Sentences with phrase «on krill»

Gray whales also opportunistically feed on mid-water prey during their migration (we've observed them skim - feeding on krill in the Monterey Bay).

In the Pacific Ocean, they feed on krill in the California Current, which often overlaps with shipping lanes between San Francisco and Los Angeles.

But polar marine wildlife — including penguins, seals, whales, fish, and birds — also depend on krill as a major part of their diet.

In the last few years, NOAA scientists keeping tabs on the marine mammals and ships that share these waters off the coast of Santa Barbara have noticed a troubling trend: Endangered blue, fin and humpback whales have been congregating to feast on krill along a steep, underwater drop - off north of Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa islands.

Modern leopard seals have evolved similar feeding habits: they can filter feed on krill as well as catching larger prey like penguins.

Blue Whales (Balaenoptera musculus), Fin Whales (Balaenoptera physalus), and Sei Whales (Balaenoptera borealis) can be observed in the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary feeding on krill from the nutrient rich, upwelled water (late - May through September).

To put it in the cautious words of a researcher: «[Humpback] whales feed almost exclusively on krill in the Antarctic and it's unknown what effect an expanding krill fishery in conjunction with climate warming might be having on the abundance of krill.»

Leading environmental groups including Pew Environment Group and Greenpeace have long objected to the certification of krill fishing, saying that it «falsely advertises the message that all krill are sustainably caught and that consuming krill - based omega 3 supplements or purchasing farmed salmon raised on krill meal is okay.

They took turns incubating two eggs, with the liberated penguin heading for feeding grounds in the Southern Ocean, where it gorged on krill before returning to relieve its partner.

«Food source for whales, seals and penguins at risk: Warming Antarctic seas likely to impact on krill habitats.»

As it turns out, a perfect combination of tides and wind is responsible, according to scientists who just published a study on the krill in the journal Deep Sea Research.

Consideration of these features and the effects of climate change on krill dynamics are critical to managing both krill harvests and the recovery of baleen whales in the Southern Ocean.

At the same time, baleen whale populations in the Southern Ocean, which feed primarily on krill, are recovering from past exploitation.

All of the large animals around Rothera rely on the ocean and particularly on krill as a basis for their diet; there is very little that grows on land.

I was to interview a marine ecologist working on krill.

The extensive research on krill oil is compelling, science based, and properly tested!

I recommend consulting the product label on your krill oil supplement to find out the ideal dose for your age.

Question on Krill oil and PMS.

He was also placed on krill oil, digestive enzymes, prebiotics, probiotics, nutritional clay, transfer factors, medicinal mushrooms, curcumin, IP - 6, and several other nutritional supplements.

BEST time to see blue whales in Monterey Bay: May through October, with peaks generally in July and August depending on krill abundance.

Whale sharks are the largest animals in the world, but they feed on krill through a filtration system and won't bite!

Blue and Humpback Whales From July through September, the Blue and Humpback Whales visit the area to feed on the krill produced in the Santa Barbara Channel.

Greenpeace, which is among a number of conservation groups and governments pushing for expanded marine reserves in the Southern Ocean, is calling on krill - buying companies to stop purchasing catch from vessels that fish in areas that are currently under consideration for protection by the CCAMLR.

The top predator over much of the cold seas is the giant bird, which suffers from the lack of fish stocks, themselves dependent on the krill.

What's also shocking is that Antarctic penguin populations, which depend on krill for food, have collapsed by 50 percent in the last 30 years.

Reasons Need More Study Speculating on reasons why direct competition for food between minke whales and their larger cousins does not appearing to be occurring, the scientists said it is possible that minkes don't feed on krill at the same times as larger baleen whales.

They've got big appetites for tiny fish Blue whales feast on krill; their stomachs can hold 2,200 pounds of the tiny crustaceans at a time.

The researchers think these «underwater acrobatics» put the animals in the right position to gulp their food after sneaking up on the krill from below.

And they feed almost exclusively on krill, a tiny shrimp - like creature no bigger than your pinky nail.

Hence, the post headline suggesting that, indirectly, your burger beef was possibly raised on krill.

In tracking vessel movements, Greenpeace noticed «a pattern of fishing activity increasingly close to shore and in the immediate vicinity of penguin colonies, which depend on krill.»

I was just curious what your view is on krill oil versus cod liver oil during pregnancy?

Jeremy A. Goldbogen et al (2013)-- Underwater acrobatics by the world's largest predator: 360 ° rolling manoeuvres by lunge - feeding blue whales In this study we measured the three dimensional kinematics and foraging behaviour of blue whales feeding on krill, using suction - cup attached multi-sensor tags.

In the paper, published in the Public Library of Science journal PLoS ONE, Pyenson and University of California, Berkeley, biologist David Lindberg found that the gray whales, typically known as bottom feeders, have actually retained their predecessor's ability to feed on krill and herring nearer to the ocean surface.

«When whales are feeding on krill, they're really high lipids, lots of fat, so it sort of clumps together and floats at the surface.

Adélies are two - foot - tall birds that feed on krill, fish, and squid and build their nests from small beach pebbles in colonies that may occupy the same site for thousands of years.

In addition to analyzing what anchovies did when they detected these odors, we also filmed their anchovies» behavior while feeding on krill and when they were presented with control treatments of unscented seawater.

A female blue whale living in the northern hemisphere is about 82 feet long, but luckily for seafaring humans, they only feed on krill.

I choose to put her on krill oil right away, because neither her body nor her brain had seen a proper ounce of fat in who knows how long.

Generally, according to Dr. Jahncke, if humpbacks are observed along the shelf break at the ocean bottom, they are feeding on krill.

Fin whales have been reported near the bay feeding on krill!

Visitors to TAR Park will enjoy encounters with barracuda, snappers, blue - spotted rays, cuttlefish, puffer fish, lionfish, reef sharks, moray eels, the occasional green or hawksbill turtle, and even the colossal Whale Shark, the world's largest fish which visits from February to April to feast on krill.

Once the bubbles cleared, I immediately found myself head - on with a huge whale shark, it's mouth wide open as it was feeding on krill.

It is not uncommon to see Humpback whales feeding on the krill and bait - fish, Sea Lions or Orcas gorging on Salmon along with an abundance of seabirds.

The current route traverses a steep underwater drop - off just north of these islands — an area where blue whales congregate to feast on krill.

The Long Beach area hosts hundreds of blue whales annually who come to the region to feed on krill.

June through September we see one of the largest animals that have ever lived on the planet, feeding on krill.