Korin [ko-rin] as a boys' name (also used as girls' name Korin) is of Latin origin, and Korin means spear. Korin is an alternate form of Corin (Latin): from Quirinus. ASSOCIATED WITH spear (warrior)
Krill eat small animals called zooplankton. Zooplankton in turn eat phytoplankton, the 'grass of the sea', which are extremely small plants that are are nurtured by minerals that come up in cold water from the ocean floor toward the upper levels of water in the ocean. Krill also eat algae, a greeâ¦.
Some scientists have estimated that the krill in the ocean around Antarctica weigh more than the entire worldâs human population. The krill, rich in protein and fat, are food for large numbers of animals at the top of the food chain, including penguins, seals, and whales. Scientists studying the Antarctic marine ecosystem now know that its high productivity is confined to the edge of the sea ice and a few other areas, rather than everywhere in the Southern Ocean.