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Evaluating threats to South Shetland Antarctic fur seals amidst population collapse Krause, Douglas J., Robert L. Brownell Jr., Carolina A. Bonin, Samuel M. Woodman, Douglas Shaftel, and George M. Watters Mammal Review 54(1):30-46

Using Antarctic blue whale photo-ID data from the SOWER cruises: Capture-recapture estimates of abundance Olson, Paula A., and Douglas Kinzey Journal of Cetacean Research and Management, Special Issue 4:13-20

Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) distributions, aggregation structures, and predator interactions in Bransfield Strait Annasawmy, Pavanee, John K. Horne, Christian S. Reiss, George R. Cutter, and Gavin J. Macaulay Polar Biology 46:151-168

Genetic diversity and demographic history of the leopard seal: A Southern Ocean top predator Bender, Arona N., Douglas J. Krause, Michael E. Goebel, Joseph I. Hoffman, Eric A. Lewallen, and Carolina A. Bonin PLoS ONE 18(8):e0284640 (16 p.)

Time and behavioral adjustments to lactation: Insights from a marine predator Borras-Chavez, Renato, Michael E. Goebel, Stella Villegas-Amtmann, Luis A. Huckstadt, Carla Rivera-Rebella, Daniel P. Costa, Jose M. Farina, and Francisco Bozinovic Marine Mammal Science 39(1):131-150

Whiskers provide time-series of toxic and essential trace elements, Se:Hg molar ratios, and stable isotope values of an apex Antarctic predator, the leopard seal Charapata, Patrick, Casey T. Clark, Nathan Miller, Sarah S. Kienle, Daniel P. Costa, Michael E. Goebel, Heather Gunn, Emily S. Sperou, Shane B. Kanatous, Daniel E. Crocker, Renato Borras-Chavez, and Stephen J. Trumble Science of the Total Environment 854:158651 (15 p.)

Recruitment variability of Antarctic krill in Subarea 48.1 expressed as 'proportional recruitment': length threshold effects Kinzey, D., J.T. Hinke, C.S. Reiss, and G.M. Watters CCAMLR Science 24:1-18

Investigation of machine learning algorithms for taxonomic classification of marine metagenomes Park, Helen, Shen Jean Lim, Jonathan Cosme, Kyle O'Connell, Jilla Sandeep, Felimon Gayanilo, George R. Cutter Jr., Enrique Montes, Chotinan Nitikitpaiboon, Sam Fisher, Hassan Moustahfid, and Luke R. Thompson Microbiology Spectrum 11(5):e05237-22 (17 p.)

A little bit of Sargassum goes a long way: seafloor observations of Sargassum fluitans and Sargassum natans in the Western Atlantic Ocean Pries, Ashley, Amanda N. Netburn, Heidi Batchelor, and Victoria R. Hermanson Frontiers in Marine Science 10:1250150 (13 p.)

Large and in charge: cortisol levels vary with sex, diet, and body mass in an Antarctic predator, the leopard seal Sperou, Emily S., Daniel E. Crocker, Renato Borras-Chavez, Daniel P. Costa, Michael E. Goebel, Shane B. Kanatous, Douglas J. Krause, Stephen J. Trumble, and Sarah S. Kienle Frontiers in Marine Science 10:1179236 (16 p.)

Extreme El Nino southern oscillation conditions have contrasting effects on the body condition of five euphausiid species around the northern Antarctic Peninsula during winter Walsh, Jennifer, and Christian Reiss Polar Biology 46(4):319-338

Stepping stones towards Antarctica: Switch to southern spawning grounds explains an abrupt range shift in krill Atkinson, Angus, Simeon L. Hill, Christian S. Reiss, Evgeny A. Pakhomov, Gregory Beaugrand, Geraint A. Tarling, Guang Yang, Deborah K. Steinberg, Katrin Schmidt, Martin Edwards, Emilce Rombola, and Frances A. Perry Global Change Biology 28(4):1359-1375

Antarctic krill biomass and flux measured using wideband echosounders and acoustic Doppler current profilers on submerged moorings Cutter, George R. Jr., Christian S. Reiss, Sven Nylund, and George M. Watters Frontiers in Marine Science 9:784469 (23 p.)

A decade of photo-identification reveals contrasting abundance and trends of Type B killer whales in the coastal waters of the Antarctic Peninsula Fearnbach, Holly, John W. Durban, David K. Ellifrit, Alyssa Paredes, Leigh S. Hickmott, and Robert L. Pitman Marine Mammal Science 38(1):58-72

Evaluating thermal and color sensors for automating detection of penguins and pinnipeds in images collected with an unoccupied aerial system Hinke, Jefferson T., Louise M. Giuseffi, Victoria R. Hermanson, Samuel M. Woodman, and Douglas J. Krause Drones 6(9):255 (11 p.)

Subsurface eddy facilitates retention of simulated diel vertical migrators in a biological hotspot Hudson, K., M.J. Oliver, J. Kohut, J.H. Cohen, M.S. Dinniman, J.M. Klinck, C.S. Reiss, G.R. Cutter, H. Statscewich, K.S. Bernard, and W. Fraser Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 127(5):e2021JC017482 (15 p.)

Status, change, and futures of zooplankton in the Southern Ocean Johnston, Nadine M., Eugene J. Murphy, Angus Atkinson, Andrew J. Constable, Cedric Cotte, Martin Cox, Kendra L. Daly, Ryan Driscoll, Hauke Flores, Svenja Halfter, Natasha Henschke, Simeon L. Hill, Juan Hofer, Brian P.V. Hunt, So Kawaguchi, Dhugal Lindsay, Cecilia Liszka, Valerie Loeb, Clara Manno, Bettina Meyer, Evgeny A. Pakhomov, Matthew H. Pinkerton, Christian S. Reiss, Kate Richerson, Walker O. Smith Jr., Deborah K. Steinberg, Kerrie M. Swadling, Geraint A. Tarling, Sally E. Thorpe, Devi Veytia, Peter Ward, Christine K. Weldrick, and Guang Yang Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9:624692 (41 p.)

Plasticity in the morphometrics and movements of an Antarctic apex predator, the leopard seal Kienle, Sarah S., Michael E. Goebel, Erin LaBrecque, Renato Borras-Chavez, Stephen J. Trumble, Shane B. Kanatous, Daniel E. Crocker, and Daniel P. Costa Frontiers in Marine Science 9:976019 (17 p.)

Acoustic sampling of Antarctic krill with simulated underwater buoyancy gliders: Does the sawtooth dive pattern work? Kinzey, Douglas, Anthony M. Cossio, Christian S. Reiss, and George M. Watters Frontiers in Marine Science 9:1064181 (14 p.)

The rapid population collapse of a key marine predator in the northern Antarctic Peninsula endangers genetic diversity and resilience to climate change Krause, Douglas J., Carolina A. Bonin, Michael E. Goebel, Christian S. Reiss, and George M. Watters Frontiers in Marine Science 8:796488 (18 p.)

Where are the beachmasters? Unexpectedly weak polygyny among southern elephant seals on a South Shetland Island Nichols, H.J., B. Fuchs, A.J. Paijmans, G. Lewis, C.A. Bonin, M.E. Goebel, and J.I. Hoffman Journal of Zoology 316(2):104-117

The foraging behavior of nonbreeding Adelie penguins in the western Antarctic Peninsula during the breeding season Oosthuizen, W. Chris, Pierre A. Pistorius, Malgorzata Korczak-Abshire, Jefferson T. Hinke, Mercedes Santos, and Andrew D. Lowther Ecosphere 13(5):e4090 (16 p.)

Phylogenomic species delimitation dramatically reduces species diversity in an Antarctic adaptive radiation Parker, Elyse, Alex Dornburg, Carl D. Struthers, Christopher D. Jones, and Thomas J. Near Systematic Biology 71(1):58-77

Periodic environmental disturbance drives repeated ecomorphological diversification in an adaptive radiation of Antarctic fishes Parker, Elyse, Katerina L. Zapfe, Jagriti Yadav, Bruno Frederich, Christopher D. Jones, Evan P. Economo, Sara Federman, Thomas J. Near, and Alex Dornburg American Naturalist 200(6):E221-E236

A review of leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) births and pups using a standardised age-class classification system van der Linde, Krista, Ingrid N. Visser, Rick Bout, Douglas J. Krause, Jaume Forcada, Donald Siniff, Sheridan Stone, Jim Fyfe, Nicolas Fernandez-Ferrada, Kathryne Macallan, Oksana Savenko, and Tracy E. Cooper Polar Biology 45(7):1193-1209

Identifying seasonal distribution patterns of fin whales across the Scotia Sea and the Antarctic Peninsula region using a novel approach combining habitat suitability models and ensemble learning methods Viquerat, Sacha, Claire M. Waluda, Amy S. Kennedy, Jennifer A. Jackson, Marta Hevia, Emma L. Carroll, Danielle L. Buss, Elke Burkhardt, Scott Thain, Patrick Smith, Eduardo R. Secchi, Jarrod A. Santora, Christian Reiss, Ulf Lindstrom, Bjorn A. Krafft, George Gittins, Luciano Dalla Rosa, Martin Biuw, and Helena Herr Frontiers in Marine Science 9:1040512 (19 p.)

Using seabird and whale distribution models to estimate spatial consumption of krill to inform fishery management Warwick-Evans, V., N. Kelly, L. Dalla Rosa, A. Friedlaender, J.T. Hinke, J.H. Kim, N. Kokubun, J.A. Santora, E.R. Secchi, E. Seyboth, and P.N. Trathan Ecosphere 13(6):e4083 (24 p.)

Estimating the average distribution of Antarctic krill Euphausia superba at the northern Antarctic Peninsula during austral summer and winter Warwick-Evans, V., S. Fielding, C.S. Reiss, G.M. Watters, and P.N. Trathan Polar Biology 45(5):857-871

Conservation in the Scotia Sea in light of expiring regulations and disrupted negotiations Watters, George M., and Jefferson T. Hinke Conservation Biology 36(5):e13925 (4 p.)

Are the diets of sympatric Pygoscelid penguins more similar than previously thought? Wawrzynek-Borejko, Justyna, Anna Panasiuk, Jefferson T. Hinke, and Malgorzata Korczak-Abshire Polar Biology 45:1559-1569

Myctobase, a circumpolar database of mesopelagic fishes for new insights into deep pelagic prey fields Woods, Briannyn, Rowan Trebilco, Andrea Walters, Mark Hindell, Guy Duhamel, Hauke Flores, Masato Moteki, Patrice Pruvost, Christian Reiss, Ryan A. Saunders, Caroline Sutton, Yi-Ming Gan, and Anton Van de Putte Scientific Data 9:404 (9 p.)

Productivity and change in fish and squid in the Southern Ocean Caccavo, Jilda Alicia, Henrik Christiansen, Andrew J. Constable, Laura Ghigliotti, Rowan Trebilco, Cassandra M. Brooks, Cedric Cotte, Thomas Desvignes, Tracey Dornan, Christopher D. Jones, Philippe Koubbi, Ryan A. Saunders, Anneli Strobel, Marino Vacchi, Anton P. van de Putte, Andrea Walters, Claire M. Waluda, Briannyn L. Woods, and Jose C. Xavier Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9:624918 (25 p.)

Winter and summer biogeography of macrozooplankton community structure in the northern Antarctic Peninsula ecosystem Dietrich, Kimberly S., Jarrod A. Santora, and Christian S. Reiss Progress in Oceanography 196:102610 (16 p.)

Marine important bird and biodiversity areas for penguins in Antarctica, targets for conservation action Handley, Jonathan, Marie-Morgane Rouyer, Elizabeth J. Pearmain, Victoria Warwick-Evans, Katharina Teschke, Jefferson T. Hinke, Heather Lynch, Louise Emmerson, Colin Southwell, Gary Griffith, Cesar A. Cardenas, Aldina M.A. Franco, Phil Trathan, and Maria P. Dias Frontiers in Marine Science 7:602972 (17 p.)

Serendipitous observations from animal-borne video loggers reveal synchronous diving and equivalent simultaneous prey capture rates in chinstrap penguins Hinke, Jefferson T., Tamara M. Russell, Victoria R. Hermanson, Laura Brazier, and Stephanie L. Walden Marine Biology 168:135 (12 p.)

Seasonal gene expression profiling of Antarctic krill in three different latitudinal regions Horing, Flavia, Alberto Biscontin, Lars Harms, Gabriele Sales, Christian S. Reiss, Cristiano De Pitta, and Bettina Meyer Marine Genomics 56:100806 (9 p.)

Coastal regions of the northern Antarctic Peninsula are key for gentoo populations Korczak-Abshire, Malgorzata, Jefferson T. Hinke, Gennadi Milinevsky, Mariana A. Juares, and George M. Watters Biology Letters 17(1):20200708 (6 p.)

Standing stock of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba Dana, 1850) (Euphausiacea) in the Southwest Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean, 2018-2019 Krafft, Bjorn A., Gavin J. Macaulay, Georg Skaret, Tor Knutsen, Odd A. Bergstad, Andrew Lowther, Geir Huse, Sophie Fielding, Philip Trathan, Eugene Murphy, Seok-Gwan Choi, Sangdeok Chung, Inwoo Han, Kyounghoon Lee, Xianyong Zhao, Xinliang Wang, Yiping Ying, Xiaotao Yu, Kostiantyn Demianenko, Viktor Podhornyi, Karina Vishnyakova, Leonid Pshenichnov, Andrii Chuklin, Hanna Shyshman, Martin J. Cox, Keith Reid, George M. Watters, Christian S. Reiss, Jefferson T. Hinke, Javier Arata, Olav R. Godo, and Nils Hoem Journal of Crustacean Biology 41(3):ruab046 (17 p.)

Finally within reach: A drone census of an important, but practically inaccessible, Antarctic fur seal colony Krause, Douglas J., and Jefferson T. Hinke Aquatic Mammals 47(4):349-354

Drones minimize Antarctic predator responses relative to ground survey methods: An appeal for context in policy advice Krause, Douglas J., Jefferson T. Hinke, Michael E. Goebel, and Wayne L. Perryman Frontiers in Marine Science 8:648772 (15 p.)

Glider-based estimates of meso-zooplankton biomass density: A fisheries case study on Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) around the northern Antarctic Peninsula Reiss, Christian S., Anthony M. Cossio, Jennifer Walsh, George R. Cutter, and George M. Watters Frontiers in Marine Science 8:604043 (18 p.)

Leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) Rogers, Tracey L., Jaume Forcada, and Douglas J. Krause Antarctic Environments Portal. https://environments.aq/publications/leopard-seal-hydrurga-leptonyx/

Influence of krill (Euphausia superba) availability on humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) reproductive rate Seyboth, Elisa, Fernando Felix, Mary-Anne Lea, Luciano Dalla Rosa, George M. Watters, Keith Reid, and Eduardo R. Secchi Marine Mammal Science 37(4):1498-1506

Hemispheric asymmetry in ocean change and the productivity of ecosystem sentinels Sydeman, W.J., D.S. Schoeman, S.A. Thompson, B.A. Hoover, M. Garcia-Reyes, F. Daunt, P. Agnew, T. Anker-Nilssen, C. Barbraud, R. Barrett, P.H. Becker, E. Bell, P.D. Boersma, S. Bouwhuis, B. Cannell, R.J.M. Crawford, P. Dann, K. Delord, G. Elliott, K.E. Erikstad, E. Flint, R.W. Furness, M.P. Harris, S. Hatch, K. Hilwig, J.T. Hinke, J. Jahncke, J.A. Mills, T.K. Reiertsen, H. Renner, R.B. Sherley, C. Surman, G. Taylor, J.A. Thayer, P.N. Trathan, E. Velarde, K. Walker, S. Wanless, P. Warzybok, and Y. Watanuki Science 372(6545):980-983

Using forecasting methods to incorporate social, economic, and political considerations into marine protected area planning Sykora-Bodie, Seth T., Jorge G. Alvarez-Romero, Javier A. Arata, Alistair Dunn, Jefferson T. Hinke, Grant Humphries, Christopher Jones, Pal Skogrand, Katharina Teschke, Philip N. Trathan, Dirk Welsford, Natalie C. Ban, Grant Murray, and David A. Gill Frontiers in Marine Science 8:669135 (17 p.)

Foraging patterns of Antarctic minke whales in McMurdo Sound, Ross Sea Ainley, David G., Trevor W. Joyce, Ben Saenz, Robert L. Pitman, John W. Durban, Grant Ballard, Kendra Daly, and Stacy Kim Antarctic Science 32(6):454-465

Antarctic demersal finfish around the Elephant and the South Orkney islands: distribution, abundance and biological characteristics Arana, Patricio M., Christopher D. Jones, Nicolas A. Alegria, Roberto Sarralde, and Renzo Rolleri Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research 48(2):304-322

Linking Antarctic krill larval supply and recruitment along the Antarctic Peninsula Conroy, John A., Christian S. Reiss, Miram R. Gleiber, and Deborah K. Steinberg Integrative and Comparative Biology 60(6):1386-1400

Planning for success: Leveraging two ecosystem models to support development of an Antarctic marine protected area Dahood, Adrian, Emily S. Klein, and George M. Watters Marine Policy 121:104109 (8 p.)

Evaluating Antarctic marine protected area scenarios using a dynamic food web model Dahood, Adrian, Kim de Mutsert, and George M. Watters Biological Conservation 251:108766

Blooms of a key grazer in the Southern Ocean — An individual-based model of Salpa thompsoni Groeneveld, Jurgen, Uta Berger, Natasha Henschke, Evgeny A. Pakhomov, Christian S. Reiss, and Bettina Meyer Progress in Oceanography 185:102339 (10 p.)

Reference points for predators will progress ecosystem-based management of fisheries Hill, Simeon L., Jefferson Hinke, Sophie Bertrand, Lowell Fritz, Robert W. Furness, James N. Ianelli, Matthew Murphy, Ricardo Oliveros-Ramos, Lorien Pichegru, Rowland Sharp, Richard A. Stillman, Peter J. Wright, and Norman Ratcliffe Fish and Fisheries 21(2):368-378

Tracking of marine predators to protect Southern Ocean ecosystems Hindell, Mark A., Ryan R. Reisinger, Yan Ropert-Coudert, Luis A. Huckstadt, Philip N. Trathan, Horst Bornemann, Jean-Benoit Charrassin, Steven L. Chown, Daniel P. Costa, Bruno Danis, Mary-Anne Lea, David Thompson, Leigh G. Torres, Anton P. Van de Putte, Rachael Alderman, Virginia Andrews-Goff, Ben Arthur, Grant Ballard, John Bengtson, Marthan N. Bester, Arnoldus Schytte Blix, Lars Boehme, Charles-Andre Bost, Peter Boveng, Jaimie Cleeland, Rochelle Constantine, Stuart Corney, Robert J.M. Crawford, Luciano Dalla Rosa, P.J. Nico de Bruyn, Karine Delord, Sebastien Descamps, Mike Double, Louise Emmerson, Mike Fedak, Ari Friedlaender, Nick Gales, Michael E. Goebel, Kimberly T. Goetz, Christophe Guinet, Simon D. Goldsworthy, Rob Harcourt, Jefferson T. Hinke, Kerstin Jerosch, Akiko Kato, Knowles R. Kerry, Roger Kirkwood, Gerald L. Kooyman, Kit M. Kovacs, Kiernan Lawton, Andrew D. Lowther, Christian Lydersen, Phil O'B. Lyver, Azwianewi B. Makhado, Maria E.I. Marquez, Birgitte I. McDonald, Clive R. McMahon, Monica Muelbert, Dominik Nachtsheim, Keith W. Nicholls, Erling S. Nordoy, Silvia Olmastroni, Richard A. Phillips, Pierre Pistorius, Joachim Plotz, Klemens Putz, Norman Ratcliffe, Peter G. Ryan, Mercedes Santos, Colin Southwell, Iain Staniland, Akinori Takahashi, Arnaud Tarroux, Wayne Trivelpiece, Ewan Wakefield, Henri Weimerskirch, Barbara Wienecke, Jose C. Xavier, Simon Wotherspooon, Ian D. Jonsen, and Ben Raymond Nature 580(7801):87-92

Acute bottlenecks to the survival of juvenile Pygoscelis penguins occur immediately after fledging Hinke, Jefferson T., George M. Watters, Christian S. Reiss, Jarrod A. Santora, and M. Mercedes Santos Biology Letters 16(12):20200645 (6 p.)

What's the catch? Profiling the benefits and costs associated with marine protected areas and displaced fishing in the Scotia Sea Klein, Emily S, and George M. Watters PLOS ONE 15(8):e0237425 (24 p.)

Comparing feedback and spatial approaches to advance ecosystem-based fisheries management in a changing Antarctic Klein, Emily S., and George M. Watters PLoS ONE 15(9):e0231954 (22 p.)

Variability in age of a Southern Ocean myctophid (Gymnoscopelus nicholsi) derived from scat-recovered otoliths Klemmedson, Angela D., Christian S. Reiss, Michael E. Goebel, Ronald S. Kaufmann, Emmanis Dorval, Tomasz B. Linkowski, and Renato Borras-Chavez Marine Ecology Progress Series 633:55-69

Leopard seal diets in a rapidly warming polar region vary by year, season, sex, and body size Krause, Douglas J., Michael E. Goebel, and Carolyn M. Kurle BMC Ecology 20:32 (15 p.)

Biological parameters of the High-Antarctic icefish, Cryodraco antarcticus (Channichthyidae) from the South Shetland Islands La Mesa, Mario, Federico Cali, Emilio Riginella, Carlotta Mazzoldi, and Christopher D. Jones Polar Biology 43:143-155

Movements, diving behaviour and diet of type-C killer whales (Orcinus orca) in the Ross Sea, Antarctica Lauriano, Giancarlo, Enrico Pirotta, Trevor Joyce, Robert L. Pitman, Asuncion Borrell, and Simone Panigada Aquatic Conservation 30(12):2428-2440

The genetic legacy of extreme exploitation in a polar vertebrate Paijmans, Anneke J., Martin A. Stoffel, Marthan N. Bester, Alison C. Cleary, P.J. Nico De Bruyn, Jaume Forcada, Michael E. Goebel, Simon D. Goldsworthy, Christophe Guinet, Christian Lydersen, Kit M. Kovacs, Andrew Lowther, and Joseph I. Hoffman Scientific Reports 10:5089 (12 p.)

Infestation dynamics betwen parasitic Antarctic fish leeches (Piscicolidae) and their crocodile icefish hosts (Channichthyidae) Parker, Elyse, Christopher D. Jones, Patricio M. Arana, Nicolas A. Alegria, Roberto Sarralde, Francisco Gallardo, Anna J. Phillips, Bronwyn W. Williams, and Alex Dornburg Polar Biology 43:665-677

Skin in the game: Epidermal molt as a driver of long-distance migration in whales Pitman, Robert L., John W. Durban, Trevor Joyce, Holly Fearnbach, Simone Panigada, and Giancarlo Lauriano Marine Mammal Science 36(2):565-594

Demographic and maturity patterns of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) in an overwintering hotspot Reiss, Christian S., Jefferson T. Hinke, and George M. Watters Polar Biology 43(9):1233-1245

The retrospective analysis of Antarctic tracking data project Ropert-Coudert, Yan, Anton P. Van de Putte, Ryan R. Reisinger, Horst Bornemann, Jean-Benoit Charrassin, Daniel P. Costa, Bruno Danis, Luis A. Huckstadt, Ian D. Jonsen, Mary-Anne Lea, David Thompson, Leigh G. Torres, Philip N. Trathan, Simon Wotherspoon, David G. Ainley, Rachael Alderman, Virginia Andrews-Goff, Ben Arthur, Grant Ballard, John Bengtson, Marthan N. Bester, Arnoldus Schytte Blix, Lars Boehme, Charles-Andre Bost, Peter Boveng, Jaimie Cleeland, Rochelle Constantine, Robert J.M. Crawford, Luciano Dalla Rosa, P.J. Nico de Bruyn, Karine Delord, Sebastien Descamps, Mike Double, Louise Emmerson, Mike Fedak, Ari Friedlaender, Nick Gales, Mike Goebel, Kimberly T. Goetz, Christophe Guinet, Simon D. Goldsworthy, Rob Harcourt, Jefferson T. Hinke, Kerstin Jerosch, Akiko Kato, Knowles R. Kerry, Roger Kirkwood, Gerald L. Kooyman, Kit M. Kovacs, Kieran Lawton, Andrew D. Lowther, Christian Lydersen, Phil O'B. Lyver, Azwianewi B. Makhado, Maria E.I. Marquez, Birgitte I. McDonald, Clive R. McMahon, Monica Muelbert, Dominik Nachtsheim, Keith W. Nicholls, Erling S. Nordoy, Silvia Olmastroni, Richard A. Phillips, Pierre Pistorius, Joachim Plotz, Klemens Putz, Norman Ratcliffe, Peter G. Ryan, Mercedes Santos, Colin Southwell, Iain Staniland, Akinori Takahashi, Arnaud Tarroux, Wayne Trivelpiece, Ewan Wakefield, Henri Weimerskirch, Barbara Wienecke, Jose C. Xavier, Ben Raymond, and Mark A. Hindell Scientific Data 7:94 (11 p.)

Lipid content and stable isotopes of zooplankton during five winters around the northern Antarctic Peninsula Walsh, Jennifer, and Christian Reiss Scientific Data 7:380 (6 p.)

Flexibility in Antarctic krill Euphausia superba decouples diet and recruitment from overwinter sea-ice conditions in the northern Antarctic Peninsula Walsh, Jennifer, Christian S. Reiss, and George M. Watters Marine Ecology Progress Series 642:1-19

Southern Ocean isoscapes derived from a wide-ranging circumpolar marine predator, the Antarctic fur seal Walters, Andrea, Mark Hindell, Michael E. Goebel, Marthan N. Bester, Philip N. Trathan, W. Chris Oosthuizen, and Mary-Anne Lea Ecological Indicators 118:106694

Long-term observations from Antarctica demonstrate that mismatched scales of fisheries management and predator-prey interaction lead to erroneous conclusions about precaution Watters, George M., Jefferson T. Hinke, and Christian S. Reiss Scientific Reports 10:2314 (9 p.)

Cold call: the acoustic repertoire of Ross Sea killer whales (Orcinus orca, Type C) in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica Wellard, Rebecca, Robert L. Pitman, John Durban, and Christine Erbe Royal Society Open Science 7:191228 (16 p.)

Linkage of the physical environments in the northern Antarctic Peninsula region to the Southern Annular Mode and the implications for the phytoplankton production Zhang, Zhaoru, Eileen E. Hofmann, Michael S. Dinniman, Christian Reiss, Walker O. Smith Jr., and Meng Zhou Progress in Oceanography 188:102416 (16 p.)

Krill (Euphausia superba) distribution contracts southward during rapid regional warming Atkinson, Angus, Simeon L. Hill, Evgeny A. Pakhomov, Volker Siegel, Christian S. Reiss, Valerie J. Loeb, Deborah K. Steinberg, Katrin Schmidt, Geraint A. Tarling, Laura Gerrish, and Sevrine F. Sailley Nature Climate Change 9(2):142-147

The contribution of ice algae to the winter energy budget of juvenile Antarctic krill in years with contrasting sea ice conditions Bernard, Kim S., Lacey A. Gunther, Sean H. Mahaffey, Katelyn M. Qualls, Monisha Sugla, Benjamin T. Saenz, Anthony M. Cossio, Jennifer Walsh, and Christian S. Reiss ICES Journal of Marine Science 76(1):206-216

Trophic position and foraging ecology of Ross, Weddell, and crabeater seals revealed by compound-specific isotope analysis Brault, Emily K., Paul L. Koch, Daniel P. Costa, Matthew D. McCarthy, Luis A. Huckstadt, Kimberly T. Goetz, Kelton W. McMahon, Michael E. Goebel, Olle Karlsson, Jonas Teilmann, Tero Harkonen, and Karin C. Harding Marine Ecology Progress Series 611:1-18

Prey differences drive local genetic adaption in Antarctic fur seals Cleary, Alison C., Marthan Bester, Jaume Forcada, Michael Goebel, Simon D. Goldsworthy, Christophe Guinet, Joseph I. Hoffman, Kit M. Kovacs, Christian Lydersen, and Andrew D. Lowther Marine Ecology Progress Series 628:195-209

Foraging ecology of the leopard seal [abstract] Costa, D.P., S.S. Kienle, S.J. Trumble, S. Kanatous, M.E. Goebel, and D. Krause Integrative and Comparative Biology 59(supp.1):e43

Using sea-ice to calibrate a dynamic trophic model for the Western Antarctic Peninsula Dahood, Adrian, George M. Watters, and Kim de Mutsert PLoS ONE 14(4):e0214814 (28 p.)

Abundance of Type A killer whales (Orcinus orca) in the coastal waters off the western Antarctic Peninsula Fearnbach, Holly, John W. Durban, David K. Ellifrit, and Robert L. Pitman Polar Biology 42(8):1477-1488

Killer whale (Orcinus orca) predation on a Gervais' beaked whale (Mesoplodon europaeus) in the eastern Atlantic Ocean Gualtiere, Doug, and Robert L. Pitman Aquatic Mammals 45(2):244-245

Individual variation in migratory movements of chinstrap penguins leads to widespread occupancy of ice-free winter habitats over the continental shelf and deep ocean basins of the Southern Ocean Hinke, Jefferson T., Maria M. Santos, Malgorzata Korczak-Abshire, Gennadi Milinevsky, and George M. Watters PLoS ONE 14(12):e0226207 (19 p.)

Fe sources and transport from the Antarctic Peninsula shelf to the southern Scotia Sea Jiang, Mingshun, Christopher I. Measures, Katherine A. Barbeau, Matthew A. Charette, Sarah T. Gille, Mariko Hatta, Mati Kahru, B. Gregory Mitchell, Alberto C. Naveira Garabato, Christian Reiss, Karen Selph, and Meng Zhou Deep Sea Research I 150:103060

Estimating recruitment variability and productivity in Antarctic krill Kinzey, Douglas, George M. Watters, and Christian S. Reiss Fisheries Research 217:98-107

Food caching by a marine apex predator, the leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) Krause, Douglas J., and Tracey L. Rogers Canadian Journal of Zoology 97(6):573-578

Spatial distribution and population structure of juvenile Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) in the South Shetland Islands La Mesa, Mario, Emilio Riginella, and Christopher D. Jones Polar Biology 42(12):2237-2247

Long in the tooth: Biological observations from at-sea sightings of strap-toothed beaked whales (Mesoplodon layardii) Pitman, Robert L., John Totterdell, Rebecca Wellard, Pierce Cullen, and Marijke de Boer Marine Mammal Science 35(3):1141-1161

Intraspecific variation in a dominant prey species can bias marine predator dietary estimates derived from stable isotope analysis Polito, Michael J., Wayne Z. Trivelpiece, Christian S. Reiss, Susan G. Trivelpiece, Jefferson T. Hinke, William P. Patterson, and Steven D. Emslie Limnology and Oceanography: Methods 17(4):292-303

Weddell-Scotia Confluence effect on the iron distribution in waters surrounding the South Shetland (Antarctic Peninsula) and South Orkney (Scotia Sea) Islands during the austral summer in 2007 and 2008 Sanchez, Nicolas, Christian S. Reiss, Osmunc Holm-Hansen, Christopher D. Hewes, Kemal C. Bizsel, and Murat V. Ardelan Frontiers in Marine Science 6:771 (16 p.)

Movements and dive behaviour of a toothfish-depredating killer and sperm whale Towers, Jared R., Paul Tixier, Katherine A. Ross, John Bennett, John P.Y. Arnould, Robert L. Pitman, and John W. Durban ICES Journal of Marine Science 76(1):298-311

Managing for change: Using vertebrate at sea habitat use to direct management efforts Arthur, Benjamin, Mark Hindell, Marthan Bester, P.J. Nico De Bruyn, Michael E. Goebel, Phil Trathan, and Mary-Anne Lea Ecological Indicators 91:338-349

Adapting multi-frequency echo-sounders for operation on autonomous vehicles Chave, Rene, Jan Buermans, David Lemon, J. Christopher Taylor, Chad Lembke, Christopher DeCollibus, Grace K. Saba, and Christian Reiss In: OCEANS 2018 MTS/IEEE Charleston (6 p.)

Novel anelloviruses identified in buccal swabs of Antarctic fur seals Crane, Adele, Michael E. Goebel, Simona Kraberger, Anne C. Stone, and Arvind Varsani Virus Genes 54(5):719-723

Identification of marine Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas for penguins around the South Shetland Islands and South Orkney Islands Dias, Maria P., Ana Paula Bertoldi Carneiro, Victoria Warwick-Evans, Colin Harris, Katharine Lorenz, Ben Lascelles, Harriet L. Clewlow, Michael J. Dunn, Jefferson T. Hinke, Jeong-Hoon Kim, Nobuo Kokubun, Fabrizio Manco, Norman Ratcliffe, Mercedes Santos, Akinori Takahashi, Wayne Trivelpiece, and Philip N. Trathan Ecology and Evolution 8(21):10520-10529

Estimating nest-level phenology and reproductive success of colonial seabirds using time-lapse cameras Hinke, Jefferson T., Andres Barbosa, Louise M. Emmerson, Tom Hart, Mariana A. Juares, Malgorzata Korczak-Abshire, Gennadi Milinevsky, Mercedes Santos, Philip N. Trathan, George M. Watters, and Colin Southwell Methods in Ecology and Evolution 9(8):1853-1863

Is Antarctica losing its penguins? Hinke, Jefferson T., Susan G. Trivelpiece, and Wayne Z. Trivelpiece Environmental Science Journal for Teens, January 2018 (5 p.) [Note: Published article incorrectly lists year as 2017.]

A global cline in a colour polymorphism suggests a limited contribution of gene flow towards the recovery of a heavily exploited marine mammal Hoffman, J.I., E. Bauer, A.J. Paijmans, E. Humble, L.M. Beckmann, C. Kubetschek, F. Christaller, N. Krocker, B. Fuchs, A. Moreras, Y.D. Shihlomule, M.N. Bester, A.C. Cleary, P.J.N. De Bruyn, J. Forcada, M.E. Goebel, S.D. Goldsworthy, C. Guinet, A.R. Hoelzel, C. Lydersen, K.M. Kovacs, and A. Lowther Royal Society Open Science 5(10):181227 (9 p.)

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Parameter estimation using randomized phases in an integrated assessment model for Antarctic krill Kinzey, Douglas, George M. Watters, and Christian S. Reiss PLoS ONE 13(8):e0202545 (21 p.)

Impacts of rising sea temperature on krill increase risks for predators in the Scotia Sea Klein, Emily S., Simeon L. Hill, Jefferson T. Hinke, Tony Phillips, and George M. Watters PLoS ONE 13(1):e0191011 (21 p.)

Time trends of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in Antarctic biota Markham, Erin, Emily K. Brault, Mohammed Khairy, Anna R. Robuck, Michael E. Goebel, Mark G. Cantwell, Rebecca M. Dickhut, and Rainer Lohmann ACS Omega 3(6):6595-6604