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  2. Krill - Wikipedia

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    Krill also release faecal pellets (3) whilst they feed, which can sink to the deep sea but can be consumed (coprophagy) and degraded as they descend (4) by krill, bacteria and zooplankton. In the marginal ice zone, faecal pellet flux can reach greater depths (5). Krill also release moults, which sink and contribute to the carbon flux (6).

  3. Krill fishery - Wikipedia

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    The krill fishery is the commercial fishery of krill, ... which reaches a size of about 2 centimetres (0.79 in). The annual catch is of the order of 60–70,000 tonnes.

  4. Antarctic krill - Wikipedia

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    Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) is a species of krill found in the Antarctic waters of the Southern Ocean. It is a small, swimming crustacean that lives in large schools, called swarms , sometimes reaching densities of 10,000–30,000 animals per cubic metre. [ 3 ]

  5. Crustacean - Wikipedia

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    The 67,000 described species range in size from Stygotantulus stocki at 0.1 mm (0.004 in), ... krill. The body of a crustacean is composed of segments, ...

  6. Euphausia crystallorophias - Wikipedia

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    Euphausia crystallorophias is a species of krill, sometimes called ice krill, [1] crystal krill, [2] or Antarctic coastal krill. [2] It lives in the coastal waters around Antarctica , further south than any other species of krill. [ 2 ]

  7. UK scientists plan to monitor krill from space as species ...

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    The project, which was launched at the UN climate conference Cop29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, in November, has kicked off with Strathclyde’s Dr Cait McCarry recently returning from an Antarctic ...

  8. Bentheuphausia - Wikipedia

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    Bentheuphausia amblyops, the deep sea krill is a species of krill. B. amblyops is the only species within its genus, [ 3 ] which in turn is the only genus within the family Bentheuphausiidae . [ 4 ] All the 85 other species of krill known are classified in the family Euphausiidae .

  9. Thysanoessa raschii - Wikipedia

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    Thysanoessa raschii, sometimes known as Arctic krill, is one of the most common euphausiid species of the subarctic and Arctic seas. They may reach 20–25 millimetres (0.8–1.0 in) long, and are sexually mature above 14 mm (0.6 in). [1] T. raschii is a major prey item of several taxa, planktivorous fishes and marine mammals.