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    Modeling the relationship of Antarctic minke whales to major ocean boundaries

    The population size of Antarctic minke whales Balaenoptera bonaerensis has been changing simultaneously with profound changes in the physics, i.e., mesopredator habitat features, of the Southern Ocean. Although t...

    David G. Ainley, Dennis Jongsomjit, Grant Ballard, Deborah Thiele in Polar Biology (2012)

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    Ocean circulation off east Antarctica affects ecosystem structure and sea-ice extent

    Sea ice and oceanic boundaries have a dominant effect in structuring Antarctic marine ecosystems. Satellite imagery and historical data have identified the southern boundary of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current1 ...

    Stephen Nicol, Tim Pauly, Nathan L. Bindoff, Simon Wright, Deborah Thiele in Nature (2000)

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    A winter sighting of killer whales (Orcinus orca ) in Antarctic sea ice

     A group of killer whales was sighted in open leads well inside Antarctic sea ice during August 1995. This was the first winter sighting of killer whales in Antarctic waters since 1955, and contradicts the vie...

    P. C. Gill, Deborah Thiele in Polar Biology (1997)