What effect would a drop in the size of the krill population have on the antarctic food web and why?

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Lauren Camacho

8 August, 17:08

What effect would a drop in the size of the krill population have on the antarctic food web and why?

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Devin Benitez · Answer 1

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.