Characteristic sizes of life in the oceans, from bacteria to whales

KH Andersen, T Berge, RJ Gonçalves… - Annual review of …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
The size of an individual organism is a key trait to characterize its physiology and feeding
ecology. Size-based scaling laws may have a limited size range of validity or undergo a …

Observing the oceans acoustically

BM Howe, J Miksis-Olds, E Rehm, H Sagen… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Acoustics play a central role in humankind's interactions with the ocean and the life within.
Passive listening to ocean “soundscapes” informs us about the physical and bio-acoustic …

Super-aggregations of krill and humpback whales in Wilhelmina Bay, Antarctic Peninsula

DP Nowacek, AS Friedlaender, PN Halpin, EL Hazen… - PLoS …, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Ecological relationships of krill and whales have not been explored in the Western Antarctic
Peninsula (WAP), and have only rarely been studied elsewhere in the Southern Ocean. In …

Distribution and population dynamics of Euphausia superba: summary of recent findings

V Siegel - Polar Biology, 2005 - Springer
Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba, has been studied since the early 1920s including
distribution, life cycle and behavioural biology. Quantitative aspects of distribution, biomass …

Biomass of Antarctic krill in the Scotia Sea in January/February 2000 and its use in revising an estimate of precautionary yield

RP Hewitt, J Watkins, M Naganobu, V Sushin… - Deep Sea Research …, 2004 - Elsevier
In January and February 2000, a collaborative survey designed to assess the biomass of
Antarctic krill across the Scotia Sea was conducted aboard research vessels from Japan …

Interannual variability in Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) density at South Georgia, Southern Ocean: 1997–2013

S Fielding, JL Watkins, PN Trathan… - ICES Journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) are a key species in Southern Ocean ecosystems,
maintaining very large numbers of predators, and fluctuations in their abundance can affect …

Variations in the biomass of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) around the South Shetland Islands, 1996–2006

CS Reiss, AM Cossio, V Loeb… - ICES Journal of Marine …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Reiss, CS, Cossio, AM, Loeb, V., and Demer, DA 2008. Variations in the biomass of
Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) around the South Shetland Islands, 1996–2006.–ICES …

Mesoscale structure and oceanographic determinants of krill hotspots in the California Current: Implications for trophic transfer and conservation

JA Santora, WJ Sydeman, ID Schroeder… - Progress in …, 2011 - Elsevier
Krill (crustaceans of the family Euphausiacea) comprise an important prey field for vast array
of fish, birds, and marine mammals in the California Current and other large marine …

Prey density and distribution drive the three‐dimensional foraging strategies of the largest filter feeder

JA Goldbogen, EL Hazen, AS Friedlaender… - Functional …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Despite their importance in determining the rate of both energy gain and expenditure, how
the fine‐scale kinematics of foraging are modified in response to changes in prey …

Submarine canyons represent an essential habitat network for krill hotspots in a Large Marine Ecosystem

JA Santora, R Zeno, JG Dorman, WJ Sydeman - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Submarine canyon systems are ubiquitous features of marine ecosystems, known to support
high levels of biodiversity. Canyons may be important to benthic-pelagic ecosystem …