"This finding highlights the complexity and diversity of food webs in Antarctic permanently ice-covered lakes, with symbiotic and predatory lifestyles a possibility not previously recognized," the ...

Krill sit near the base of a food web that supports some of the biggest animals on the planet It focuses on the Scotia Sea and the Antarctic Peninsula - the places where the crustaceans are most ...

As climate change and commercial fishing threaten krill, the crustaceans that fuel Antarctica’s entire food web, scientists ...

Scientists report the discovery of a thriving ecosystem of organisms beneath 14 meters of ice covering Antarctica's frozen ...

shrimp-like critter and the basis of the Antarctic oceanic food web. Since trip #13, she has often worked alongside her husband, UAB biologist Chuck Amsler, and her boss, UAB biologist Jim McClintock.

“Cryptopygus antarcticus has a key role in the simple Antarctic terrestrial food webs,” she said. Researchers also raised concerns about styrofoam, because its porous structure could encourage ...

Meltwater from the Dotson Ice Shelf carries iron, fueling phytoplankton blooms that form the base of the Antarctic food web. These microscopic organisms absorb significant amounts of carbon ...