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Tag Archives: krill
Standing on Shoulders You Didn’t Know Were There
If you’re a scientist, almost all of your professional reading comes in the form of scientific papers. These days, that usually usually means between 10 and 20 pages of fairly dense information packed into a PDF. This format is great … Continue reading
Posted in Policy etc., Ramblings
Tagged acoustics, deep scattering layer, krill, libraries, myctophids, SIO, SIO Library
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Krill v. Salps in the Southern Ocean
Last week, writing about copepods, I mentioned that they make up what is probably the most massive group of animals on earth. I also mentioned the likely runner up: krill. In particular, the Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba. Photo by Uwe … Continue reading
Posted in Research Blogging
Tagged Antarctica, ecology, Euphausia superba, invert war, krill, Salpa thompsoni, salps
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Krill Eye for the Primate Guy
The copepod picture in the last post was from the Wikimedia commons, taken by a German biologist and Wikipedia powerhouse named Uwe Kils. Looking through his user page, I was amazed by some of the photos. This one, of the … Continue reading