Climate change impacts on Antarctic krill behaviour and population dynamics

S Kawaguchi, A Atkinson, D Bahlburg… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2024 - nature.com
Krill habitats in the Southern Ocean are impacted by changing climate conditions, reduced
sea ice and rising temperatures. These changes, in turn, affect krill occurrence, physiology …

Successful ecosystem-based management of Antarctic krill should address uncertainties in krill recruitment, behaviour and ecological adaptation

B Meyer, A Atkinson, KS Bernard, AS Brierley… - … Earth & Environment, 2020 - nature.com
Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba, supports a valuable commercial fishery in the Southwest
Atlantic, which holds the highest krill densities and is warming rapidly. The krill catch is …

Polar regions

MP Meredith, M Sommerkorn… - The ocean and …, 2019 - research.monash.edu
This chapter assesses the state of physical, biological and social knowledge concerning the
Arctic and Antarctic ocean and cryosphere, how they are affected by climate change, and …

Future risk for Southern Ocean ecosystem services under climate change

RD Cavanagh, J Melbourne-Thomas… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The Southern Ocean supports ecosystem services that are important on a global scale.
Climate change and human activities (tourism, fishing, and research) will affect both the …

[PDF][PDF] Polar regions. chapter 3, ipcc special report on the ocean and cryosphere in a changing climate

M Meredith, M Sommerkorn, S Cassotta, C Derksen… - 2019 - repository.library.noaa.gov
This chapter assesses the state of physical, biological and social knowledge concerning the
Arctic and Antarctic ocean and cryosphere, how they are affected by climate change, and …

Status, change, and futures of zooplankton in the Southern Ocean

NM Johnston, EJ Murphy, A Atkinson… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In the Southern Ocean, several zooplankton taxonomic groups, euphausiids, copepods,
salps and pteropods, are notable because of their biomass and abundance and their roles …

Standing stock of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba Dana, 1850) (Euphausiacea) in the Southwest Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean, 2018–19

BA Krafft, GJ Macaulay, G Skaret… - Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Estimates of the distribution and density of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba Dana, 1850)
were derived from a large-scale survey conducted during the austral summer in the …

Myctophid fish (family Myctophidae) are central consumers in the food web of the Scotia Sea (Southern Ocean)

RA Saunders, SL Hill, GA Tarling… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Myctophids are the most abundant and diverse mesopelagic fishes in the Southern Ocean.
They are a conduit of energy between primary consumers and higher marine predators, and …

Ecological insights from pelagic habitats acquired using active acoustic techniques

KJ Benoit-Bird, GL Lawson - Annual review of marine science, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Marine pelagic ecosystems present fascinating opportunities for ecological investigation but
pose important methodological challenges for sampling. Active acoustic techniques involve …

Krill body size drives particulate organic carbon export in West Antarctica

R Trinh, HW Ducklow, DK Steinberg, WR Fraser - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The export of carbon from the ocean surface and storage in the ocean interior is important in
the modulation of global climate,,–. The West Antarctic Peninsula experiences some of the …