euphausia superba with the Under-Ice Habitat

• Published in: PLoS ONE
• Main Authors: Flores, Hauke, van Franeker, Jan Andries, Siegel, Volker, Haraldsson, Matilda, Strass, Volker, Meesters, Erik Hubert, Bathmann, Ulrich, Wolff, Willem Jan
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2012
• Subjects: Research Article; Antarctic; Austral; Lazarev; Lazarev Sea; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Antarctic Krill; Euphausia superba; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3285626; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22384073; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0031775

The association of Antarctic krill Euphausia superba with the under-ice habitat was investigated in the Lazarev Sea (Southern Ocean) during austral summer, autumn and winter. Data were obtained using novel Surface and Under Ice Trawls (SUIT), which sampled the 0–2 m surface layer both under sea ice...