Antarctic ecosystem: are deep krill ecological outliers or portents of a paradigm shift?

Andrew S Brierley

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2008.01.022

Antarctic ecosystem: are deep krill ecological outliers or portents of a paradigm shift?

Curr Biol. 2008 Mar 25;18(6):R252-4. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.01.022.

Author

Andrew S Brierley¹

Affiliation

¹ University of St. Andrews, Fife KY16 8LB, Scotland, UK. asb4@st-and.ac.uk

PMID: 18364229
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.01.022

Abstract

Serendipitous observations of Antarctic krill feeding at abyssal depths may revolutionise our view of the ecology of this supposed surface-dwelling animal that is key to the function of the Southern Ocean ecosystem.

MeSH terms

Animals
Antarctic Regions
Ecosystem*
Euphausiacea / physiology*
Feeding Behavior / physiology*
Oceans and Seas
Population Dynamics