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• How do albatrosses fly around the world (almost) without flapping their wings? 

  Richardson, Philip L. (2010-08-26)

  Albatrosses fly long distances over the Southern Ocean, even around the world (almost) without flapping their wings, which has raised interest in how they perform such a feat. On a cruise to the South Atlantic I observed ...
• Evidence of resource partitioning between humpback and minke whales around the western Antarctic Peninsula 

  Friedlaender, Ari S.; Lawson, Gareth L.; Halpin, Patrick N. (2008-09-20)

  For closely related sympatric species to coexist, they must differ to some degree in their ecological requirements or niches (e.g., diets) to avoid inter-specific competition. Baleen whales in the Antarctic feed primarily ...
• Gas and gas hydrate distribution around seafloor seeps in Mississippi Canyon, Northern Gulf of Mexico, using multi-resolution seismic imagery 

  Wood, Warren T.; Hart, Patrick E.; Hutchinson, Deborah R.; Dutta, Nadar; Snyder, Fred; Coffin, Richard B.; Gettrust, Joseph F. (Elsevier B.V., 2008-05-10)

  To determine the impact of seeps and focused flow on the occurrence of shallow gas hydrates, several seafloor mounds in the Atwater Valley lease area of the Gulf of Mexico were surveyed with a wide range of seismic ...