Whales sustain fisheries: Blue whales stimulate primary production in the Southern Ocean

High Nutrient Transport and Cycling Potential Revealed in the Microbial Metagenome of Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) Faeces

(2012) Trish J. Lavery et al.   PLoS One

Does blending of chlorophyll data bias temporal trend?

(2011) David L. Mackas   NATURE

‘Whales eat fish’? Demystifying the myth in the Caribbean marine ecosystem

(2010) Lyne Morissette et al.   FISH AND FISHERIES

Southern Ocean iron fertilization by baleen whales and Antarctic krill

(2010) Stephen Nicol et al.   FISH AND FISHERIES

Global phytoplankton decline over the past century

(2010) Daniel G. Boyce et al.   NATURE

The Whale Pump: Marine Mammals Enhance Primary Productivity in a Coastal Basin

(2010) Joe Roman et al.   PLoS One

Iron defecation by sperm whales stimulates carbon export in the Southern Ocean

(2010) T. J. Lavery et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Elemental composition, biochemical composition and caloric value of Antarctic krill.

(2009) Jaime Färber-Lorda et al.   JOURNAL OF MARINE SYSTEMS

Southern Ocean deep-water carbon export enhanced by natural iron fertilization

(2009) Raymond T. Pollard et al.   NATURE

ECOLOGY: Should Whales Be Culled to Increase Fishery Yield?

(2009) L. R. Gerber et al.   SCIENCE

Cetacean biomass, prey consumption, and primary production requirements in the California Current ecosystem

(2008) J Barlow et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES