According to a recent study, antarctic krill can store 20 million metric tons of carbon annually through their sinking fecal pellets - a similar amount to that stored by “blue carbon habitats”, such as coastal ecosystems like mangroves, seagrass and salt marshes.
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Antarktischer Krill kann über ein Jahrhundert lang große Mengen Kohlenstoff binden

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Laut einer aktuellen Studie kann der antarktische Krill durch seine sinkenden Kotpellets jährlich 20 Millionen Tonnen Kohlenstoff speichern – eine ähnliche Menge wie „Lebensräume mit blauem Kohlenstoff“ wie Küstenökosysteme wie Mangroven, Seegras und Salzwiesen.

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