Over the last 70 years, seabird populations have declined by up to 70% across the globe. Compared to other seabirds, little is known about Snow Petrels and their marine habitat use—especially in East Antarctica. This study addresses the former knowledge gap while simultaneously comparing how outputs differ when data collection methods vary.
Benjamin Viola +8 more
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É apresentado nesta nota experimento sobre o transporte do krill vivo da Antartica para o Brasil, realizado durante a V Expedição Brasileira à Antártica, verão 1986-1987.
Van Ngan Phan +4 more
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Seasonally migrating zooplankton strongly enhance Southern Ocean carbon sequestration
Abstract High‐latitude zooplankton can sequester millions of tons of carbon due to their seasonal migration from the surface ocean to depth, and their respiration and mortality during overwintering. This seasonal vertical migration pump (SVMP) efficiently removes carbon but not limiting nutrients such as iron from the surface layers.
Guang Yang +6 more
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The potential role of Antarctic krill faecal pellets in efficient carbon export at the marginal ice zone of the South Orkney Islands in spring [PDF]
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.
Atkinson, A +8 more
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Research Bias in Long‐Term Monitoring of Antarctic Nearshore Marine and Terrestrial Biota
Antarctic wildlife is under pressure from environmental changes and human activity, but how well is Antarctica's coastal biota being monitored? While over half of the long‐term monitoring studies spanned more than 10 years and/or included environmental data, they were limited in number, mostly focused on penguins and marine mammals, were unevenly ...
Shae L. Jones +4 more
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The Antarctic krill Euphausia superba shows diurnal cycles of transcription under natural conditions. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Polar environments are characterized by extreme seasonal changes in day length, light intensity and spectrum, the extent of sea ice during the winter, and food availability.
Cristiano De Pittà +7 more
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Using Stable Isotopes to Assign Origin of White‐Chinned Petrels Killed by Longline Fisheries
ABSTRACT Incidental capture (bycatch) of seabirds in longline and trawl fisheries is one of the main threats to many albatrosses and large petrels. The White‐chinned Petrel (Procellaria aequinoctialis) has a circumpolar distribution and is the seabird species killed most frequently by fisheries in the Southern Ocean.
Viviane Barquete +6 more
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How Fragmented Is eDNA? A Case Study on Shark DNA in Tropical Reef Seawater
This study quantified mitochondrial eDNA fragment lengths in offshore tropical seawater using qPCR assays targeting amplicons from 119 to 15,727 bp in tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier). Copy numbers steeply declined with increasing fragment size, with successful amplification up to 1518 bp and a calculated mean undamaged fragment size of 256 bp.
Katrina M. West, Bruce Deagle
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Resource potential and maturity estimates of Euphausia superba in East Antarctica
The East Antarctic krill fisheries are spread across two Divisions of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), Division 58.4.1 between 80-150°E and Division 58.4.2 between 30-80°E.
Dale Maschette +9 more
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The association of Antarctic krill Euphausia superba with the under-ice habitat.
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.
Hauke Flores +7 more
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