An overview of the history of Antarctic Krill research in the Southern Ocean in particular Euphausia Superba, and suggested directions for future research

• Main Author: Guy, Ruth
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: University of Canterbury 2005
• Subjects: Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Ross Sea; New Zealand; Waterhouse; Antarc*; Antarctic Krill; Euphausia superba; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10092/13975

The food web in the Southern Ocean is unique among ocean systems in that it is characterised by the dependence largely of a single key species, the Antarctic Krill Euphausia Superba, (Faranda, 1995). Because E. Superba depend on the sea ice during their life cycle (Priddle 1988), it is important to...