CONTENTS 



The Older Stages 



Economic and ecological importance . 

 Sizes and quantities eaten by baleen whales 

 Influence on the foetal growth rate of whales 

 Patchiness ..... 

 Habits and behaviour . 

 Vertical distribution and migration 

 Absolute density .... 

 Food 



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Nets 



Faecal pellets .... 



Spawning and hatching 

 Speed of the Cold Bottom Water 

 Causes of Patchiness 



Impact of the Swarms on the Ocean Pastures 

 Happening of the Whales upon the Swarms 

 Impact of the Whales on the Swarms . 

 Intimate Structure of the Swarms 

 Growth as Individuals and Swarms 



Moulting 



Reaction of Larvae, Adolescents and Adults to Ship 

 Vertical Distribution and Migration Reconsidered 

 Corrections Applied to the Catch-Figures . 

 Horizontal Distribution, Growth and Dynamics of Dispersal 



Introduction and plan of presentation . 



The eggs and larvae from the vertical samples 



The larvae, adolescents and adults from the oblique and horizontal samples 

 Distribution of Surface Discoloration and its Relationship to the 



OF THE Surface Population 



The Larval Populating of the East Wind-Weddell Surface Stream as an 



Local Distribution. The South Georgia Whaling Grounds 



The Coastal Topography of Antarctica and its Influence on the 



Conservation of the Surface Population 



Euphausia superha and E. triacantha ....... 



The Feeding Migrations of the Baleen Whales. Their Possible Origin 



Review OF Dynamics of Distributional Control 



Summary 



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References 



Plate III 



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Gross Distribution 



Annual Event 



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Depletion and 



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