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Glacial melting: an overlooked threat to Antarctic krill

Strandings of marine animals are relatively common in marine systems. However, the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. We observed mass strandings of krill in Antarctica that appeared to be linked to the presence of glacial meltwater. Climate-induced glacial meltwater leads to an increased...

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Autores principales: Fuentes, Verónica, Alurralde, Gastón, Meyer, Bettina, Aguirre, Gastón E., Canepa, Antonio, Wölfl, Anne-Cathrin, Hass, H. Christian, Williams, Gabriela N., Schloss, Irene R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4890292/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27250339
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep27234