Using a risk assessment framework to spatially and temporally spread the fishery catch limit for Antarctic krill in the west Antarctic Peninsula: A template for krill fisheries elsewhere [PDF]
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 The west Antarctic Peninsula is an important breeding and foraging location for marine predators that consume Antarctic Krill (Euphasia superba). It is also an important focus for the commercial fishery for Antarctic krill, managed by the Commission for ...
V. Warwick-Evans +6 more
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Antarctic krill sequester similar amounts of carbon to key coastal blue carbon habitats. [PDF]
Nat CommunThe carbon sequestration potential of open-ocean pelagic ecosystems is vastly under-reported compared to coastal vegetation ‘blue carbon’ systems. Here we show that just a single pelagic harvested species, Antarctic krill, sequesters a similar amount of ...
Cavan EL +5 more
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Dietary antarctic krill improves antioxidant capacity, immunity and reduces lipid accumulation, insights from physiological and transcriptomic analysis of Plectropomus leopardus. [PDF]
BMC GenomicsBackground Due to its enormous biomass, Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) plays a crucial role in the Antarctic Ocean ecosystem. In recent years, Antarctic krill has found extensive application in aquaculture, emerging as a sustainable source of ...
Wang M +8 more
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Variations of the metabolome in the digestive system of Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba, between summer and autumn. [PDF]
PLoS OneRapid climate change threatens the relatively pristine environment of the Southern Ocean. The effects on biogeochemical cycles and their subsequent consequences for the organisms in this area are of significant interest.
Heyen S +6 more
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Whale recovery and the emerging human-wildlife conflict over Antarctic krill. [PDF]
Nat CommunThe Southern Ocean ecosystem has undergone extensive changes in the past two centuries driven by industrial sealing and whaling, climate change and commercial fishing.
Savoca MS +6 more
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Foods, 2022 Antarctic krill is a potential and attractive resource for consumption. However, most Antarctic krill meat is used to produce primary products with low commercial value, with few highly processed products.
Shuang Li +5 more
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Scientific Reports, 2023 Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) are considered a keystone species for higher trophic level predators along the West Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) during the austral summer.
Katherine L. Gallagher +2 more
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Organic or junk food? Microplastic contamination in Antarctic krill and salps. [PDF]
R Soc Open Sci, 2023 Microplastics (MP) have been reported in Southern Ocean (SO), where they are likely to encounter Antarctic zooplankton and enter pelagic food webs. Here we assess the presence of MP within Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) and salps (Salpa thompsoni ...
Wilkie Johnston L +3 more
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Winter condition, physiology, and growth potential of juvenile Antarctic krill
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 In recent years, substantial efforts have been made to understand the implications of climate change on Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba, because of their pivotal role in the Southern Ocean food web and in biogeochemical cycling.
Kim S. Bernard +2 more
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An intercomparison of models predicting growth of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba): The importance of recognizing model specificity. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2023 Antarctic krill is a key species of the Southern Ocean, impacted by climate change and human exploitation. Understanding how these changes affect the distribution and abundance of krill is crucial for generating projections of change for Southern Ocean ...
Bahlburg D +4 more
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