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Past and present distribution, densities and movements of blue whales Balaenoptera musculus in the Southern Hemisphere and northern Indian Ocean by Branch, T., Stafford, K., Palacios, D., Allison, C., Bannister, J., Burton, C., Cabrera, E., Carlson, C., Galletti Vernazzani, B., Gill, P., Hucke-Gaete, R., Jenner, K., Jenner, M., Matsuoka, K., Mikhalev, Y., Miyashita, T., Morrice, M., Nishiwaki, S., Sturrock, V., Tormosov, D., Anderson, R., Baker, A., Best, P., Borsa, P., Brownell, R., Childerhouse, S., Findlay, K., Gerrodette, T., Ilangakoon, A., Joergensen, M., Kahn, B., Ljungblad, D., Maughan, B., McCauley, Robert, Mckay, S., Norris, T., Rankin, S., Samaran, F., Thiele, D., Van Waerebeek, K., Warneke, R.

“…Blue whales avoid the oligotrophic central gyres of the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, but are more common where phytoplankton densities are high, and where there are dynamic oceanographic processes like upwelling and frontal meandering. 4. …”
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Migratory patterns and estimated population size of pygmy blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda) traversing the Western Australian coast based on passive acoustics. by McCauley, Robert, Jenner, Curt

“…We know pygmy blue whales reside along the east Australian coast and in the southern Indian Ocean, thus the population estimate for Western Australia is a portion of the larger Indian and western Pacific pygmy blue whale population.…”
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Microsatellite DNA markers to resolve population structure and hybridization of two closely related surgeonfish species, Acanthurus nigricans and Acanthurus leucosternon by Di Battista, Joseph, Feldheim, K., Bowen, B.

“…Ten polymorphic microsatellite loci were developed for sister surgeonfish species: the white cheek surgeonfish (Acanthurus nigricans) which occurs primarily in the Pacific Ocean, and the powder blue tang (Acanthurus leucosternon) in the Indian Ocean. …”
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