The ability to accurately gauge the body condition of free‐swimming cetaceans is invaluable
in population and conservation biology, due to the direct implications that this measure has …

Studies of cetacean evolution using genetics and other biomolecules have come a long way—
from the use of allozymes and short sequences of mitochondrial or nuclear DNA to the …

This chapter assesses the state of physical, biological and social knowledge concerning the
Arctic and Antarctic ocean and cryosphere, how they are affected by climate change, and …

Baleen whales store energy gained on foraging grounds to support reproduction and other
metabolic needs while fasting for long periods during migration. Whale body condition can …

The reproductive success of southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) depends on body
condition and, therefore, on foraging success. This, in turn, might be affected by climatically …

In the Southern Ocean, several zooplankton taxonomic groups, euphausiids, copepods,
salps and pteropods, are notable because of their biomass and abundance and their roles …

Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) and salps are major macroplankton contributors to
Southern Ocean food webs and krill are also fished commercially. Managing this fishery …

Integrating behavior and physiology is critical to formulating new hypotheses on the
evolution of animal life-history strategies. Migratory capital breeders acquire most of the …

Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba, have a circumpolar distribution but are concentrated
within the south-west Atlantic sector, where they support a unique food web and a …

Climate change is a global phenomenon, yet impacts on resource availability to predators
may be spatially and temporally diverse and asynchronous. As capital breeders, whales are …