The seas around the Prince Edward Islands exhibit enhanced phytoplankton production and large populations of birds and seals. However, phytoplankton blooms are hardly utilised by holozooplankton grazers. Much of the phytoplankton biomass sinks to the seabed, supporting a nch benthos, and the link with higher trophic levels is unclear. A large population of the s h r ~ m p Nauticaris mariolus is concentrated in the inter-island plateau forming a suprabenthic layer extend~ng 5 to 10 m above the bottom. Megalope larvae of N.
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Perissinotto, R., & McQuaid, C. (1990). Role of the sub-antarctic shrimp Nauticaris mahonis in coupling benthic and pelagic food-webs. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 64, 81–87. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps064081
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