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Susceptibility of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba Dana) to ultraviolet radiation
Citation
Newman, SJ and Nicol, S and Ritz, DA and Marchant, H, Susceptibility of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba Dana) to ultraviolet radiation , Polar Biology, 22, (1) pp. 50-55. ISSN 0722-4060 (1999) [Refereed Article]
DOI: doi:10.1007/s003000050389
Abstract
We irradiated captive juvenile Euphausia superba in the laboratory with lower than spring surface levels of ultraviolet-B, ultraviolet-A and photosynthetically active radiation, in order to examine their response in terms of mortality and generalised activity. Levels of photosynthetically active radiation 3-5 times below surface irradiance caused krill to die within a week, while animals in the dark survived. Addition of ultraviolet-B typical of depths up to 15 m were found to significantly accelerate mortality and lead to a drop in activity in all experiments. A drop in activity in krill exposed to ultraviolet-A wavelengths was evident without an increase in mortality. The protein content of animals from various treatments was found not to vary.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Research Division: | Biological Sciences |
| Research Group: | Ecology |
| Research Field: | Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology) |
| Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Group: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Field: | Expanding Knowledge in the Environmental Sciences |
| Author: | Newman, SJ (Mr Stuart Newman) |
| Author: | Ritz, DA (Associate Professor David Ritz) |
| ID Code: | 16395 |
| Year Published: | 1999 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 22 |
| Deposited By: | Zoology |
| Deposited On: | 1999-08-01 |
| Last Modified: | 2011-08-04 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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