Ecology Summary - Euphausia superba

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Ecology of Euphausia superba

Main Ref.	SAUP Database, 2006
Remarks	Found along most of the Antarctic coastline. Adult krill populations' center of distribution is near the continental shelf break, juveniles are found in inshore waters and the eggs and larvae are found in offshore waters (Ref. 96896).

Aquatic zones / Water bodies

	Marine - Neritic	Marine - Oceanic	Brackishwater	Freshwater
Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies	supra-littoral zone littoral zone sublittoral zone	epipelagic mesopelagic epipelagic abyssopelagic hadopelagic	estuaries/lagoons/brackish seas mangroves marshes/swamps	rivers/streams lakes/ponds caves exclusively in caves

Highighted items on the list are where Euphausia superba may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Pelagic;
Substrate Ref.	Brinton, E., 1962
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Brinton, E., 1962
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79)
Feeding type Ref.	Price, H.J., K.R. Boyd and C.M. Boyd, 1988
Feeding habit	filtering plankton
Feeding habit Ref.	Price, H.J., K.R. Boyd and C.M. Boyd, 1988

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	original sample		unfished population		Remark
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Remark
From diet composition
From individual food items	2.25	0.03			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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