As climate change and commercial fishing threaten krill, the crustaceans that fuel Antarctica’s entire food web, scientists ...

An Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba), about 5 centimeters long. Credit: Uwe Kils on Wikimedia Commons.jpg) In the Southern Ocean, krill serve as an important link in the food web, connecting ...

“It offers a profoundly adverse, but highly plausible, endgame for Antarctic krill that has serious implications for both the Southern Ocean food web and sustainable management of fisheries ...

"Krill are an important part of the Southern Ocean food web and are the diet of penguins, seals and whales. We had already found plastic pollution in Antarctic krill from the Southern Ocean.

Antarctic krill swimming between the Southern Ocean's surface and seafloor depths, make a "surprisingly small" contribution ...

Krill is a vital part of the Antarctic food chain, and overfishing could have severe consequences for the ecosystem. Look for products that are certified by organizations like the Marine ...

The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living ... with their impact on whales. Krill fishing is an example of “fishing down the food web”, says Dr Stephen Comerford, marine ...

Plastic pollution combined with ocean acidification hinders the development of Antarctic ... in juvenile krill numbers could have serious consequences for the Antarctic food web and krill fisherie ...

Krill live in all the ... are to stop fishing in vast areas of the Antarctic Peninsula. Krill are important because they are at the base of the food chain: whales, penguins, seals and squid ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Nearly all of Antarctica’s iconic wildlife, from penguins to seals and whales, depend on krill, tiny crustaceans that make up the base of the ...