News Headline
Microalgae genes help them adapt to harsh oceans, other species less lucky
Source
Mongabay (India)
Publication Date
2017-05-17
What do such mammoth wonders feed on? Little, semi-transparent crustaceans called krill. Lots and lots of krill. Measuring just six centimetres (around two and a half inches) and weighing about one gram fully grown, swarms of two million tonnes of krill spanning more than 450 square kilometres (166 square miles) have been spotted. But it is what krill eat – microscopic algae – that are the real stars in this story.