Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) is found in huge quantities around the Antarctic continent. (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institute) Antarctic krill is only slightly contaminated with microplastics and is therefore well suited for monitoring the contamination of the...
The fluke of a diving baleen whale in the Weddell Sea. The now degraded ecosystem in Antarctica was even more productive than previously thought before the near extinction of the whales. (Photo: Stefan Hendricks) The krill biomass in the Southern Ocean today has...
Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) live in the Southern Ocean in large swarms around Antarctica. A swarm of krill can contain 10,000 to 30,000 individuals per cubic meter of water. As a food source for all of Antarctica’s larger animals, Antarctic krill is...
Nothing works in the Antarctic without krill: the small crustacean is the basis of the food chain there. No wonder that the sea turns red when a swarm is on the way. (Photo: Wikipedia) We are lucky – the dreaded Drake Passage between Tierra del Fuego and the...
