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MURASE, H., MATSUOKA, K. and WATANABE, K. Effect of sea surface temperature on the distribution of common minke whales off southeastern Hokkaido, Japan, between 2002 and 2006, with notes on the formation of Pacific saury fishing grounds
Short note
NAKAMURA, G., AL-ZAIDAN, A., BEHBEHANI, M. and KATO, H. Preliminary report on the cranial measurements of a Bryde's whale stranded in Failaka Island, Kuwait in 2014
MILMANN, L., CARDOSO, J., FRANCISCO, A., SANTOS, F. P., SEMINARA, C., ABRAS, D. R., MARQUES, M. L., HILLE, D. A., LEMOS, L. S., RUENES, G. F., HAUSER-DAVIS, R. A. and SICILIANO, S. Dwarf minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata subsp.) interactions with vessels off the coast of Brazil
KATSUMATA, T., ISODA, T., MATSUNO, K., MURASE, H. and MATSUOKA, K. Observation of fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) feeding behavior in the austral summer Southern Hemisphere mid-latitudes.
Others
INAMORI, D., YOSHIOKA, M. and KATO, H. Second occurrence of a dolphin with fin-shaped hind appendages from waters off Taiji, the Pacific Coast of Japan
KATSUMATA, T. and YOSHIDA, T. Development progress of a long-range vertical takeoff and landing UAV for the improvement of ship-based cetacean sighting surveys
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KATO, H., FUJISE, Y., NAKAMURA, G., HAKAMADA, T., PASTENE, L. A. and BEST, P. B. Dwarf minke whales: Morphology, growth and life history based on samples collected from the higher latitudes in the Southern Hemisphere
PASTENE, L. A., GOTO, M., TAGUCHI, M. and MATSUOKA, K. Genetic matches of southern right whales in the Indian sector of the Antarctic: A Contribution towards understanding their movement and site-fidelity
OHASHI, Y., GOTO, M., TAGUCHI, M., PASTENE, L. A. and KITAKADO, T. Evaluation of a paternity method based on microsatellite DNA genotypes for estimating the abundance of Antarctic minke whales (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) in the Indo-Pacific region of the Antarctic
TAGUCHI, M., GOTO, M., MILMANN, L., SICILIANO, S., TIEDEMANN, R. and PASTENE, L. A. New insights into the genetic structure of sei whales (Balaenoptera borealis) at the inter-oceanic scale
KATSUMATA, T., HIROSE, A., NAKAJO, K., SHIBATA, C., MURATA, H., YAMAKOSHI, T., NAKAMURA, G. and KATO, H. Evidence of winter migration of humpback whales to the Hachijo island, Izu Archipelago off the southern coast of Tokyo, Japan
TAKAHASHI, M., NAKAMURA, G. and KATO, H. Growth-related changes in the cranium of killer whales in the western North Pacific
LOCKYER, C. and GARRIGUE, C. Age estimation from teeth in Longman's beaked whales (Indopacetus pacificus) stranded in New Caledonia (South Pacific)
ISODA, T., MATSUOKA, K., TAMURA, T. and PASTENE, L. A. Spatial and temporal distribution of floating marine macro debris in the Indo-Pacific region of the Antarctic
Short note
NAKAMURA, G., ZENITANI, R., BANDO, T., FUJISE, Y., YAMAMOTO, R., NISHIMURA, F., HIROSE, A., KIM, Y. and KATO, H. Skeletal measurements on some large cetacean species done by scientists of TUMSAT and ICR
KIM, Y., NISHIMURA, F., BANDO, T., FUJISE, Y., NAKAMURA, G., MURASE, H. and KATO, H. Fetal development in tail flukes of the Antarctic minke whale
BANDO, T. Improved estimates of some life-history parameters of the pelagic subspecies of Bryde's whale in the western North Pacific
MAEDA, H. and KATO, H. Seasonal changes in the earplug germinal layers of North Pacific common minke whales
MATSUOKA, K., HAKAMADA, T. and MIYASHITA, T. A note on recent surveys for right whales Eubalaena japonica in the western North Pacific
DIALLO, S. T., SANE, A., NELSON, T., KATSUMATA, T. and HAKAMADA, T. Cetaceans off Gabon based on a 2011 sighting survey, with a preliminary density estimate of the humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae
SEKIGUCHI, K. Historical Japanese whale sighting surveys in the Chukchi Sea
KATSUMATA, E., NARUSE, S., HOSONO, T. and KATSUMATA, H. Sexual dimorphism in the dorsal fin of Pacific white-sided dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) from coastal waters off Japan
KONISHI, K. and TAMURA, T. Preliminary use of near-infrared spectroscopy to estimate the biochemical components of the muscles of the Antarctic minke whale Balaenoptera bonaerensis
ISODA, T., TAMURA, T. and PASTENE, L. A. Ingestion of marine debris and evidence of entanglements involving Antarctic minke whales (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) sampled in the Indo-Pacific sector of the Antarctic
Review
AKAMATSU, T. A short review of acoustic monitoring of large whales in Japanese waters
KAJI, K. Impact of whale resource management research on sika deer management
Others
WALLØE, L. Historical Records : An analysis of Japanese whale killing data with special emphasis on the use of the electric lance as a secondary killing method
MIYAZAKI, N. Remembering Dr. Seiji Ohsumi: A dream for establishing a research center of marine mammals in the Indian Ocean
Memory of Dr. Seiji Ohsumi 12 July 1930 - 2 November 2019
Full paper
GOTO, M., KITAKADO, T., and PASTENE, L. A. A preliminary study of epigenetic estimation of age of the Antarctic minke whale Balaenoptera bonaerensis
MATSUOKA, K., and HAKAMADA, T. Density distribution of several major whale species in the Indo-Pacific region of Antarctic using JARPA and JARPAII sighting data obtained through 1987/88-2008/09 seasons
YASUNAGA, G., and FUJISE Y. Concentration of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in three species of baleen whales in the western North Pacific
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KISHIRO, T. Satellite tracking of coastal bryde's whales Balaenoptera edeni along the southwest coast of Japan
NAKAMURA, G., RYENG, K. A., KADOWAKI, I., HAYASHI, R., NAGATSUKA, S., HIROSE, A., FUJISE, Y., and HAUG, T. Comparison of shapes of the white flipper patch between two sub-species of common minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)
Short note
HIROSE, A., KISHIDA, T., and NAKAMURA, G. Nasal mucosa resembling an olfactory system in the common minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)
