The Scotia Sea ecosystem is a major component of the circumpolar Southern Ocean system,
where productivity and predator demand for prey are high. The eastward-flowing Antarctic …

Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba, has been studied since the early 1920s including
distribution, life cycle and behavioural biology. Quantitative aspects of distribution, biomass …

In this paper, a novel biologically-inspired algorithm, namely krill herd (KH) is proposed for
solving optimization tasks. The KH algorithm is based on the simulation of the herding …

It is generally assumed that the extreme life history traits of pelagic seabirds, such as low
fecundity or slow growth of chicks, result from the difficulties obtaining energy at sea from …

Although Antarctic sea ice is undergoing a slight increase in overall extent, major regional
changes are occurring in its spatio-temporal characteristics (most notably in sea ice …

Cetacean–habitat modeling, although still in the early stages of development, represents a
potentially powerful tool for predicting cetacean distributions and understanding the …

We aim to identify the important steps in the evolution of the ecosystem approach to
management under the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living …

Estuaries are productive environments used by many fish as nursery grounds. The initial
stages of fishes are highly vulnerable to (a) biotic factors, and anthropogenic pressures …

It has been suggested that the spatial distribution of many marine pelagic organisms can be
described by a hierarchical patch structure. Here, we present evidence for a hierarchical …

A central tenet of Antarctic ecology suggests that increases in Chinstrap Penguin
(Pygoscelis antarctica) populations during the last four decades resulted from an increase in …