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- Antarctic krill play a crucial role in the Southern Ocean ecosystem, serving as a key species in the food web and supporting a commercial fishery.
- Traditional methods like acoustic surveys and net sampling have provided much of the knowledge about krill, but these methods have limitations in studying krill behavior, especially during the autumn-winter seasons.
- Researchers utilized seasonal video observations from a profiling camera system to uncover previously hidden details about krill's vertical distribution, density, and individual behaviors.
Article Abstract
Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba, hereafter 'krill') exemplify the methodological challenges of studying small, mobile, aggregating pelagic organisms. Krill are a central species in the Southern Ocean food web, provide important biogeochemical functions and support a valuable commercial fishery. Most of what we know about krill has been derived from acoustic surveys and net samples, the former being essential for estimating krill biomass and catch limits. However, understanding krill behavior, particularly in the poorly-studied autumn-winter seasons, is key for management and conservation. Here, we used seasonal video observations collected with a profiling camera system of krill along the Western Antarctic Peninsula to reveal krill vertical distribution, aggregation density and individual behaviors that have remained hidden from traditional sampling methods..
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