Information on predator requirements has increased greatly since that estimate, but the quota has been kept constant despite the likelihood that predators consume much more euphausiid than initially estimated. |
An analysis of sinking rates of natural copepod and euphausiid fecal pellets. |
Before and during winter, SCW and the euphausiid dietary component were highest in the Kodiak region. |
While blue whales may occasionally feed on pelagic crabs and small fishes, their diet is almost exclusively euphausiid shrimps commonly called krill. |
Larger plankton include euphausiid shrimp or krill, which feed on phytoplankton as well as on smaller zooplankton. |
The euphausiid nauplius is followed by a complex series of shrimplike larvae. |