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First evidence for fin whale migration into the Pacific from Antarctic feeding grounds at Elephant Island
Published 2022-09-01“…During the austral autumn of 2021, we deployed nsatellite transmitters on four fin whales at Elephant Island. Two transmitters stopped working while the animals were still at the feeding grounds, while two continued to transmit during the transition from feeding activity to migration. …”
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The non-selective Antarctic filter feeder Salpa thompsoni as a bioindicator of mercury origin
Published 2024-01-01“…The study material consisted of samples of S. thompsoni individuals, collected in the waters surrounding Elephant Island (Western Antarctic). Total mercury and five of its fractions were determined. …”
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Mercury and selenium levels in feathers of Southern Giant Petrels (Macronectes giganteus) from South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
Published 2022-12-01“…The highest concentrations of Hg were found on Elephant Island, which is the northernmost island of the three, where the SGP feathers had the maximum mercury value ever recorded since the 1950s in the Southern Ocean and Antarctic Islands. …”
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Lighten up the dark: metazoan parasites as indicators for the ecology of Antarctic crocodile icefish (Channichthyidae) from the north-west Antarctic Peninsula
Published 2018-05-01“…In the present study, channichthyid fish (Champsocephalus gunnari: n = 25, Chaenodraco wilsoni: n = 33, Neopagetopsis ionah: n = 3, Pagetopsis macropterus: n = 4, Pseudochaenichthys georgianus: n = 15) were collected off South Shetland Island, Elephant Island, and the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula (CCAML statistical subarea 48.1). …”
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