Euphausia superba
Lipids in Euphausia superba
... Euphausia superba: biochemical changes during long term starvation and bacteria as a possible source of nutrition. Published in: Proceedings from the SCAR VI Biological Symposium. B. Battaglia, J. Valencia, ...
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Physiological and morphological colour change in Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba: a field study in the Lazarev Sea
... (Euphausia superba) – a key organism in the trophic web of the Southern Ocean – leads a life in ...E. superba responds to solar radiation by moving away from the light source (Newman et ...
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The application of optical coherence tomography to image subsurface tissue structure of antarctic krill Euphausia Superba
... krill Euphausia superba [2] (hereafter krill) to be vulnerable to elevated pH throughout their lifecycle, with reduced hatching success [3], increased physiolog- ical costs [4], and possible disruption to ...
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A Robust and Economical Underwater Stereo Video System to Observe Antarctic Krill (Euphausia superba)
... (Euphausia superba; hereafter krill), underwater stereo systems have been large and unsuitable for use in aquaria [4] or in the field with one exception ...
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Validation of band counts in eyestalks for the determination of age of Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba
... (Euphausia superba) grown from eggs hatched at two differ- ent laboratories, we validate the annual pattern of bands deposited in the eyestalks of krill and determine the absolute age of these ...
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Environmental effects on the growth, maturation and physiology in antarctic krill (euphausia superba) over an annual cycle : an experimental approach
... krill, Euphausia superba, is a keystone species in the Antarctic ecosystem, being a major food source for most predators and the target of a substantial ...
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Seasonal variation in body composition, metabolic activity, feeding, and growth of adult krill Euphausia superba in the Lazarev Sea
... ABSTRACT: We investigated physiological parameters (elemental and biochemical composition, metabolic rates, feeding activity and growth) of adult Antarctic krill in the Lazarev Sea in late spring (December), mid autumn ...
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Growth and ageing in Antarctic krill : growth, ageing and mortality in Euphausia superba Dana : new information using extractable pigments to estimate the age of krill, with implications for population modeling and the management of the fishery
... Growth and Ageing in Antarctic krill Growth, ageing and mortality in Euphausia superba Dana: new information using extractable pigments to estimate the age of krill, with implications fo[r] ...
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Environmental effects on the growth, maturation and physiology in antarctic krill (euphausia superba) over an annual cycle : an experimental approach
... (Euphausia superba, hereafter krill) is a keystone species of the Antarctic ecosystem by playing a central role in the food chain and providing several top order predators a major food source (Mangel and ...
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Environmental influences on reproduction in Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba
... The effects of starvation on ultrastructure of digestive gland cells were studied in furcilia larvae of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba: hereafter krill). Under laboratory conditions, larvae were starved ...
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Environmental influences on reproduction in Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba
... Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) is a keystone species in the Antarctic marine ecosystem, being a major food source for most Antarctic predators. Understanding krill reproduction is important since ...
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Acoustic and ecological investigations into predator prey interactions between Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) and seal and bird predators
... Indeed it is the tendency of Antarctic krill to form swarms that makes them an important prey item for many marine vertebrate predators Hewitt and Demer, 2000 and, as such, variation in [r] ...
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Long Term Effect of Photoperiod, Temperature and Feeding Regimes on the Respiration Rates of Antarctic Krill (Euphausia superba)
... Discussion There was a strong trend of respiration rate with month, with respiration increasing from late winter/early spring to late summer/early autumn, during the important and energy[r] ...
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Anti-inflammatory effect of ozonated krill (Euphausia superba) oil in lipopolysaccharide-stimulated RAW 264.7 macrophages
... E. superba, has emerged with health benefits, including neuropro- tection, anti-oxidant, anti-inflammation, anti-obesity, and improvement of metabolic disorders due to its omega-3 fatty acids, phospholipid-derived ...
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Determination of fluoride in Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) using ion chromatography and its pretreatments selection
... Four methods of comparative analysis revealed that sulphuric acid distillation was suitable preparation for ion chromatography determination of fluoride in Antarctic krill fluoride conte[r] ...
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Eye/Photophore Coordination and Light following in Krill, Euphausia Superba
... Several observations support this hypothesis: 1 emitted light is maximal at approximately the same wavelength 463—476 nm as sunlight filtered through several metres of sea water Clarke, [r] ...
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The application of DNA based methods to the diet of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba)
... Chapter 5 examines the stability of prey DNA in krill stomachs to verify that prey DNA extracted from krill stomachs was representative of feeding behaviour for a significant period of t[r] ...
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Effects of ocean acidification on the nutritional quality of Antarctic phytoplankton as food for Euphausia suberda larvae
... Food webs are complex systems, often connecting a large number of species through the transfer of energy from the bottom to the top. Food webs are rarely linear and predators usually rely on a number of prey species. Key ...
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Ecological investigations of euphausiids at high latitudes
... krill, Euphausia superba) form dense swarms or aggregations that are capable of active horizontal movement (Hamner 1984; Hamner and Hamner 2000; Mauchline 1980a; Siegel 1988; Sprong and Schalk 1992), and ...
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Capturing foraging and resting behavior using nested multivariate Markov models in an air-breathing marine vertebrate
... We use a nested multivariate movement model to cap- ture both the two-dimensional space use and the vertical foraging behavior in Antarctic Humpback whales (Mega- ptera novaeangliae). Antarctic Humpback whales are large ...
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