Evaluating threats to South Shetland Antarctic fur seals amidst population collapse

Sea lion and fur seal interactions with fisheries and aquaculture in South American waters: threats and management perspectives

(2023) Maritza Sepúlveda et al.   MAMMAL REVIEW

Record low 2022 Antarctic sea ice led to catastrophic breeding failure of emperor penguins

(2023) Peter T. Fretwell et al.   Communications Earth Environment

Assessment of Australian Sea Lion Bycatch Mortality in a Gillnet Fishery, and Implementation and Evaluation of an Effective Mitigation Strategy

(2022) Simon D. Goldsworthy et al.   Frontiers in Marine Science

The Rapid Population Collapse of a Key Marine Predator in the Northern Antarctic Peninsula Endangers Genetic Diversity and Resilience to Climate Change

(2022) Douglas J. Krause et al.   Frontiers in Marine Science

Conservation in the Scotia Sea in light of expiring regulations and disrupted negotiations

(2022) George M. Watters et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

What are the real environmental impacts of Antarctic tourism? Unveiling their importance through a comprehensive meta-analysis

(2022) P. Tejedo et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Climate change increases cross-species viral transmission risk

(2022) Colin J. Carlson et al.   NATURE

Demographic Reconstruction of Antarctic Fur Seals Supports the Krill Surplus Hypothesis

(2022) Joseph I. Hoffman et al.   Genes

Using a risk assessment framework to spatially and temporally spread the fishery catch limit for Antarctic krill in the west Antarctic Peninsula: A template for krill fisheries elsewhere

(2022) V. Warwick-Evans et al.   Frontiers in Marine Science

Per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) at high concentrations in neonatal Australian pinnipeds

(2021) Shannon Taylor et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Finally Within Reach: A Drone Census of an Important, But Practically Inaccessible, Antarctic Fur Seal Colony

(2021) Douglas J. Krause et al.   AQUATIC MAMMALS

50,000 years of ice and seals: Impacts of the Last Glacial Maximum on Antarctic fur seals

(2021) Alison C. Cleary et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Baleen whale prey consumption based on high-resolution foraging measurements

(2021) Matthew S. Savoca et al.   NATURE

Linking climate and infectious disease trends in the Northern/Arctic Region

(2021) Yan Ma et al.   Scientific Reports

Winter distribution of juvenile and sub-adult male Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) along the western Antarctic Peninsula

(2021) David March et al.   Scientific Reports

Long-term observations from Antarctica demonstrate that mismatched scales of fisheries management and predator-prey interaction lead to erroneous conclusions about precaution

(2020) George M. Watters et al.   Scientific Reports

Projected shifts in the foraging habitat of crabeater seals along the Antarctic Peninsula

(2020) Luis A. Hückstädt et al.   Nature Climate Change

The genetic legacy of extreme exploitation in a polar vertebrate

(2020) Anneke J. Paijmans et al.   Scientific Reports

Incidental catch of marine organisms registered in the Chilean Antarctic krill fishery, years 2012-2016

(2020) Patricio M. Arana et al.   Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research

Leopard seal diets in a rapidly warming polar region vary by year, season, sex, and body size

(2020) Douglas J. Krause et al.   BMC ECOLOGY

Antarctic krill fishery effects over penguin populations under adverse climate conditions: Implications for the management of fishing practices

(2020) Lucas Krüger et al.   AMBIO

Assessing pinniped bycatch mortality with uncertainty in abundance and post-release mortality: A case study from Chile

(2020) André E. Punt et al.   FISHERIES RESEARCH

Marine mammal bycatch by the industrial bottom trawl fishery at the Rio de la Plata Estuary and the adjacent Atlantic Ocean

(2019) Valentina Franco Trecu et al.   Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research

Perfluorinated Alkyl Acids in Hawaiian Cetaceans and Potential Biomarkers of Effect: Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Alpha and Cytochrome P450 4A

(2019) Adam E. Kurtz et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Food caching by a marine apex predator, the leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx)

(2019) Douglas J. Krause et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

A brief history of bird flu

(2019) Samantha J. Lycett et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

A method to estimate pre‐exploitation population size

(2019) Catherine M. Foley et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Spatial and Interspecies Heterogeneity in Concentrations of Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) in Seabirds of the Southern Ocean

(2019) Jose L. Roscales et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Prey differences drive local genetic adaptation in Antarctic fur seals

(2019) AC Cleary et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Assessing the recovery of an Antarctic predator from historical exploitation

(2019) Alexandre N. Zerbini et al.   Royal Society Open Science

Variability in age of a Southern Ocean myctophid (Gymnoscopelus nicholsi) derived from scatrecovered otoliths

(2019) AD Klemmedson et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Current global risks to marine mammals: Taking stock of the threats

(2018) Isabel C. Avila et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Impacts of rising sea temperature on krill increase risks for predators in the Scotia Sea

(2018) Emily S. Klein et al.   PLoS One

Model recommendations meet management reality: implementation and evaluation of a network-informed vaccination effort for endangered Hawaiian monk seals

(2018) Stacie J. Robinson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Viruses associated with Antarctic wildlife: From serology based detection to identification of genomes using high throughput sequencing

(2018) Zoe E. Smeele et al.   VIRUS RESEARCH

RAD Sequencing and a Hybrid Antarctic Fur Seal Genome Assembly Reveal Rapidly Decaying Linkage Disequilibrium, Global Population Structure and Evidence for Inbreeding

(2018) Emily Humble et al.   G3-Genes Genomes Genetics

High pregnancy rates in humpback whales ( Megaptera novaeangliae ) around the Western Antarctic Peninsula, evidence of a rapidly growing population

(2018) Logan J. Pallin et al.   Royal Society Open Science

Spatial and temporal dynamics of the Antarctic krill fishery in fishing hotspots in the Bransfield Strait and South Shetland Islands

(2018) Francisco Santa Cruz et al.   FISHERIES RESEARCH

First detection of plastic microfibers in a wild population of South American fur seals (Arctocephalus australis) in the Chilean Northern Patagonia

(2018) D.J. Perez-Venegas et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Managing fishery development in sensitive ecosystems: identifying penguin habitat use to direct management in Antarctica

(2018) P. N. Trathan et al.   Ecosphere

Why we should develop guidelines and quantitative standards for using genetic data to delimit subspecies for data-poor organisms like cetaceans

(2017) Barbara L. Taylor et al.   MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE

Mercury in the ecosystem of Admiralty Bay, King George Island, Antarctica: Occurrence and trophic distribution

(2017) Caio V.Z. Cipro et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Identifying Risk: Concurrent Overlap of the Antarctic Krill Fishery with Krill-Dependent Predators in the Scotia Sea

(2017) Jefferson T. Hinke et al.   PLoS One

Automated detection and enumeration of marine wildlife using unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and thermal imagery

(2017) A. C. Seymour et al.   Scientific Reports

Trend changes in sympatric Subantarctic and Antarctic fur seal pup populations at Marion Island, Southern Ocean

(2016) Mia Wege et al.   MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE

Summer diving and haul-out behavior of leopard seals (Hydrurga leptonyx) near mesopredator breeding colonies at Livingston Island, Antarctic Peninsula

(2016) Douglas J. Krause et al.   MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE

Regional differences in plastic ingestion among Southern Ocean fur seals and albatrosses

(2016) Peter G. Ryan et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Ocean forcing of glacier retreat in the western Antarctic Peninsula

(2016) A. J. Cook et al.   SCIENCE

Perfluoroalkyl substances detected in the world's southernmost marine mammal, the Weddell seal ( Leptonychotes weddellii )

(2015) Heli Routti et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

A small unmanned aerial system for estimating abundance and size of Antarctic predators

(2015) Michael E. Goebel et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

Climate change selects for heterozygosity in a declining fur seal population

(2014) Jaume Forcada et al.   NATURE

Effects of Whaling on the Structure of the Southern Ocean Food Web: Insights on the “Krill Surplus” from Ecosystem Modelling

(2014) Szymon Surma et al.   PLoS One

Infectious diseases of Antarctic penguins: current status and future threats

(2014) Wray W. Grimaldi et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

Global patterns of marine mammal, seabird, and sea turtle bycatch reveal taxa-specific and cumulative megafauna hotspots

(2014) R. L. Lewison et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Inter-Annual Variation of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPS) in an Antarctic Top Predator Arctocephalus gazella

(2013) Emily K. Brault et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

SEROLOGIC RESPONSE OF HARBOR SEALS (PHOCA VITULINA) TO VACCINATION WITH A RECOMBINANT CANINE DISTEMPER VACCINE

(2013) Nina Quinley et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES

Entanglement of Antarctic fur seals at Bird Island, South Georgia

(2013) Claire M. Waluda et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

West Antarctic Peninsula: An Ice-Dependent Coastal Marine Ecosystem in Transition

(2013) Hugh Ducklow et al.   OCEANOGRAPHY

Antarctic climate change and the environment: an update

(2013) John Turner et al.   POLAR RECORD

Unexpected genetic differentiation between recently recolonized populations of a long-lived and highly vagile marine mammal

(2013) Carolina A. Bonin et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Responses of Antarctic pack-ice seals to environmental change and increasing krill fishing

(2012) Jaume Forcada et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

A Bayesian hierarchical model of Antarctic fur seal foraging and pup growth related to sea ice and prey abundance

(2012) Lisa M. Hiruki-Raring et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

First evidence that marine protected areas can work for marine mammals

(2012) Andrew M. Gormley et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Volatile per- and polyfluoroalkyl compounds in the remote atmosphere of the western Antarctic Peninsula: an indirect source of perfluoroalkyl acids to Antarctic waters?

(2012) Sabino Del Vento et al.   Atmospheric Pollution Research

Brucella ceti and Brucellosis in Cetaceans

(2012) Caterina Guzmán-Verri et al.   Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

The fishery for Antarctic krill - recent developments

(2011) Stephen Nicol et al.   FISH AND FISHERIES

Predatory impact of killer whales on pinniped and penguin populations at the Subantarctic Prince Edward Islands: fact and fiction

(2011) R. R. Reisinger et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Extreme natal philopatry in female Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella)

(2011) Joseph Ivan Hoffman et al.   MAMMALIAN BIOLOGY

Global threats to pinnipeds

(2011) Kit M. Kovacs et al.   MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE

Antarctic terrestrial biodiversity in a changing world

(2011) Peter Convey   POLAR BIOLOGY

Variability in krill biomass links harvesting and climate warming to penguin population changes in Antarctica

(2011) W. Z. Trivelpiece et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Rapid Range Shifts of Species Associated with High Levels of Climate Warming

(2011) I.-C. Chen et al.   SCIENCE

Perfluorinated compounds in the Antarctic region: Ocean circulation provides prolonged protection from distant sources

(2010) Susan Bengtson Nash et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Growth in the Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella

(2010) M. R. PAYNE   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Antarctic sea ice change and variability – Physical and ecological implications

(2010) Robert A. Massom et al.   Polar Science

Vulnerability of national economies to the impacts of climate change on fisheries

(2009) Edward H. Allison et al.   FISH AND FISHERIES

Occurrence of brominated flame retardants, polycyclic musks, and chlorinated naphthalenes in seal blubber from Antarctica: Comparison to organochlorines

(2009) Alessandra Schiavone et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Fur seals at Macquarie Island: post-sealing colonisation, trends in abundance and hybridisation of three species

(2009) Simon David Goldsworthy et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

Perfluorinated contaminants in fur seal pups and penguin eggs from South Shetland, Antarctica

(2009) A. Schiavone et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Contamination and Effects of Perfluorochemicals in Baikal Seal (Pusa sibirica). 1. Residue Level, Tissue Distribution, and Temporal Trend

(2008) Hiroshi Ishibashi et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Life history buffering in Antarctic mammals and birds against changing patterns of climate and environmental variation

(2008) JAUME FORCADA et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY