At the risk of belabouring the point that
lack of sea ice does not seem to be a reasonable explanation for this phenomenon (see my last two posts, here and here, and Andrew Montford's excellent additions here), I think this is a possibility that needs to be considered.
«As krill stock started to decline dramatically with the
lack of sea ice in the late 1980s, so
did the survival
of these young,» said Trivelpiece, whose work will be published online this week by the Proceedings
of the National Academy
of Sciences.