CALIFORNIA COAST Colder water good for tiny krill, key link in food chain. By David Perlman, Chronicle Science Editor Aug 26, 2008. John Blanchard / Chronicle Graphic.

Krill, the small shrimp-like crustacean and a primary link in the marine food chain, have ...

Tales of krill, humpbacks and ice -- food chains of Antarctica. Meg Lowman *"There are two kinds of men in the world, those that stay at home and those that do not.

PLYMOUTH, England, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- Antarctic krill, tiny creatures that are of major importance in marine food chains, are likely to be affected by warming ocean temperatures, researchers say. ...

If you've heard of krill at all, it's probably in the context of their role as whale food. ... taking tiny photosynthetic plankton and moving them up the food chain.

Despite their microscopic size, plankton are crucial for marine ecosystems. They act as the base of the entire food chain in oceans and freshwater. Plankton are microscopic living organisms that drift ...

Because krill are at the bottom end of the ocean’s food chain, they don’t have time to accumulate high levels of mercury or other contaminants. Krill oil supplements may cause gastrointestinal ...

Deep Antarctic waters are teeming with krill – small shrimp-like creatures near the bottom of the food chain – in a discovery which has amazed scientists.

Krill may be at the bottom of the food chain, but they are proving to be a secret weapon in the war against ocean plastics, one poo at a time.