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CREATURES – KRILL: A Vital Ocean Forage Species

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The health of the oceans depends on a complex food web which ultimate depends on the sun providing energy for photosynthesis by tiny plants called phytoplankton which, in turn, serve as food for equally tiny little sea animals called zooplankton. … Continue reading CREATURES – KRILL: A Vital Ocean Forage Species

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OCEAN LIFE: What the heck is KRILL anyway and why are they important to whales and fish?..

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Krill or Euphausid Shrimp are vital forage species that are at the very foundation of life in the ocean. Fish, birds, seals, whales and even humans depend on them. Life in our oceans forms a complex food web that depends … Continue reading OCEAN LIFE: What the heck is KRILL anyway and why are they important to whales and fish?..

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CLIMATE CHANGE: Antarctic krill: Key food source moves south AND Northern krill are moving north

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Another species of krill is a keystone here along our north Atlantic coast. And they too will be moving … but north … taking other important species like Right Whales along with them.  Art MacKay *********************************************   Antarctic krill: Key …

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WHALES: Are they starving, having fewer young and wandering for food? If so, where did their food go?

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THE ISSUE: Some believe whales are starving, wandering far afield and producing fewer young. If it’s true, then it’s a complex of answers that includes impacts from new chemicals dumped by municipal and business sewage, acidification, temperature changes, forest and …

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LOOKING BACK – Hunting for Answers to Explain the Mass Mortality of Herring in the Bay of Fundy.

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Dead Herring, Krill, Copepods and Demoic Acid As most folks are now aware, thousands of dead Atlantic herring have been washing up along the shores of the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia and citizens and researchers are considering a multitude … Continue reading LOOKING BACK – Hunting for Answers to Explain the Mass Mortality of Herring in the Bay of Fundy.

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EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES – KRILL – A vital ocean forage species.

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THE VISUALS THE STORY CONCERNS: The health of the oceans depends on a complex food web which ultimate depends on the sun providing energy for photosynthesis by tiny plants called phytoplankton which, in turn, serve as food for equally tiny … Continue reading EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES – KRILL – A vital ocean forage species.