Since 1970 the krill population is down 80%
Antarctic krill was created in 1850.
Euphasia superba, Antarctic krill, are the base of the food chain in the Southern Ocean that surrounds Antarctica.Any decline in their population would mean that the remainder of the food chain would be forced into warmer water to find food.
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Krill are measured in tonnes, and the number is large enough to outweigh any of their predators. Krill are a key to the Antarctic food chain in Antarctic waters.
There is no commercial krill fishing in the oceans that surround the Antarctic continent -- the Antarctic Treaty forbids it.
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Krill survive in the Southern Ocean which surrounds the Antarctic continent.
Fish, krill, copepods.
Too many to count.
Absolutely nothing. Antarctic krill are massively abundant. They are on of the most abundant creatures on the planet. Dont worry about them.
pouched lamprey,toothfish, murray cod, icefish,plunderfish