• Thumbnail for Antarctic krill
    Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) is a species of krill found in the Antarctic waters of the Southern Ocean. It is a small, swimming crustacean that...
    40 KB (4,472 words) - 18:11, 8 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Krill
    food for many larger animals. In the Southern Ocean, one species, the Antarctic krill, makes up an estimated biomass of around 379 million tonnes, making...
    66 KB (6,431 words) - 04:45, 27 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Krill oil
    Krill oil is an extract prepared from a species of Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba. Processed krill oil is commonly sold as a dietary supplement. Two...
    5 KB (609 words) - 09:29, 19 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Krill fishery
    estimate for the biomass of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) is 379 million tonnes. The total global harvest of krill from all fisheries amounts to...
    22 KB (2,390 words) - 04:05, 1 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Northern krill
    providing food for whales, seals, fish and birds. (In the Southern Ocean, Antarctic krill Euphausia superba fills a similar role.) M. norvegica is the only species...
    2 KB (130 words) - 20:25, 29 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Southern Ocean
    during the Antarctic winter. Five species of krill, small free-swimming crustaceans, have been found in the Southern Ocean. The Antarctic krill (Euphausia...
    114 KB (14,713 words) - 06:12, 15 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Antarctic petrel
    Antarctic krill, fish, and small squid. They feed while swimming but can dive from both the surface and the air. Captain James Cook saw the Antarctic...
    15 KB (1,646 words) - 20:19, 15 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Antarctic
    Albatrosses Antarctic petrels Whales Fish, such as Antarctic icefish, Antarctic toothfish Squid, including the colossal squid Antarctic krill Most of the...
    24 KB (3,796 words) - 14:29, 6 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Antarctic Convergence
    upwelling create a zone very high in marine productivity, especially for Antarctic krill. This line, like the arctic tree line, is a natural boundary rather...
    5 KB (537 words) - 15:00, 5 May 2024
  • to the leg movement of arthropods, such as mantis shrimp, copepods, antarctic krill etc. though all of them refer to the similar locomotion pattern. Metachronous...
    17 KB (2,107 words) - 06:04, 19 August 2024
  • packaged goods to retail and business customers. Originally known for Antarctic krill oil production, the company previously operated an industrial-scale...
    13 KB (1,187 words) - 13:12, 12 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Crabeater seal
    of this species is due to its specialized predation on the abundant Antarctic krill of the Southern Ocean, for which it has uniquely adapted, sieve-like...
    22 KB (2,579 words) - 16:32, 13 September 2024
  • The Orville Krill (band), an American indie rock band Antarctic krill, a species of krill Northern krill, a species of krill Commander Krill, a character...
    564 bytes (104 words) - 22:31, 14 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Antarctic realm
    plants, although they are all too windy and cold to support trees. Antarctic krill is the keystone species of the ecosystem of the Southern Ocean, and...
    6 KB (643 words) - 02:57, 14 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Minke whale
    fish (Antarctic silverfish, Antarctic jonasfish, Antarctic lanternfish, Chionodraco, and Notothenia), four euphausiids (Antarctic krill, ice krill, Euphausia...
    30 KB (3,549 words) - 17:15, 10 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Antarctica
    nematodes, tardigrades, rotifers, krill and springtails. The few terrestrial invertebrates are limited to the sub-Antarctic islands. The flightless midge...
    145 KB (15,708 words) - 18:30, 9 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Blue whale
    prey species. In the Southern Ocean, baleen whales appear to feed on Antarctic krill of different sizes, which may lessen competition between them. Blue...
    94 KB (10,332 words) - 03:12, 17 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Antarctic fur seal
    migrating. The usual food source for individuals in the Atlantic Region is Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba); while in the Indian Ocean the diet is mostly based...
    25 KB (3,014 words) - 11:35, 3 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Wildlife of Antarctica
    densities. High densities of invertebrates also live in the ocean, with Antarctic krill forming dense and widespread swarms during the summer. Benthic animal...
    66 KB (6,839 words) - 00:23, 6 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Antarctic Technology Offshore Lagoon Laboratory
    computer was a NeXT and the first versions of a virtual microscope of Antarctic krill for interactive dives into their morphology and behavior were developed...
    10 KB (1,140 words) - 18:16, 1 September 2023
  • Thumbnail for Leopard seal
    Around the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia, the Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella) is the main prey. Antarctic krill, southern elephant...
    37 KB (4,187 words) - 01:49, 17 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Seawater
    in Antarctic seawater, and krill was found consistently throughout their feces which is an indicator that krill is in whale diets. Antarctic krill had...
    53 KB (6,340 words) - 03:08, 9 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Antarctic Peninsula
    community composition as well as changes in krill recruitment, abundance and availability to predators. The Antarctic Peninsula is currently dotted with numerous...
    47 KB (5,535 words) - 21:56, 13 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Vertumnus (Arcimboldo)
    carefully observed and a preservation technique using krill enzymes (isolated from Antarctic krill) was applied to Vertumnus. Vertumnus now hangs in the...
    14 KB (1,543 words) - 18:48, 9 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Swarm behaviour
    hydrodynamic perceptions relayed through their lateral lines, while Antarctic krill rely both on vision and hydrodynamic signals relayed through antennae...
    114 KB (12,907 words) - 02:39, 16 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Filter feeder
    [citation needed] Antarctic krill manages to directly utilize the minute phytoplankton cells, which no other higher animal of krill size can do. This...
    28 KB (3,342 words) - 01:16, 12 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Astaxanthin
    astaxanthin comprise the following: Euphausia pacifica (Pacific krill) Euphausia superba (Antarctic krill) Haematococcus pluvialis (algae) Pandalus borealis (Arctic...
    28 KB (2,640 words) - 05:08, 22 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Shoaling and schooling
    efficiencies in swimming in groups have been proposed for schools of fish and Antarctic krill.[citation needed] It would seem reasonable to think that the regular...
    105 KB (12,182 words) - 03:09, 4 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Euphausia
    Euphausia (category Krill)
    largest genus of krill, and is placed in the family Euphausiidae. There are 31 species known in this genus, including Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba)...
    3 KB (225 words) - 18:06, 26 October 2023
  • Euphausia crystallorophias is a species of krill, sometimes called ice krill, crystal krill, or Antarctic coastal krill. It lives in the coastal waters around...
    5 KB (477 words) - 17:42, 18 March 2024