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, G. A., Manno, C., Atkinson, A., Ward, P., Skaret, G., Fielding, S., Henson, S. A., Sanders, R.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2017
• Subjects: Original Paper; Antarctic; South Orkney Islands; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Antarctic Krill; Antarctica; Euphausia superba
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6961482/; 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...