About the Authors

Tao Huang

Affiliation Institute of Polar Environment, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China

Liguang Sun

slg@ustc.edu.cn

Affiliation Institute of Polar Environment, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China

John Stark

Affiliation Department of Biology and the Ecology Center, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America

Yuhong Wang

Affiliations Institute of Polar Environment, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China

Zhongqi Cheng

Affiliation Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

Qichao Yang

Affiliation Institute of Polar Environment, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China

Song Sun

Affiliation Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LS. Performed the experiments: TH JS ZC QY. Analyzed the data: LS TH. Wrote the paper: TH LS. Provided help in the data interpretation: YW. Provided insight to the krill ecology: SS.