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Peer-reviewed publications

List of peer-reviewed publica�ons based on the Ins�tute of
Cetacean Research (ICR)ʼs surveys up to 2021
This sec�on presents a list of peer-reviewed publica�ons
based on data collected by surveys conducted underformer special scien�ﬁc permit programs (JARPA/JARPAII/
NEWREP-A and JARPN/JARPNII/NEWREP-NP), including
both lethal and non-lethal techniques. Peer-reviewed
publica�ons based on these surveys are focused mainly
on topics related to assessment and management oflarge whales. However samples and data collected by
the surveys have also been useful to carry out studies ofa more academic-oriented nature. Publica�ons based onsuch studies are also listed here.
This sec�on also includes a list of peer-reviewed publica�ons resul�ng from other surveys and research ac�vi�es, diﬀerent from special scien�ﬁc permit surveys.
Publica�ons having as a ﬁrst author a non-ICR scien�st commonly followed a data request or collabora�onresearch agreement with ICR. In a few cases, externalscien�sts used published data from ICR surveys in theiranalyses and publica�ons, without a formal agreementwith ICR. These cases are indicated by an asterisk (*).

JARPA/JARPAII/NEWREP-A surveys
1989 (2)Kato, H., Hiroyama, H., Fujise, Y. and Ono, K. 1989.
Preliminary report of the 1987/88 Japanese feasibility study of the special permit proposal for Southern
Hemisphere minke whales. Rep. int. Whal. Commn 39:
235–248.
Nakamura, T., Ohnishi, S. and Matsumiya, Y. 1989. A
Bayesian cohort model for catch-at-age data obtained
from research takes of whales. Rep. int. Whal. Commn
39: 375–382.
1990 (8)Bu�erworth, D.S. and Punt, A.E. 1990. Some preliminary
examina�ons of the poten�al informa�on content
of age-structure data from Antarc�c minke whale research catches. Rep. int. Whal. Commn 40: 301–315.
Ichii, T. 1990. Distribu�on of Antarc�c krill concentra�ons
exploited by Japanese krill trawlers and minke whales.
Proc. NIPR Symp. Polar Biol 3: 36–56.
Itoh, S., Takenaga, F. and Tsuyuki, H. 1990. Studies on lipidsof the Antarc�c minke whale. I. The fa�y acid composi�ons of the minke whale blubber oils caught on 1987/88
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season. Yukagaku 39 (7): 486–490 (in Japanese).
Kasamatsu, F., Kishino, H. and Hiroyama, H. 1990. Es�ma�on of the number of minke whale (Balaenoptera
acutorostrata) schools and individuals based on the
1987/88 Japanese feasibility study data. Rep. int. Whal.
Commn 40: 239–247.
Kato, H., Fujise, Y., Yoshida, H., Nakagawa, S., Ishida, M.
and Tanifuji, S. 1990. Cruise report and preliminary
analysis of the 1988/89 Japanese feasibility study ofthe special permit proposal for southern hemisphereminke whales. Rep. int. Whal. Commn 40: 289–300.
Kato, H., Kishino, H. and Fujise, Y. 1990. Some analyses on
age composi�on and segrega�on of southern minke
whales using samples obtained by the Japanese feasibility study in 1987/88. Rep. int. Whal. Commn 40:
249–256.
Nagasaki, F. 1990. The Case for Scien�ﬁc Whaling. Nature
334: 189–190.
Tanaka, S. 1990. Es�ma�on of natural mortality coeﬃcient of whales from the es�mates of abundance andage composi�on data obtained from research catches.
Rep. int. Whal. Commn 40: 531–536.
1991 (9)Bergh, M.O., Bu�erworth, D.S. and Punt, A.E. 1991. Further examina�on of the poten�al informa�on content
of age-structure data from Antarc�c minke whale
research catches. Rep. int. Whal. Commn 41: 349–361.
Ichii, T. and Kato, H. 1991. Food and daily food consump�on of southern minke whales in the Antarc�c. Polar
Biol 11 (7): 479–487.
Kasamatsu, F., Kishino, H. and Taga, Y. 1991. Es�ma�onof southern minke whale abundance and school size
composi�on based on the 1988/89 Japanese feasibility
study data. Rep. int. Whal. Commn 41: 293–301.
Kato, H., Fujise, Y. and Kishino, H. 1991. Age structure andsegrega�on of southern minke whales by the data obtained during Japanese research take in 1988/89. Rep.
int. Whal. Commn 41: 287–292.
Kato, H. and Miyashita, T. 1991. Migra�on strategy ofsouthern minke whales in rela�on to reproduc�ve
cycles es�mated from foetal lengths. Rep. int. Whal.
Commn 41: 363–369.
Kato, H., Zenitani, R. and Nakamura, T. 1991. Inter-reader
calibra�on in age readings of earplugs from southern

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minke whale, with some notes of age readability. Rep.
int. Whal. Commn 41: 339–343.
Kishino, H., Kato, H., Kasamatsu, F. and Fujise, Y. 1991.
Detec�on of heterogeneity and es�ma�on of popula�on characteris�cs from the ﬁeld survey data: 1987/88
Japanese feasibility study of the Southern Hemisphereminke whales. Ann. Inst. Statist. Math. 43 (3): 435–453.
Nakamura, T. 1991. A new look at a Bayesian cohortmodel for �me-series data obtained from researchtakes of whales. Rep. int. Whal. Commn 41: 345–348.
Wada, S., Kobayashi, T. and Numachi, K. 1991. Gene�cvariability and diﬀeren�a�on of mitochondrial DNA in
minke whales. Rep. int. Whal. Commn (special issue)
13: 203–215.
1992 (2)Nakamura, T. 1992. Simula�on trials of a Bayesian cohortmodel for �me-series data obtained from researchtakes of whales. Rep. int. Whal. Commn 42: 421–427.
Tanaka, S., Kasamatsu, F. and Fujise, Y. 1992. Likely precision of es�mates of natural mortality rates fromJapanese research data for Southern Hemisphereminke whales. Rep. int. Whal. Commn 42: 413–420.
1993 (7)Fujise, Y., Ishikawa, H., Saino, S., Nagano, M., Ishii, K.,
Kawaguchi, S., Tanifuji, S., Kawashima, S. and Miyakoshi H. 1993. Cruise report of the 1991/92 Japanese research in Area IV under the special permit for Southern
Hemisphere minke whales. Rep. int. Whal. Commn 43:
357–371.
Hasunuma, R., Ogawa, T., Fujise, Y. and Kawanishi,
Y. 1993. Analysis of selenium metabolites in urine
samples of minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)
using ion exchange chromatography. Comp. Biochem.
Physiol. 104C (1): 87–89.
Itoh, S., Takenaga, F. and Tsuyuki, H. 1993. Studies onlipids of the Antarc�c minke whale. II. The fa�y acidcomposi�ons of the blubber oils of minke whale anddwarf minke whale caught on 1988/89 and 1989/90
seasons. Yukagaku 42 (12): 1007–1011 (in Japanese).
Iwata, H., Tanabe, S., Sakai, N. and Tatsukawa, R. 1993.
Distribu�on of persistent organochlorines in the oceanic air and surface seawater and the role of ocean on
their global transport and fate. Environ. Sci. Technol.
27: 1080–1098.
Kasamatsu, F., Yamamoto, Y., Zenitani, R., Ishikawa, H.,
Ishibashi, T., Sato, H., Takashima, K. and Tanifuji, S.
1993. Report of the 1990/91 southern minke whale
research cruise under scien�ﬁc permit in Area V. Rep.

int. Whal. Commn 43: 505–522.
Nakamura, T. 1993. Two-stage Bayesian cohort modelfor �me-series data to reduce bias in the es�mate ofmean natural mortality rate. Rep. int. Whal. Commn
43: 343–348.
Pastene, L.A., Kobayashi, T., Fujise, Y. and Numachi, K.
1993. Mitochondrial DNA diﬀeren�a�on in Antarc�cminke whales. Rep. int. Whal. Commn 43: 349–355.
1994 (3)Kimoto, H., Endo, Y. and Fujimoto, K. 1994. Inﬂuence ofinteresteriﬁca�on on the oxida�ve stability of marine
oil triacylglycerols. JAOCS 71 (5): 469–473.
Pastene, L.A., Fujise, Y. and Numachi, K. 1994. Diﬀeren�a�on of mitochondrial DNA between ordinary anddwarf forms of southern minke whale. Rep. int. Whal.
Commn 44: 277–281.
Yoshioka, M., Okumura, T., Aida, K. and Fujise, Y. 1994. A
proposed technique for quan�fying muscle progesterone content in the minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata). Can. J. Zool. 72: 368–370.
1995 (3)
Fukui, Y., Mogoe, T., Terawaki, Y., Ishikawa, H., Fujise,
Y. and Ohsumi, S. 1995. Rela�onship between physiological status and serum cons�tuent values in minke
whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata). Journal of Reproduction and Development 41 (3): 203–208.
Ishikawa, H. and Amasaki, H. 1995. Development andphysiological degrada�on of tooth buds and development of rudiment of baleen plate in Southern minke
whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata. J. Vet. Med. Sci. 57(4): 665–670.
Kasamatsu, F., Nishiwaki, S. and Ishikawa, H. 1995. Breeding areas and southbound migra�ons of southernminke whales Balaenoptera acutorostrata. Mar. Ecol.
Prog. Ser. 119: 1–10.
1996 (7)Bakke, I., Johansen, S., Bakke, O. and El-Gewely, M.R.
1996. Lack of popula�on subdivision among the minke
whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) from Icelandic
and Norwegian waters based on mitochondrial DNA
sequences. Marine Biology 125: 1–9.
Bu�erworth, D.S. and Geromont, H.F. 1996. On the provision of advice on the eﬀect on stock(s) of scien�ﬁcpermit catches, with par�cular reference to proposed
research catches of minke whales from Antarc�c Area
IV. Rep. int. Whal. Commn 46: 653–655.
Bu�erworth, D.S., Punt, A.E., Geromont, H.F., Kato, H. and77

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Miyashita, T. 1996. An ADAPT approach to the analysis
of catch-at-age informa�on for Southern Hemisphereminke whales. Rep. int. Whal. Commn 46: 349–359.
Fukui, Y., Mogoe, T., Jung, Y.G., Terawaki, Y., Miyamoto, A.,
Ishikawa, H., Fujise, Y. and Ohsumi, S. 1996. Rela�onships among morphological status, steroid hormones,
and post-thawing viability of frozen spermatozoa ofmale minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata).
Marine Mammal Science 12 (1): 28–37.
Iga, K., Fukui, Y., Miyamoto, A., Ishikawa, H. and Ohsumi,
S. 1996. Endocrinological observa�ons of female minke
whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata). Marine Mammal
Science 12 (2): 296–301.
Matsuoka, K., Fujise, Y. and Pastene, L.A. 1996. A sigh�ng
of a large school of the pygmy right whale, Caperea
marginata in the southeast Indian Ocean. Marine
Mammal Science 12 (4): 594–597.
Pastene, L.A., Goto, M., Itoh, S. and Numachi, K. 1996.
Spa�al and temporal pa�erns of mitochondrial DNA
varia�on in minke whale from Antarc�c Areas IV and V.
Rep. int. Whal. Commn 46: 305–314.
1997 (3)Aono, S., Tanabe, S., Fujise, Y., Kato, H. and Tatsukawa,R. 1997. Persistent organochlorines in minke whale(Balaenoptera acutorostrata) and their prey species
from the Antarc�c and the North Paciﬁc. Environmental Pollution 98: 81–89.
Fukui, Y., Mogoe, T., Ishikawa, H. and Ohsumi, S. 1997a.
Factors aﬀec�ng in vitro matura�on of minke whale(Balaenoptera acutorostrata) follicular oocytes. Biology of Reproduction 56: 523–528.
Fukui, Y., Mogoe, T., Ishikawa, H. and Ohsumi, S. 1997b.
In vitro fer�liza�on of in vitro matured minke whale(Balaenoptera acutorostrata) follicular oocytes. Marine Mammal Science 13 (3): 395–404.
1998 (7)
Ichii, T., Shinohara, N., Fujise, Y., Nishiwaki, S. and Matsuoka, K. 1998. Interannual changes in body fat condi�onindex of minke whales in the Antarc�c. Mar. Ecol. Prog.
Ser. 175: 1–12.
Ito, S., Takenaga, F. and Tsuyuki, H. 1998. Lipids in Antarc�c minke whales III. Site and sexual diﬀerences ofmuscle lipids. J. Jpn. Oil Chem. Soc. 47 (2): 191–194 (inJapanese).
Kida, M.Y. 1998. Morphology of the tracheobronchial
tree and the route of the pulmonary artery in the fetal
minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata). Okajimas
Folia Anat. Jpn.75 (5): 251–258.
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Mogoe, T., Fukui, Y., Ishikawa, H. and Ohsumi, S. 1998a.
Morphological observa�ons of frozen-thawed spermatozoa of Southern minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata). Journal of Reproduction and Development 44(1): 95–100.
Mogoe, T., Fukui, Y., Ishikawa, H. and Ohsumi, S. 1998b.
Eﬀects of diluent composi�on and temperature on
mo�lity and viability a�er liquid storage and cryopreserva�on of minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) spermatozoa. Marine Mammal Science 14(4): 854–860.
Nagasawa, K., Yamada, T.K. and Ishikawa, H. 1998. Measurements of the skeleton of a minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) from the Antarc�c Ocean. Bulletinof the Yamagata Prefectural Museum 20: 1–19.
Terabayashi, T. and Kawanishi, Y. 1998. Naturally occurring ganglioside lactones in minke whale brain. Carbohydrate Research 307 (3): 281–290.
1999 (4)Bannister, J.L., Pastene, L.A. and Burnell, S.R. 1999.
First record of movement of a southern right whale(Eubalaena australis) between warm water breeding
grounds and the Antarc�c Ocean, South of 60°S. Marine Mammal Science 15 (4): 1337–1342.
Bu�erworth, D.S., Punt, A.E. Geromont, H.F., Kato, H. andFujise, Y. 1999. Inferences on the dynamics of Southern
Hemisphere minke whales from ADAPT analyses ofcatch-at-age informa�on. J. Cetacean Res. Manage. 1(1): 11–32.
Ishikawa, H., Amasaki, H., Dohguchi, H., Furuya, A. andSuzuki, K. 1999. Immunohistological distribu�ons ofﬁbronec�n, tenascin, type I, III and IV collagens, andlaminin during tooth development and degenera�on infetuses of minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata. J.
Vet. Med. Sci. 61 (3): 227–232.
Thomson, R.B., Bu�erworth, D.S. and Kato, H. 1999. Has
the age at transi�on of southern hemisphere minke
whales declined over recent decades? Marine Mammal Science 15 (3): 661–682.
2000 (5)Asada, M., Horii, M., Mogoe, T., Fukui, Y., Ishikawa, H.
and Ohsumi, S. 2000. In vitro matura�on and ultrastructural observa�on of cryopreserved minke whale(Balaenoptera acutorostrata) follicular oocytes. Biology of Reproduction 62 (2): 253–259.
Kasamatsu, F., Matsuoka, K. and Hakamada, T. 2000. Interspeciﬁc rela�onships in density among the whale
community in the Antarc�c. Polar Biol 23 (7): 466–473.

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Mogoe, T., Suzuki, T., Asada, M., Fukui, Y., Ishikawa, H. andOhsumi, S. 2000. Func�onal reduc�on of the Southernminke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) tes�s during the feeding season. Marine Mammal Science 16(3): 559–569.
Rosenbaum, H.C., Brownell, R.L., Brown, M.W., Schaeﬀ, C.,
Portway, V., White, B.N., Malik, S., Pastene, L.A., Pateneude, N.J., Baker, C.S., Goto, M., Best, P.B., Clapham,
P.J., Hamilton, P., Moore, M., Payne, R., Rowntree, V.,
Tynan, C.T., Bannister, J.L. and DeSalle, R. 2000. Worldwide gene�c diﬀeren�a�on of Eubalaena: ques�oning
the number of right whale species. Molecular Ecology
9: 1793–1802.
Wei, H. and Fukui, Y. 2000. Fer�lizability of ovine, bovine
or minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) spermatozoa intracytoplasmically injected into bovine oocytes. Zygote 8 (3): 267–274.
2001 (3)Asada, M., Tetsuka, M., Ishikawa, H., Ohsumi, S. andFukui, Y. 2001. Improvement on in vitro matura�on,
fer�liza�on and development of minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) oocytes. Theriogenology 56 (4):521–533.
Asada, M., Wei, H., Nagayama, R., Tetsuka, M., Ishikawa,
H., Ohsumi, S. and Fukui, Y. 2001. An a�empt at intracytoplasmic sperm injec�on of frozen-thawed minke
whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) oocytes. Zygote 9(3): 299–307.
Suzuki, T., Mogoe, T., Asada, M., Miyamoto, A., Tetsuka,
M., Ishikawa, H., Ohsumi, S. and Fukui, Y. 2001. Plasmaand pituitary concentra�ons of gonadotropins (FSHand LH) in minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)
during the feeding season. Theriogenology 55 (5):1127–1141.
2002 (6)Abe, H. and Goto, M. 2002. The applica�on of microsatellite DNA for determining popula�on structure of minke
whale. pp. 109–113. In: Nishimura, A. (Ed). Technical
Reports of the Hokkaido National Fisheries ResearchInstitute No.5. Hokkaido Na�onal Fisheries ResearchIns�tute, Hokkaido.
Kunito, T., Watanabe, I., Yasunaga, G., Fujise, Y. and Tanabe, S. 2002. Using trace elements in skin to discriminate the popula�ons of minke whale in southern hemisphere. Marine Environmental Research 53: 175–197.
Murase, H., Matsuoka, K., Ichii, T. and Nishiwaki, S. 2002.
Rela�onship between the distribu�on of euphausiids
and baleen whales in the Antarc�c (35°E–145°W).

Polar Biol 25 (2): 135–145.
Pastene, L.A., Goto, M. and Kanda, N. 2002. The u�lity of
DNA analysis for the management and conserva�on oflarge whales. Fish Sci 68 (Suppl. I): 286–289.
Suzuki, M., Ishikawa, H., Otani, S., Tobayama, T., Katsumata, E., Ueda, K., Uchida, S., Yoshioka, M. and Aida,
K. 2002. The characteris�cs of adrenal glands and its
hormones in cetacean. Fish Sci 68 (Suppl. I): 272–275.
Urashima, T., Sato, H., Munakata, J., Nakamura, T., Arai, I.,
Saito, T., Tetsuka, M., Fukui, Y., Ishikawa, H., Lyndersen,
C. and Kovacs, K.M. 2002. Chemical characteriza�on of
the oligosaccharides in beluga (Delphinapterus leucas)
and minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) milk.
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part B 132:
611–624.
2003 (5)Hayashi, K., Nishida, S., Yoshida, H., Goto, M., Pastene,
L.A. and Koike, H. 2003. Sequence varia�on of the DQB
allele in the cetacean MHC. Mammal Study 28 (2):89–96.
Matsuoka, K., Watanabe, T., Ichii, T., Shimada, H. andNishiwaki, S. 2003. Large whale distribu�ons (south of
60°S, 35°E–130°E) in rela�on to the Southern Boundary of the Antarc�c Circumpolar Current. pp. 26–30.
In: Antarctic Biology in a Global Context. Proceedingsof the VIIIth SCAR Interna�onal Biology Symposium, 27
August-1 September 2001. Vriji Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Backhuys Publisheres, Leiden.
Nishida, S., Hayashi, K., Pastene, L.A., Goto, M., Kanda, N.
and Koike, H. 2003. Polymorphic analysis of cetacean
MHC—A case study on the minke whales—. Mammalian Science (Suppl.) 3: 75–78 (in Japanese).
Nishida, S., Pastene, L.A., Goto, M. and Kanda, N. 2003.
SRY gene structure and phylogeny in the cetacean species. Mammal Study 28 (1): 57–66.
Ohishi, K., Zenitani, R., Bando, T., Goto, Y., Uchida, K.,
Maruyama, T., Yamamoto, S., Miyazaki, N. and Fujise, Y.
2003. Pathological and serological evidence of Brucella-infec�on in baleen whales (Mys�ce�) in the western
North Paciﬁc. Comp. Immun. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 26(2): 125–136.
2004 (8)Amemiya, K., Iwanami, Y., Kobayashi, T., Terao, T., Fukui,Y., Ishikawa, H., Ohsumi, S., Hirabayashi, M. and Hochi,
S. 2004. Acquirement of oocyte-ac�va�ng factor in
Antarc�c minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis)
spermatogenic cells, assessed by meiosis resump�onof microinseminated mouse oocytes. J. Mamm. Ova
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Res. 21: 149–156.
Branch, T.A., Matsuoka, K. and Miyashita, T. 2004. Evidence for increase in Antarc�c blue whales based on
Bayesian modeling. Marine Mammal Science 20 (4):726–754.
Fujihira, T., Kinoshita, M., Sasaki, M., Ohnishi, M., Ishikawa, H., Ohsumi, S. and Fukui, Y. 2004. Compara�vestudies on lipid analysis and ultrastructure in porcine
and southern minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis)
oocytes. Journal of Reproduction and Development 50(5): 525–532.
Fukui, Y., Togawa, M., Abe, N., Takano, Y., Asada, M.,
Okada, A., Iida, K., Ishikawa, H. and Ohsumi, S. 2004.
Valida�on of the sperm quality analyzer and the hypoosmo�c swelling test for frozen-thawed ram and minke
whale (Balaenoptera bonarensis) spermatozoa. Journal of Reproduction and Development 50 (1): 147–154.
Ikumi, S., Sawai, K., Takeuchi, Y., Iwayama, H., Ishikawa,
H., Ohsumi, S. and Fukui, Y. 2004. Interspecies soma�ccell nuclear transfer for in vitro produc�on of Antarc�cminke Whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) Embryos.
Cloning and Stem Cells 6 (3): 284–293.
Iwayama, H., Hochi, S., Kato, M., Hirabayashi, M., Kuwayama, M., Ishikawa, H., Ohsumi, S. and Fukui, Y. 2004.
Eﬀects of cryodevice type and donorʼs sexual maturity
on vitriﬁca�on of minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) oocytes at germinal vesicle-stage. Zygote 12 (4):333–338.
Muranishi, Y., Sasaki, M., Hayashi, K., Abe, N., Fujihira, T.,
Ishikawa, H., Ohsumi, S., Miyamoto, A. and Fukui, Y.
2004. Rela�onship between the appearance of preantral follicles in the fetal ovary of Antarc�c minke whales(Balaenoptera bonaerensis) and hormone concentra�ons in the fetal heart, umbilical cord and maternal
blood. Zygote 12 (2): 125–132.
Tetsuka, M., Asada, M., Mogoe, T., Fukui, Y., Ishikawa, H.
and Ohsumi, S. 2004. The pa�ern of ovarian development in the prepubertal Antarc�c minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis). Journal of Reproduction andDevelopment 50 (4): 381–389.
2005 (6)Ishikawa, H. and Shigemune, H. 2005. Improvements
in more humane killing methods of Antarc�c minke
whales, Balaenoptera bonaerensis, in the Japanese
Whale Research Program under Special Permit in the
Antarc�c Sea (JARPA). Jpn. J. Zoo Wildl. Med. 10 (1):
27–34.
Iwayama, H., Ishikawa, H., Ohsumi, S. and Fukui, Y. 2005.
A�empt at in vitro matura�on of minke whale (Balae80

noptera bonaerensis) oocytes using a portable CO2
incubator. Journal of Reproduction and Development
51 (1): 69–75.
Matsuoka, K., Pitman, R. and Marques, F. 2005. A note ona pigmy right whale (Caperea marginata) sigh�ng inthe southwestern Paciﬁc Ocean. J. Cetacean Res. Manage. 7(1): 71–73.
Matsuoka, K., Hakamada, T., Kiwada, H., Murase, H. andNishiwaki, S. 2005. Abundance increases of large baleen whales in the Antarc�c based on the sigh�ng survey during Japanese Whale Research Program (JARPA).
Global Environmental Research 9 (2): 105–115.
Nikaido, M., Sasaki, T., Makino, H., Goto, M., Kanda, N.,
Pastene, L.A. and Okada, N. 2005. Phylogene�c reconstruc�on of baleen whales and detec�on of their pastextensive radia�on event by the SINE inser�on analysis. Fossils 77: 22–28 (in Japanese).
Sasaki, T., Nikaido, M., Hamilton, H., Goto, M., Kato, H.,
Kanda, N., Pastene, L.A., Cao, Y., Fordyce, R.E., Hasegawa, M. and Okada, N. 2005. Mitochondrial phylogene�cs and evolu�on of mys�cete whales. Systematic
Biology 54 (1): 77–90.
2006 (9)Fujihira, T., Kobayashi, M., Hochi, S., Hirabayashi, M.,
Ishikawa, H., Ohsumi, S. and Fukui, Y. 2006. Developmental capacity of Antarc�c minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) vitriﬁed oocytes following in vitro
matura�on, and parthenogene�c ac�va�on or intracytoplasmic sperm injec�on. Zygote 14 (2): 89–95.
Honda, K., Aoki, M. and Fujise, Y. 2006. Echochemical approach using mercury accumula�on of Antarc�c minke
whale, Balaenoptera bonaerensis, as tracer of historical change of Antarc�c marine ecosystem during 1980–
1999. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 76: 140–147.
Iwanami, K., Mita, H., Yamamoto, Y., Fujise, Y., Yamada,T. and Suzuki, T. 2006. cDNA-derived amino acid sequences of myoglobins from nine species of whales
and dolphins. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part B 145: 249–256.
Kobayashi, T., Amemiya, K., Takeuchi, K., Tsujioka, T.,
Tominaga, K., Hirabayashi, M., Ishikawa, H., Fukui,
Y. and Hochi, S. 2006. Contribu�on of spermatozoal
centrosomes to the microtubule-organizing centre in
Antarc�c minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis).
Zygote 14 (1): 45–51.
Konishi, K. 2006. Characteris�cs of blubber distribu�on
and body condi�on indicators for Antarc�c minke
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Mori, M. and Bu�erworth, D.S. 2006. A ﬁrst step towards
modelling the krill–predator dynamics of the Antarc�cecosystem. CCAMLR Science 13: 217–277.
Nikaido, M., Hamilton, H., Makino, H., Sasaki, T., Takahashi, K., Goto, M., Kanda, N., Pastene, L.A. and Okada,N. 2006. Baleen whale phylogeny and a past extensive
radia�on event revealed by SINE inser�on analysis.
Mol. Biol. Evol. 23 (5): 866–873.
Rock, J., Pastene, L.A., Kaufman, G., Forestell, P., Matsuoka, K. and Allen, J. 2006. A note on East Australia
Group V Stock humpback whale movement between
feeding and breeding areas based on photo-iden�ﬁca�on. J. Cetacean Res. Manage. 8 (3): 301–305.
Yabuki, T., Suga, T., Hanawa, K., Matsuoka, K., Kiwada, H.
and Watanabe, T. 2006. Possible source of the Antarc�c bo�om water in the Prydz Bay Region. Journal of
Oceanography 62 (5): 649–655.
2007 (7)Asada, M., Tetsuka, M., Ishikawa, H., Ohsumi, S. andFukui, Y. 2007. Ultrastructural changes during matura�on and cryopreserva�on of follicular oocytes of Antarc�c minke whales (Balaenoptera bonaerensis). Jpn. J.
Zoo. Wildl. Med. 12 (1): 51–66.
Branch, T.A., Staﬀord, K.M., Palacios, D.M., Allison, C.,
Bannister, J.L., Burton, C.L.K., Cabrera, E., Carlson, C.A.,
Galle� Vernazzani, B., Gill, P.C., Hucke-Gaete, R., Jenner, K.C.S., Jenner, Mn. M., Matsuoka, K., Mikhalev,
Y.A., Miyashita, T., Morrice, M.G., Nishiwaki, S., Sturrock, V.J., Tormosov, D., Anderson, R.C., Baker, A.N.,
Best, P.B., Borsa, P., Brownell Jr, R.L., Childerhouse,
S., Findlay, K.P., Gerrode�e, T., Ilangakoon, A.D., Joergensen, M., Kahn, B., Ljungblad, D.K., Maughan, B.,
Mccauley, R.D., Mckay, S., Norris, T.F., Oman Whaleand Dolphin Research Group, Rankin, S., Samaran, F.,
Thiele, D., Van Waerebeek, K. and Warneke, R.M. 2007.
Past and present distribu�on, densi�es and movements of blue whales in the Southern Hemisphere andadjacent waters. Mammal Rev. 37 (2): 116–175.
LeDuc, R.G., Dizon, A.E., Goto, M., Pastene, L.A., Kato,
H., Nishiwaki, S. and Brownell, R.L. 2007. Pa�erns ofgene�c varia�on in southern hemisphere blue whales,
and the use of assignment test to detect mixing on
the feeding grounds. J. Cetacean Res. Manage. 9 (1):73–80.
Nagai, H., Mogoe, T., Ishikawa, H., Hochi, S., Ohsumi, S.
and Fukui, Y. 2007. Follicle size-dependent changes
in follicular ﬂuid components and oocyte diameter in
Antarc�c minke whales (Balaenoptera bonaerensis).
Journal of Reproduction and Development 53 (6):1265–1272.
Nishida, S., Goto, M., Pastene, L.A., Kanda, N. and Koike,
H. 2007. Phylogene�c rela�onships among cetaceansrevealed by Y-chromosome sequences．Zoological Science 24 (7): 723–732．
Onbe, K. Nishida, S., Sone, E., Kanda, N., Goto, M., Pastene, L.A., Tanabe, S. and Koike, H. 2007. Sequence varia�on in the Tbx4 gene in marine mammals．Zoological
Science 24 (5): 449–464.
Pastene, L.A., Goto, M., Kanda, N., Zerbini, A.N., Kerem,D., Watanabe, K., Bessho, Y., Hasegawa, M., Nielsen,
R., Larsen, F. and Palsbøll, P.J. 2007. Radia�on andspecia�on of pelagic organisms during periods ofglobal warming: the case of the common minke whale,
Balaenoptera acutorostrata. Molecular Ecology 16:1481–1495.
2008 (4)Ishikawa, H. and Shigemune, H. 2008. Compara�ve experiment of whaling grenades in the Japanese Whale
Research Program under Special Permit (JARPA and
JARPN). Jpn. J. Zoo Wildl. Med. 13 (1): 21–28.
Konishi, K., Tamura, T., Zenitani, R., Bando, T., Kato, H. andWalløe, L. 2008. Decline in energy storage in the Antarc�c minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) in theSouthern Ocean. Polar Biol 31 (2): 1509–1520.
Ohishi, K., Fujise, Y. and Maruyama, T. 2008. Brucella spp.
in the western North Paciﬁc and Antarc�c cetaceans: areview. J. Cetacean Res. Manage. 10 (1): 67–72.
Yunoki, K., Ishikawa, H., Fukui, Y. and Ohnishi, M. 2008.
Chemical proper�es of epidermal lipids, especiallysphingolipids, of the Antarc�c minke whale. Lipids 43(2): 151–159.
2009 (2)Ono, N., Yamaguchi, T., Ishikawa, H., Arakawa, M.,
Takahashi, N. Saikawa, T. and Shimada, T. 2009. Morphological varie�es of the Purkinje ﬁber network inmammalian hearts, as revealed by light and electron
microscopy. Arch Histol Cytol 72 (3): 139–149.
Tamura, T. and Konishi, K. 2009. Feeding habits and prey
consump�on of Antarc�c minke whale (Balaenoptera
bonaerensis) in the Southern Ocean. J. Northw. Atl.
Fish. Sci. 42: 13–25.
2010 (15)
Fujise, Y., Nishiwaki, S. and Ishikawa, S. 2010. Overview of
the Japanese Whale Research Program under Special
Permit in the Antarc�c (JARPA). Bull. Jpn. Soc. Fish.
Oceanogr. 74: 43–44 (in Japanese).
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Fujise, Y., Hatanaka, H. and Ohsumi, S. 2010. Changes
in the Antarc�c marine ecosystem as revealed by the
JARPA research: What has happened to the Antarc�cminke whale stocks? Ottar (Tromsø Museum) 280:
29–34 (in Norwegian).
Glover, K.A., Kanda, N., Haug, T., Pastene, L.A., Øien, N.,
Goto, M., Seliussen, B.B. and Skaug, H.J. Migra�on of
Antarc�c minke whales to the Arc�c. PLoS ONE 5 (12):e15197.
Ishikawa, H. 2010. Animal Welfare—Introduc�on—. Jpn.
J. Zoo. Wildl. Med. 15 (1): 1–3 (in Japanese).
Ishikawa, H. 2010. Lethal Research for Wildlife. Jpn. J.
Zoo. Wildl. Med. 15 (1): 9–14 (in Japanese).
Kokubun, N., Yasuma, H., Murase, H. and Naganobu, M.
2010. Distribu�on of seabirds in the Ross Sea, Antarc�ca. Bull. Jpn. Soc. Fish. Oceanogr. 74: 42–43 (inJapanese).
Matsuoka, K., Kiwada, K., Murase, H. and Nishiwaki, S.
2010. Whale species composi�on and their distribu�on pa�erns in the Ross Sea, Antarc�ca. Bull. Jpn. Soc.
Fish. Oceanogr. 74: 44–45 (in Japanese).
Murase, H., Matsuoka, K., Hakamada, T., Nishiwaki, S.,
Naganobu, M. and Kitakado, T. 2010. Es�ma�on of
spa�al distribu�on pa�ern of cetacean using environmental covariates in the Ross Sea, Antarc�ca. Bull. Jpn.
Soc. Fish. Oceanogr. 74: 47–48 (in Japanese).
Naganobu, M. and Murase, H. 2010. Ecological linkage
between oceanographic environment and distribu�onof top predators and their preys in the Ross Sea region.
Bull. Jpn. Soc. Fish. Oceanogr. 74: 48–49 (in Japanese).
Naganobu, M., Murase, H., Nishiwaki, S., Yasuma, H.,
Matsukura, R., Takao, Y., Taki, K., Hayashi, T., Watanabe,Y., Yabuki, T., Yoda, Y., Noiri, Y., Kuga, M., Yoshikawa, K.,
Kokubun, N., Iwami, T., K., Itoh, K., Goto, M., Isoda, T.,
Matsuoka, K., Tamura, T. and Fujise, Y. 2010. Structureof marine ecosystem of the Ross Sea, Antarc�ca—overview and synthesis of the results of the Japanese mul�disciplinary study by Kaiyo-Maru and JARPA—. Bull.
Jpn. Soc. Fish. Oceanogr. 74: 1–12.
Naganobu, M., Nishiwaki, S., Nagai, N. and Tohyama, D.
2010. Mul�disciplinary ecological survey by the R/V
Kaiyo Maru and JARPA in the Ross Sea, Antarc�ca. Bull.
Jpn. Soc. Fish. Oceanogr. 74: 34–35 (in Japanese).
Pastene, L. A., Acevedo, J., Goto, M., Zerbini, A.N., Acuna,
P. and Aguayo-Lobo, A. 2010. Popula�on structure andpossible migratory links of common minke whales,
Balaenoptera acutorostrata, in the Southern Hemisphere. Conserv Genet 11 (4): 1553–1558．
Tamura, T., Konishi, K., Nishiwaki, S., Taki, K., Hayashi, T.
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arc�c minke whales in the Ross Sea, Antarc�ca. Bull.
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Yabuki, T., Noiri,Y., Murase, H., Kiwada, H., Matsuoka, K.
and Naganobu, M. 2010. Physical and chemical studyof hydrographic feature based on the R/V Kaiyo Maru
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Soc. Fish. Oceanogr. 74: 35–36 (in Japanese).
Zenitani, R. and Kato, H. 2010. The growth of baleen
plates in Antarc�c minke whales, with special reference to the V-shape notch appearing at the outer edgeof the plates. Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi 76 (5): 870–876(in Japanese with English abstract).
2011 (1)Matsuoka, K., Hakamada, T., Kiwada, H., Murase, H. andNishiwaki, S. 2011. Abundance es�mates and trends
for humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in
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2012 (1)*Sremba, A.L., Hancock-Hanser, B., Branch, T.A., LeDuc,
R.L. and Baker, C.S. 2012. Circumpolar diversity andgeographic diﬀeren�a�on of mtDNA in the cri�callyendangered Antarc�c blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus intermedia). PLoS ONE 7 (3): e32579.
2013 (6)Glover, K.A., Kanda, N., Haug, T., Pastene, L.A., Øien, N.,
Seliussen, B.B., Sørvik, A.G.E. and Skaug, H.J. 2013.
Hybrids between common and Antarc�c minke whales
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Hakamada, T., Matsuoka, K., Nishiwaki, S. and Kitakado,
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Murase, H., Kitakado, T., Hakamada, T., Matsuoka, K.,
Nishiwaki, S. and Naganobu, M. 2013. Spa�al distribu�on of Antarc�c minke whales (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) in rela�on to spa�al distribu�ons of krill in theRoss Sea, Antarc�ca. Fish. Oceanogr. 22 (3): 154–173.
Sasaki, M., Amano, Y., Hayakawa, D., Tsubota, T., Ishikawa,
H., Mogoe, T., Ohsumi, S., Tetsuka, M., Miyamoto, A.,
Fukui, Y., Budipitojo, T. and Kitamura, N. 2013. Structure and steroidogenesis of the placenta in the Antarc-

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�c minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis). Journal of
Reproduction and Development 59 (2): 159–167.
Shibata, Y., Matsuishi, T., Murase, H., Matsuoka, K.,
Hakamada, T., Kitakado, T. and Matsuda, H. 2013. Effects of stra�ﬁca�on and misspeciﬁca�on of covariates
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2014 (3)Konishi, K., Hakamada, T., Kiwada, H., Kitakado, T. andWalløe, L. 2014. Decrease in stomach contents in the
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Punt, A.E. 2014. A summary history of the applica�onof sta�s�cal catch-at-age analysis (SCAA) to Antarc�cminke whales. J. Cetacean Res. Manage. 14: 81–92.
Punt, A.E., Hakamada, T., Bando, T. and Kitakado, T. 2014.
Assessment of Antarc�c minke whales using sta�s�cal
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2015 (2)Konishi, K. and Walløe, L. 2015. Substan�al decline inenergy storage and stomach fullness in Antarc�c minke
whales (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) during the 1990ʼs.
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Yasunaga, G., Fujise, Y., Zenitani, R., Tanabe, S. and Kato,
H. 2015. Spa�al and temporal varia�on of PCBs and organochlorine pes�cides in the Antarc�c minke whales,
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2016 (2)Pastene, L.A. and Goto, M. 2016. Gene�c characteriza�on and popula�on gene�c structure of the Antarc�cminke whale Balaenoptera bonaerensis in the IndoPaciﬁc region of the Southern Ocean. Fish Sci 82 (6):873–886.
Wada, N., Yamanaka, S., Shibato, J., Rakwal, R., Hirako, S.,
Iizuka, Y., Kim, H., Matsumoto, A., Kimura, A., Takenoya,F., Yasunaga, G. and Shioda, S. 2016. Behavioral andomics analyses study on poten�al involvement of
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2017 (3)Isoda, T. and Tamura, T. 2017. Report of a White Adélie
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Yasunaga, G., Pastene, L.A., Bando, T., Hakamada, T. andFujise, Y. 2017. Age es�ma�on of Antarc�c minke
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2019 (1)Inoue, S., Yasunaga, G. and Pastene, L.A. 2019. Comparison of progesterone concentra�ons in blubber
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2020 (6)Cunen, C., Walløe, L. and Hjort, N.L. 2020. Focused model
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Goto, M., Kitakado, T. and Pastene, L.A. 2020. A preliminary study of epigene�c es�ma�on of age of the
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Konishi, K., Isoda, T., Bando, T., Minamikawa, S. and Kleivane, L. 2020. Antarc�c minke whales ﬁnd ice gaps along
the ice edge in foraging grounds of the Indo-Paciﬁc sector (60°E and 140°E) of the Southern Ocean. Polar Biol
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Matsuoka, K. and Hakamada, T. 2020. Density distribu�on of several major whale species in the Indo-Paciﬁcregion of Antarc�c using JARPA and JARPAII sigh�ng
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Murase, H., Palka, D., Punt, A.E., Pastene, L.A., Kitakado,T., Matsuoka, K., Hakamada, T., Okamura, H., Bando,T., Tamura, T., Konishi, K., Yasunaga, G., Isoda, T. andKato, H. 2020. Review of the assessment of two stocksof Antarc�c minke whales (eastern Indian Ocean andwestern South Paciﬁc). J. Cetacean Res. Manage. 21:
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JARPN/JARPNII/NEWREP-NP surveys
1996 (3)Bu�erworth, D.S., Geromont H.F. and Wada S. 1996.
Further analysis of allele frequency data to provide
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Miyashita, T. and Fujise, Y. 1996. Abundance es�mate of
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Hatanaka, H. and Miyashita, T. 1997. On the feeding migra�on of the Okhotsk Sea-West Paciﬁc stock of minke
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Hatanaka, H. 1997. A short review of hypotheses onminke whale stock structure in the Northwesternpart of the North Paciﬁc. Rep. int. Whal. Commn 47:
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1999 (2)Le, T.H.L., Takahashi, S., Saeki, K., Nakatani, N., Tanabe,S., Miyazaki, N. and Fujise, Y. 1999. High percentage ofbutyl�n residues in total �n in the livers of cetaceansfrom Japanese coastal waters. Environmental ScienceList of peer-reviewed publications based on the Institute of Cetacean Research (ICR)ʼs surveys up to 2021

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Tamura T. and Fujise Y. 2002. Geographical and seasonalchanges of the prey species of minke whale in the
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2003 (4)Hayashi, K., Nishida, S., Yoshida, H., Goto, M., Pastene,
L.A. and Koike, H. 2003. Sequence varia�on of the DQB

allele in the cetacean MHC. Mammal Study 28 (2):89–96.
Nishida, S., Pastene, L.A., Goto, M. and Kanda, N. 2003.
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Niimi, S., Watanabe, M.X., Kim, E.Y., Iwata, H., Yasunaga,G., Fujise, Y. and Tanabe, S. 2005. Molecular cloning
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Marine Biotechnology 8: 86–93.
Mitani, Y., Bando., T., Takai., N. and Sakamoto, W. 2006.
Pa�erns of stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes in thebaleens of common minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata from the western North Paciﬁc. Fish Sci 72(1): 69–76.
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radia�on event revealed by SINE inser�on analysis.
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Ohishi, K., Maruyama, T., Ninomiya, A., Kida, H., Zenitani,
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Boltunov, A.N. 2006. Serologic inves�ga�on of inﬂuenza a virus infec�on in cetaceans from the western
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Fukui, Y., Iwayama, H., Matsuoka, T., Nagai, H., Koma,
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Kanda, N., Goto, M., Kato, H., McPhee, M.V. and Pastene,
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Onbe, K. Nishida, S., Sone, E., Kanda, N., Goto, M., Pastene, L.A., Tanabe, S. and Koike, H. 2007. Sequencevaria�on in the Tbx4 Gene in marine mammals. Zoological Science 24 (5): 449–464.
Pastene, L.A., Goto, M., Kanda, N., Zerbini, A.N., Kerem,D., Watanabe, K., Bessho, Y., Hasegawa, M., Nielsen,
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Sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis) milk. Comparative
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Ishikawa, H. and Shigemune, H. 2008. Compara�ve experiment of whaling grenades in the Japanese Whale
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Ohishi, K., Fujise, Y. and Maruyama, T. 2008. Brucella spp.
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Fujita, H., Honda, K., Hamada, N., Yasunaga, G and Fujise,
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Hiwasa, M., Suzuki, Y., Watanabe, H., Bhuiyan, M.M.U.,
Matsuoka, K., Fujise, Y., Ishikawa, H., Ohsumi, S. andFukui, Y. 2009. Eﬀects of semen extenders and storage temperatures on characteris�cs of frozen-thawed
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Konishi, K., Tamura T., Isoda, T. Okamoto, R., Hakamada,T., Kiwada, H. and Matsuoka, K. 2009. Feeding strategies and prey consump�on of three baleen whale species within the Kushiro-Current Extension. J. Northw.
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Lee, E., Bhuiyan, M.M.U., Watanabe, H., Matsuoka, K.,
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Matsukura, R., Yasuma, H., Murase, H., Yonezaki, S., Funamoto, T., Honda, S. and Miyashita, K. 2009. Measurements of density contrast and sound-speed contrast
for target strength es�ma�on of Neocalanus copepods(Neocalanus cristatus) in the North Paciﬁc Ocean. FishSci 75 (6): 1377–1387.
Murase, H., Ichihara, M., Yasuma, H., Watanabe, H., Yonezaki, S., Nagashima, H., Kawahara, S. and Miyashita, T.
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Murase, H., Nagashima, H., Yonezaki, S., Matsukura, R.
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Tsuki, K., Sato, A., Kaneko, H., Yasunaga, G., Fujise, Y. and
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2010 (7)Bhuiyan, M.M.U., Suzuki, Y., Watanabe, H., Lee, E.,
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Ogawa, G., Ishida, M., Kato, H., Fujise, H. and Urano, N.
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challenging mul�discipline research program focusedon whales in the western North Paciﬁc. Ottar (TromsøMuseum) 280: 23–28 (in Norwegian)．
Shishido, R., Ohishi, K., Suzuki, R., Takishita, K., Ohtsu,
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Fujise, Y., Murayama, T. and Maruyama, T. 2010．Cetacean Toll-like receptor 4 and myeloid diﬀeren�a�on
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Suzuki, Y., Umatani, M., Bhuiyan, M.M.U., Watanabe,H., Mogoe, T., Matsuoka, K., Fujise, Y., Ishikawa, H.,
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Kanda, N., Goto, M. and Pastene, L. A. 2011. Gene�c stock
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Kato, H. and Fujise, Y. 2011. General discussion: Symposium on “Marine ecosystem of the western North Paciﬁc with special interest in cetaceans.” Bull. Jpn. Soc.
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Kishiro, T., Yoshida, H., Tamura, T., Konishi, K., Kanda, N.,
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Maehara, T., Aoki, I., Yonezaki, S., Watanabe, H., Murase,
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Matsuoka, K., Kiwada, H., Fujise, Y. and Miyashita, T. 2011.
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Miyashita, K., Matsukura, R., Tojo, N., Minami, K.,
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Murase, H., Kawabata, A., Kubota, H., Nakagami, M.,
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Nishiwaki, S., Otani, S. and Tamura, T. 2011. The satellite
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Onodera, K., Nagashima, H., Matsukura, R., Miyashita,K., Yonezaki, S. and Murase, H. 2011. Cetacean preyspecies and oceanographic surveys in Sendai Bay. Bull.
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Pastene, L.A., Hatanaka, H., Fujise, Y., Kanda, N., Murase,
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Tamura, T., Konishi, K., Isoda, T., Hakamada, T., Kiwada, H.,
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Yamaguchi, A., Hanamiya, Y., Murase, H. and Watanabe,
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Yasunaga, G. and Fujise, Y. 2011. Monitoring of pollutants in the baleen whales and their prey species in thewestern North Paciﬁc. Bull. Jpn. Soc. Fish. Oceanogr. 75(3): 190 (in Japanese).
Yoshida, H., Kishiro, T., Goto, M., Bando, T., Tamura, T.,
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2012 (4)Maeda, H. and Kato, H. 2012. Technical improvementsof the age character (earplug) collec�ons in common
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Murase, H., Kawabata, A., Kubota, H., Nakagami, M.,
Amakasu, K., Abe, K., Miyashita, K. and Oozeki, Y. 2012.
Basin-scale distribu�on pa�erns and biomass es�ma�on of Japanese anchovy Engraulis japonicus in thewestern North Paciﬁc. Fish Sci 78 (4): 761–773.
Nakamura, G., Kato, H. and Fujise, Y. 2012. Rela�ve
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Habitat and prey selec�on of common minke, sei, andBrydeʼs whale in mesoscale during summer in the
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2013 (5)*Kershaw, F., Leslie, M.S., Collins, T., Mansur, R.M., Smith,B.D., Minton, G., Baldwin, R., LeDuc, R.G., Anderson,
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Maeda, H., Kawamoto, T. and Kato, H. 2013. A study on
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Sasaki, H., Murase, H., Kiwada, H., Matsuoka, K., Mitani, Y.
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2014 (6)Inoue, S., Kishiro, T., Fujise, Y., Nakamura, G. and Kato,
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Murase, H., Hakamada, T., Matsuoka, K., Nishiwaki, S.,
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Distribu�on of sei whales (Balaenoptera borealis) in
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Nakamura, G., Kadowaki, I., Nagatsuka, S., Fujise, Y.,
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Nakamura, G. and Kato, H. 2014. Developmental changes
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Niimi, S., Imoto, M., Kunisue, T., Watanabe, M.X., Kim,
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2015 (1)Kitayama, C., Sasaki, M., Ishikawa, H., Mogoe, T., Ohsumi,
S., Fukui, Y., Budipitojo, T., Kondoh, D. and Kitamura, N.
2015. Structure and func�ons of the placenta in common minke (Balaenoptera acutorostrata), Brydeʼs (B.
brydei) and sei (B. borealis) whales. Journal of Reproduction and Development 61 (5): 415–421.
2016 (6)Hirako, S., Suzuki, M., Kim, H., Iizuka, Y., Matsumoto,A., Wada, N., Okabe, M., Takenoya, F., Yasunaga, G.,
Yamanaka, S., Miyazaki, A. and Shioda, S. 2016. Hepa�clipid accumula�on is ameliorated in obese KK mice by
dietary sei whale oil. Fish Sci 82 (3): 509–517.
Miyakawa, N., Kishiro, T., Fujise, Y., Nakamura, G. andKato, H. 2016. Sexual dimorphism in pelvic bone
shape of the North Paciﬁc common minke whales(Balaenoptera acutorostrata). Open Journal of Animal
Sciences 6: 131–136.
Murase, H., Tamura, T., Otani, S. and Nishiwaki, S. 2016.
Satellite tracking of Brydeʼs whales Balaenoptera edeni
in the oﬀshore western North Paciﬁc in summer 2006
and 2008. Fish Sci 82 (1): 35–45.
Nakamura, G., Kadowaki, I., Nagatsuka, S., Hayashi, R.,
Kanda, N., Goto, M., Pastene, L.A. and Kato, H. 2016.
White patch on the fore-ﬂipper of common minke
whale, as a poten�al morphological index to iden�fy
stocks. Open Journal of Animal Sciences 6: 116–122.
Nakamura, G., Takahashi, M., Hirose, A., Hayashi, R.,
Fujise, Y., Miyakawa, N., Inoue, S. and Kato, H. 2016.
Presence of an interparietal bone and morphologicalvaria�on in the vertex of the skull in North Paciﬁc common minke whale. La mer 54 (1): 1–10.
Ohishi, K., Bando, T., Abe, E., Kawai, Y., Fujise, Y. andMaruyama, T. 2016. Long-term and large-scale epidemiology of Brucella infec�on in baleen whales andsperm whales in the western North Paciﬁc and Antarc�c Oceans. J. Vet. Med. Sci. 78 (9): 1457–1464.

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2017 (2)Bando, T., Nakamura, G., Fujise, Y. and Kato, H. 2017.
Developmental changes in the morphology of western
North Paciﬁc Brydeʼs whales (Balaenoptera edeni).
Open Journal of Animal Sciences 7: 344–355.
Ishii, M., Murase, H., Fukuda, Y., Sawada, K., Sasakura,T., Tamura, T., Bando, T., Matsuoka, K., Shinohara, A.,
Nakatsuka, S., Katsumata, N., Okazaki, M., Miyashita,
K. and Mitani, Y. 2017. Diving behavior of sei whales
Balaenoptera borealis rela�ve to the ver�cal distribu�on of their poten�al prey. Mammal Study 42 (4):
191–199.
2018 (3)Hirose, A., Kishida, T. and Nakamura, G. 2018. Nasal mucosa resembling an olfactory system in the common
minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata). Cetacean
Population Studies 1: 25–28.
Huijser, L.A.E., Bérubé, M., Cabrera, A.A., Prieto, R., Silva,
M.A., Robbins, J., Kanda, N., Pastene, L.A., Goto, M.,
Yoshida, H., Vikingsson, G.A. and Palsbøll, P.J. 2018.
Popula�on structure of North Atlan�c and North Paciﬁc sei whales (Balaenoptera borealis) inferred frommitochondrial control region DNA sequences and microsatellite genotypes. Conserv Genet 19: 1007–1024.
Nakamura, G., Ryeng, K.A., Kadowaki, I., Hayashi, R.,
Nagatsuka, S., Hirose, A., Fujise, Y. and Haug, T. 2018.
Comparison of shapes of the white ﬂipper patch
between two sub-species of common minke whales(Balaenoptera acutorostrata). Cetacean Population
Studies 1: 15–24.
2019 (1)
Watari, S., Murase, H., Yonezaki, S., Okazaki, M., Kiyofuji,
H., Tamura, T., Hakamada, T., Kanaji, Y. and Kitakado, T.
2019. Ecosystem modeling in the western North Paciﬁcusing Ecopath, with a focus on small pelagic ﬁshes. Mar
Ecol Prog Ser 617–618: 295–305.
2020 (1)Yasunaga, G. and Fujise, Y. 2020. Concentra�on of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in three species ofbaleen whales in the western North Paciﬁc. Cetacean
Population Studies 2: 39–53.
2021 (3)Gomes, T.L., Quiazon, K.M., Kotake, M., Fujise, Y., Ohizumi, H., Itoh, N. and Yoshinaga, T. 2021. Anisakis spp.
in toothed and baleen whales from Japanese waters
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Nishimura, F., Kim, Y., Bando, T., Fujise, Y., Nakamura,G., Murase, H. and Kato, H. 2021. Morphological differences in skulls and feeding apparatuses between
Antarc�c (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) and common(Balaenoptera acutorostrata) minke whales, and theimplica�on for their feeding ecology. Can. J. Zool.
doi:10.1139/cjz-2020-0237.
Suyama, S., Yanagimoto, T., Nakai, K., Tamura, T., Shiozaki,
K., Ohshimo, S. and Chow, S. 2021. A taxonomic revision of Pennella Oken, 1815 based on morphology andgene�cs (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Pennellidae).
Journal of Crustacean Biology 41 (3): ruab040.

Other surveys
1993 (1)Fujise, Y., Ishikawa, H., Saino, S. and Kawasaki, M. 1993.
Catch and struck-and-lost rate in the Japanese Dallʼs
porpoise hand-harpoon ﬁshery. Rep. int. Whal. Commn
43: 453–457.
1995 (1)Shimada, H. and Pastene, L.A. 1995. Report of a sightings survey oﬀ the Solomon Islands with comments on
Brydeʼs whale distribu�on. Rep. int. Whal. Commn 45:
413–418.
1997 (4)Kimura, T., Ozawa, T. and Pastene, L.A. 1997. Sample
prepara�on and analysis of mitochondrial DNA fromwhale baleen plates. Marine Mammal Science 13 (3):495–498.
Ljungblad, D.K., Staﬀord, K.M., Shimada, H. and Matsuoka, K. 1997. Sounds a�ributed to blue whales recorded
oﬀ the southwest coast of Australia in December 1995.
Rep. int. Whal. Commn 47: 435–439.
Ohmagari, K. and Berkes, F. 1997. Transmission of indigenous knowledge and bush skills among the WesternJames Bay Cree Women of Subarc�c Canada. Human
Ecology 25 (2): 197–222.
Shimamura, M., Yasue, H., Ohshima, K., Abe, H., Kato, H.,
Kishiro, T., Goto, M., Munechika, I. and Okada, N. 1997.
Molecular evidence from retroposons that whales
form a clade within even-toed ungulates. Nature 388:
666–670.
1998 (2)Miyazaki, N., Fujise, Y. and Iwata, K. 1998. Biologicalanalysis of a mass stranding of melon-headed whales(Peponocephala electra) at Aoshima. Japan. Bull. Natn.

Sci. Mus., Tokyo, Ser. A 24 (1): 31–60.
Otani, S., Naito, Y., Kawamura, A., Kawasaki, M., Nishiwaki, S. and Kato, A. 1998. Diving behavior and performance of harbor porpoises, Phocoena phocoena,
in Fukuoka bay, Hokkaido, Japan. Marine Mammal
Science 14 (2): 209–220.
1999 (4)Iino, Y. 1999. Treaty Implementa�on: the 1946 Interna�onal Conven�on for the Regula�on of Whaling.
System Compliance in Ocean Management. Southeast
Asian Programme in Ocean Law. Policy and Management: 189–193.
Pastene, L.A. and Shimada, H. 1999. Report of a sigh�ng
survey in Chileʼs Exclusive Economic Zone with comments on sei whale distribu�on. Anales Instituto Patagonia, Serie Cs. Nat. 27: 51–62.
Shimamura, M., Abe, H., Nikaido, M., Ohshima, K. andOkada, N. 1999. Genealogy of families of SINEs in cetaceans and ar�odactyls: the presence of a huge superfamily of tRNAGlu-derived families of SINEs. Mol. Biol.
Evol. 16 (8): 1046–1060.
Yoshida, H. and Kato, H. 1999. Phylogene�c rela�onshipsof Brydeʼs whales in the western North Paciﬁc andadjacent waters inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences. Marine Mammal Science 15 (4): 1269–1286.
2000 (3)Goto, M. and Ohsumi, S. 2000. Response to “Scien�ﬁc
Whaling Source of illegal Products for Market” By Baker
et al. Science 290: 1695–1696.
Otani, S., Naito, Y., Kato, A. and Kawamura, A. 2000. Diving behavior and swimming speed of a free-ranging
harbor porpoise, Phocoena phocoena. Marine Mammal Science 16 (4): 811–814.
Takahashi, S., Le, L.T.H., Saeki, H., Nakatani, N., Tanabe,S., Miyazaki, N. and Fujise, Y. 2000. Accumula�on ofbutyl�n compounds and total �n in marine mammals.
Water Science and Technology 42 (7–8): 97–108.
2001 (2)Abe, H., Goto, M., Pastene, L.A., Dewa, K. and Naito, E.
2001. Prac�cal use of mul�plex ﬂuorescent PCR for
cetacean sex iden�ﬁca�on. Marine Mammal Science
17 (3): 657–664.
Yoshida, H., Yoshioka, M., Shirakihara, M. and Chow, S.
2001. Popula�on structure of ﬁnless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides) in coastal waters of Japan
based on mitochondrial DNA sequences. Journal of
Mammalogy 82 (1): 123–130.
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2002 (1)Konishi, K. and Sakurai, Y. 2002. Geographical varia�ons ininfec�on by larval Anisakis simplex and Contracaecum
osculatum (Nematoda, Anisakidae) in walleye pollock
Theragra chalcogramma stocks oﬀ Hokkaido, Japan.
Fish Sci 68 (3): 534–542.
2003 (1)Matsuoka, K., Ensor, P., Hakamada, T., Shimada, H., Nishiwaki, S., Kasamatsu, F. and Kato, H. 2003. Overview
of the minke whale sigh�ng survey in IWC/IDCR and
SOWER cruises from 1978/79 to 2000/01. J. Cetacean
Res. Manage. 5 (2): 173–201.
2004 (5)Branch, T.A., Matsuoka, K. and Miyashita, T. 2004. Evidence for increases in Antarc�c blue whales based on
Bayesian modelling. Marine Mammal Science 20 (4):726–754.
Escorza-Trevino, S., Pastene, L.A. and Dizon, A.E. 2004.
Molecular analyses of the Truei and Dalli morphotypes of Dallʼs porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli). Journal of
Mammalogy 85 (2): 347–355.
Ikemoto, T., Kunito, T., Watanabe, I., Yasunaga, G., Baba,N., Miyazaki, N., Petrov, E.A. and Tanabe, S. 2004.
Comparison of trace element accumula�on in Baikal
seals (Pusa sibirica), Caspian seals (Pusa caspica) andnorthern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus). Environmental
Pollution 127: 83–97.
Murase, H., Matsuoka, K., Nishiwaki, S., Hakamada, T. andMori, M. 2004. Eﬀect of observed covariates (school
size, sigh�ng cue, la�tude and sea state) on the Antarc�c minke whale abundance es�ma�on parameters in
the IWC/IDCR-SOWER surveys. J. Cetacean Res. Manage. 6 (3): 283–292.
Yanagimoto, T. and Konishi, K. 2004. Acanthochondria priacanthi (Copepoda: Chondracanthidae) as a biologicalindicator for stock iden�ﬁca�on of sandﬁsh Arctoscopus japonicus (Steindachner). Fish Sci 70 (2): 336–338.
2005 (5)Agusa, T., Matsumoto, T., Ikemoto, T., Anan, Y., Kubota, R.,
Yasunaga, G., Kunito, T., Tanabe, S., Ogi, H. and Shibata,Y. 2005. Body distribu�on of trace elements in blacktailed gulls from Rishiri Island, Japan: age-dependentaccumula�on and transfer to feathers and eggs. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 24 (9): 2107–2120.
Agusa, T., Kunito, T., Yasunaga, G., Iwata, H., Subramanian, A., Ismail, A. and Tanabe, S. 2005. Concentra�onsof trace elements in marine ﬁsh and its risk assess92

ment in Malaysia. Marine Pollution Bulletin 51 (8–12):
896–911.
Fukui, Y., Ishikawa, H. and Ohsumi, S. 2005. Diﬃcul�es
in publishing research results from scien�ﬁc whaling.
Marine Mammal Science 21 (4): 781–783.
Prudente, M., Tanabe, S., Kunisue, T., Yasunaga, G., Watanabe, I. and Miyazaki, N. 2005. Accumula�on of traceelements and persistent organochlorines in resident
and migratory waders from Calatagan Bay, Philippines.
Coastal Marine Science 29 (2): 133–140.
Sanino, G.P., Waerebeek, K.V., Van Bressem, M. andPastene, L.A. 2005. A preliminary note on popula�on
structure in eastern South Paciﬁc common bo�lenose
dolphins, Tursiops truncatus. J. Cetacean Res. Manage.
7 (1): 65–70.
2006 (6)Acevedo, J., Aguayo-Lobo, A. and Pastene, L.A. 2006.
Filopatria de la ballena jorobada (Megaptera novaeangliae Borowski, 1781), al area de alimentacion delEstrecho de Magallanes. Revista de Biologia Marina y
Oceanograﬁa 41 (1): 11–19.
Acevedo, J., Aguayo-Lobo, A., Acuna, P. and Pastene, L.A.
2006. A note on the ﬁrst record of the dwarf minke
whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) in Chilean waters.
J. Cetacean Res. Manage. 8 (3): 293–296.
Hayashi, K., Yoshida, H., Nishida, S., Goto, M., Pastene,
L.A., Kanda, N., Baba, H. and Koike, H. 2006. Gene�c
Varia�on of the MHC DQB locus in the ﬁnless porpoise(Neophocaena phocaenoides). Zoological Science 23(2): 147–153.
Mori, M. and Bu�erworth, D.S. 2006. A ﬁrst step towards
modelling the krill–predator dynamics of the Antarc�cecosystem. CCAMLR Science 13: 217–277.
Sekiguchi, K., Olavarria, C., Morse, P., Olson, P., Ensor,
P., Matsuoka, K., Pitman, R., Findlay, K. and Gorter, U.
2006. The spectacled porpoise (Phocoena dioptrica)
in Antarc�c waters. J. Cetacean Res. Manage. 8 (3):265–271.
Takahashi, Y., Ohwada, S., Watanabe, K., Ropert-Coudert,Y., Zenitani, R., Naito, Y. and Yamaguchi, T. 2006. Doeselas�n contribute to the persistence of corpora albican�a in the ovary of the common dolphin (Delphinusdelphis). Marine Mammal Science 22 (4): 819–830.
2007 (2)Acevedo, J., Rasmussen, K., Felix, F., Castro, C., Llano, M.,
Secchi, E., Saborio, M.T., Aguayo-Lobo, A., Haase, B.,
Scheidat, M., Dalla-Rosa, L., Olavarria, C., Fosestell, P.,
Acuna, P., Kaufman, G. and Pastene, L.A. 2007. Migra-

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tory des�na�ons of humpback whales from the Magellan Strait feeding ground, Southeast Paciﬁc. Marine
Mammal Science 23 (2): 453–463.
Branch, T.A., Staﬀord, K.M., Palacios, D.M., Allison, C.,
Bannister, J.L., Burton, C.L.K., Cabrera, E., Carlson, C.A.,
Galle� Vernazzani, B., Gill, P.C., Hucke-Gaete, R., Jenner, K.C.S., Jenner, Mn. M., Matsuoka, K., Mikhalev,
Y.A., Miyashita, T., Morrice, M.G., Nishiwaki, S., Sturrock, V.J., Tormosov, D., Anderson, R.C., Baker, A.N.,
Best, P.B., Borsa, P., Brownell Jr, R.L., Childerhouse,
S., Findlay, K.P., Gerrode�e, T., Ilangakoon, A.D., Joergensen, M., Kahn, B., Ljungblad, D.K., Maughan, B.,
Mccauley, R.D., Mckay, S., Norris, T.F., Oman Whaleand Dolphin Research Group, Rankin, S., Samaran, F.,
Thiele, D., Van Waerebeek, K. and Warneke, R.M. 2007.
Past and present distribu�on, densi�es and movements of blue whales in the Southern Hemisphere andadjacent waters. Mammal Rev. 37 (2): 116–175.
2009 (1)Nambu, H., Tokutake, K., Ishikawa, H., Ohta, M., Fujita, K.
and Yamada, T.K. 2009. Observa�on of a gray whale,
Eschrichtius robustus, in Tokyo Bay in 2005. Japan Cetology 19: 17–22 (in Japanese).
2010 (3)Nambu, H., Ishikawa, H. and Yamada, T. 2010. Recordsof the western gray whale Eschrichtius robustus: its
distribu�on and migra�on. Japan Cetology 20: 21–29(in Japanese).
Pastene, L.A. and Quiroz, D. 2010. An Outline of the History of Whaling in Chile. pp. 73–98. In: Interna�onal
Center for Folk Culture Studies (Ed). Human Culture
from the Perspective of Traditional Maritime Communities, International Symposium Report No. 1. Kanagawa
Shimbun Press, Kanagawa. 199 pp.
Taguchi, M., Ishikawa, H. and Matsuishi, T. 2010. Seasonal
distribu�on of harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
in Japanese waters inferred from stranding and bycatchrecords．Mammal Study 35 (2) : 133–138．
2011 (2)Acevedo, J., Olavarría, C., Plana, J., Aguayo-Lobo, A., Larrea, A. and Pastene, L.A. 2011. Occurrence of dwarf
minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata subsp.)
around the Antarc�c Peninsula. Polar Biol 34 (2):313–318.
Acevedo, J., Plana, J., Aguayo-Lobo, A. and Pastene, L.A.
2011. Surface feeding behavior of humpback whalesin the Magellan Strait. Revista de Biologia Marina y

Oceanograﬁa. 46 (3): 483–490.
2013 (4)Acevedo J., Haro D., Dalla R.L., Aguayo-Lobo A., HuckeGaete R., Secchi E., Plana J. and Pastene L.A. 2013.
Evidence of spa�al structuring of eastern South Paciﬁchumpback whale feeding grounds. Endang Species Res
22 (1): 33–38.
Kitamura, S., Matsuishi, T., Yamada, K., Tajima, Y., Ishikawa, H., Tanabe, S., Nakagawa, H., Uni, Y. and Abe, S.
2013. Two gene�cally dis�nct stocks in Bairdʼs beaked
whale (Cetacea: Ziphiidae). Marine Mammal Science
29 (4): 755–766.
Murase, H., Temoai, I., Kirata, T., Finkaso, S., Yasunaga, G.
and Pastene, L.A. 2013. A note on cetaceans oﬀ Kiriba�
and Tuvalu from a research cruise in October 2010. J.
Cetacean Res. Manage. 13 (2): 153–158.
Sugino, T., Yasunaga, G. and Fukuda, M. 2013. Eﬀect ofwhale meat extract on fa�gue induced by physical load
and by daily ac�vi�es in humans. Jpn. Pharmacol. Ther
41 (9): 879–893 (in Japanese).
2014 (3)Pastene, L.A. 2014. Macaya Hermanos y Compania.
Notas sobre las ac�vidades de la empresa ballenerade más larga historia en Chile. Colección Mocha Dick
pp 255–274.
Quiroz, D. and Pastene, L.A. 2014. Norwegian whaling inChile in the 20th Century and its inﬂuence on Chilean
local communi�es. pp. 61–70. In: Jan Erik Ringstad(Ed). Whaling and History IV. Commander Chr. Christensenʼs Whaling Museum, part of Ves�oldmuseene
IKA, Sande�ord. 192 pp.
Quintela, M., Skaug, H.J., Øien, N., Haug, T., Seliussen,
B.B., Solvang, H.K., Pampoulie, C., Kanda, N., Pastene,
L.A. and Glover, K.A. 2014. Inves�ga�ng popula�on gene�c structure in a highly mobile marine organism: theminke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata acutorostrata in the North East Atlan�c. PLoS ONE 9 (9): e108640.
2015 (3)Funasaka, N., Kirihata, T., Kato, H. and Ohsumi, S. 2015.
The ﬁrst record of a true albino common bo�lenose
dolphin Tursiops truncatus from Japan. Mammal Study
40 (1): 19–22.
Pastene, L.A., Acevedo, J., Siciliano, S., Sholl, T.G.C., de
Moura, J.F., O�, P.H. and Aguayo-Lobo, Anelio. 2015.
Popula�on gene�c structure of the South American
Brydeʼs whale. Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanograﬁa 50 (3): 453–464.
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Sakamoto, M., Itai, T., Yasutake, A., Iwasaki, T., Yasunaga,G., Fujise, Y., Nakamura, M., Murata, K., Chan, H.M.,
Domingog, J.L. and Marumoto, M. 2015. Mercury
specia�on and selenium in toothed-whale muscles.
Environmental Research 143: 55–61.
2017 (3)Funasaka, N., Kirihata, T., Hosono, M., Kato, K. andOhsumi, S. 2017. Three Cases of Anomalously White
Rissoʼs Dolphins Grampus griseus in Japan. Mammal
Study 42 (3): 173–178.
Hakamada, T., Matsuoka, K., Murase, H. and Kitakado, T.
2017. Es�ma�on of the abundance of the sei whale
Balaenoptera borealis in the central and eastern North
Paciﬁc in summer using sigh�ng data from 2010 to2012. Fish Sci 83 (6): 887–895.
Malde, K., Seliussen, B.B., Quintela, M., Dahle, G., Besnier,F., Skaug, H.J., Øien, N., Solvang, H.K., Haug, T., SkernMauritzen, R., Kanda, N., Pastene, L.A., Jonassen, I. andGlover, K.A. 2017. Whole genome resequencing reveals diagnos�c markers for inves�ga�ng global migra�on and hybridiza�on between minke whale species.
BMC Genomics 18: 76.
2019 (1)Takahashi, M., Kato, H. and Kitakado, T. 2019. Sex predic�on by machine learning methods for small sample
sizes: a case study of cranial measurements of killer
whales (Orcinus orca). Mammalian Science 59 (1):67–78 (in Japanese).

942020 (2)Kawasaki, K., Mikami, M., Goto, M., Shindo, J., Amano,
M. and Ishiyama, M. 2020. The evolu�on of unusuallysmall amelogenin genes in cetaceans; pseudogeniza�on, X–Y gene conversion, and feeding strategy. Journal of Molecular Evolution 88 (2): 122–135.
Pastene, L.A., Acevedo, J. and Branch, T.A. 2020. Morphometric analysis of Chilean blue whales and implica�ons
for their taxonomy. Marine Mammal Science 36 (1):
116–135.
2021 (2)Cabrera, A.A., Schall, E., Bérubé, M., Anderwald, P.,
Bachmann, L., Berrow, S., Best, P.B., Clapham, P.J.,
Cunha, H.A., Dalla Rosa, L., Dias, C., Findlay, K.P., Haug,
T., Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., Hoelzel, R., Kovacs, K.M.,
Landry, S., Larsen, F., Moreira Lopes, X., Lydersen, C.,
Ma�la, D.K., Oos�ng, T., Pace III, R.M., Pape�, C.,
Paspa�, A., Pastene, L.A., Prieto, R., Ramp, C., Robbins,J., Sears, R., Secchi, E.R., Silva, M.A., Simon, M., Víkingsson, G., Wiig, Ø., Øien, N. and Palsbøll, P.J. 2021.
Strong and las�ng impacts of past global warming onbaleen whales and their prey. Global Change Biology(in press).
Milmann, L., Taguchi, M., Siciliano, S., Baumgarten,
J.E., Oliveira, L.R., Valia�, V.H., Goto, M., O�, P.H.
and Pastene, L.A. 2021. New gene�c evidences fordis�nct popula�ons of the common minke whale(Balaenoptera acutorostrata) in the Southern Hemisphere. Polar Biol 44 (8): 1575–1589.