Antarctic ecosystem: are deep krill ecological outliers or portents of a paradigm shift?
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.
Brierley
Andrew S
AS
University of St. Andrews, Fife KY16 8LB, Scotland, UK. asb4@st-and.ac.uk
D000818:Animals; D000864:Antarctic Regions; D017753:Ecosystem; D033201:Euphausiacea / Q000502:physiology*; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D009792:Oceans and Seas; D011157:Population Dynamics