FUNCTIONAL REDUCTION OF THE SOUTHERN MINKE WHALE ( BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA ) TESTIS DURING THE FEEDING SEASON

• Published in: Marine Mammal Science
• Main Authors: Mogoe, Toshihiro, Suzuki, Takatoshi, Asada, Masatsugu, Fukui, Yutaka, Ishikawa, Hajime, Ohsumi, Seiji
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2000
• Subjects: Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Ocean; Vasa; Antarc*; Balaenoptera acutorostrata; minke whale
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-7692.2000.tb00951.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1748-7692.2000.tb00951.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1748-7692.2000.tb00951.x

A bstract Seasonal variation in reproductive activity in the male southern minke whales was investigated. The animals were killed and collected during the feeding season (December‐March) in the Antarctic Ocean in the eastern part of Area III (35°E‐70°E, south of 60°S) and Area IV (70°E‐130°E, south...