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> ........the Center relies on a 2004 study by the British Antarctic

> Survey demonstrating that krill, tiny shrimp-like animals that serve

> as an essential food source for penguins, whales and seals, has

> declined by as much as 80 percent since the 1970s over large areas of

> the Southern Ocean.

>

> Lead author Dr. Angus Atkinson from British Antarctic Survey, said

> when the study was released in November 2004, " This is the first time

> that we have understood the full scale of this decline. "

>

> " Krill feed on the algae found under the surface of the sea-ice, which

> acts as a kind of nursery, " explained Atkinson. " The Antarctic

> Peninsula, a key breeding ground for the krill, has warmed by 2.5°C in

> the last 50 years, with a striking decrease in sea-ice. We don't fully

> understand how the loss of sea-ice here is connected to the warming,

> but we believe that it could be behind the decline in krill. "

>

> The Center says that many of the penguin species in its petition are

> impacted by industrial fisheries, either directly, such as when

> individual penguins are caught and killed in trawls, nets and

> longlines, or indirectly through the depletion of essential prey

> species such as anchovy and krill.

>

> " The planet is in denial, " said Collee, co-writer of the animated

> film " Happy Feet, " which was rated as the top movie in the United

> States during Thanksgiving week.

>

> Collee said, " Whales and penguins are literally starving to death as a

> result of krill depletion. As regards global warming, the entire West

> Antarctic ice sheet is balanced on the tips of mountains and

> fragmenting at the edges. "

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