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An experimental aquarium for observing the schooling behaviour of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) Deep-Sea Research II, 2010 (Ref: 14107)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Schooling behaviour of Antarctic krill was induced repeatedly over a period of one year in the Australian … Antarctic Division research aquarium. The details of the laboratory setup suitable for krill to school are … described.

Speciation and phylogeography of giant petrels Macronectes Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2009 (Ref: 13957)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

We examine global phylogeography of the two forms of giant petrel Macronectes spp. Although previously … considered to be a single taxon, and despite debate over the status of some populations and the … existence of minimal genetic data (one mitochondrial cytochrome b sequence per form)…

Estimating diet composition in sea lions: which technique to choose? Sea Lions of the World., 2006 (Ref: 12709)
Category 4: Popular articles

Reliable estimates of diets are vital to monitor impacts of sea lion populations … on their ecosystems and their interactions with fisheries, and to … understand the role of food to animal nutrition and health. Approaches … include using (1) prey remnants in stomach contents, spews and scats; … (2)…

Schooling of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) in the laboratory. Abstract of the SCAR Open Science Conference, Hobart, 12-14 July 2006., 2006 (Ref: 12526)
Category 3: Abstract

Abstract: Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) are found throughout much of their life in schools. In the laboratory however…

Production and fate of faecal pellets during summer in an East Antarctic fjord. Hydrobiologia, 2001 (Ref: 10235)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

The abundance of small faecal pellets is high in marine waters. Little is known, however, about the processes governing their production and fate in the water column. We investigated faecal pellet production and flux in relation to the phytoplankton and copepod assemblages present in Ellis Fjord…

Faunal microfossils: Indicators of Holocene ecological change in a saline Antarctic lake. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2005 (Ref: 11937)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

The sediment record of the fauna of Ace Lake, a saline meromictic lake in the Vestfold Hills, Antarctica, consists of copepod … eggs, spermatophores and exoskeletal fragments, rotifer and tintinnid loricae, and foraminiferal and folliculinid tests. The … relative abundance of these remains…

Respiration rate and cost of swimming for Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba, in large groups in the laboratory. Marine Biology, 2005 (Ref: 11926)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Abstract Constructing realistic energy budgets for … Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba, is hampered by the … lack of data on the metabolic costs associated with … swimming. In this study respiration rates and pleopod … beating rates were measured at six current speeds.

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