* * * * * Antarctic Baleen Whales * * * * *

1. Whaling Operations in the Southern Hemisphere

2. Commercially Important Whale Species

3. Baleen Whale Catches in the Antarctic

4. Whale Factory Ships and Catch Boats

5. A Loaded Harpoon Gun

6. A Whale Catcher Boat near South Georgia

7. A Blue Whale Carcass on a Norwegian Factory Ship

8. Stages in the Development of the Floating Factory

9. Circulation in the Southern Ocean

10. Seasonal Growth of the Antarctic Sea Ice

11. Circulation Patterns in the Southern Ocean

12. The Distribution of Antarctic Krill, Euphausia superba

13. Annual Whale Migration Patterns

14. The Southern Ocean Food Web

15. The von Bertalanffy Growth Equation

16. The von Bertalanffy Growth Equation (cont.)

17. Female Fin Whale Length-at-Age

18. The Length vs Weight Relationship

19. Model for Survival

20. Model for Survival (cont.)

21. Maturity Ogive for Female Southern Fin Whales

22. The Baleen Whale Breeding Cycle

23. Lifetime Reproductive Output

24. Lifetime Reproductive Output (cont.)

25. Fin Whale Reproductive Potential

26. Logistic Growth

27. Logistic Growth (cont.)

28. Logistic Growth (cont.)

29. Schaefer's Surplus-Production Model

30. Density Dependence

31. Apparent Changes in Fin Whale Age-at-Maturity

32. Apparent Changes in Fin Whale Maturity-at-Age

33. Apparent Changes in Fin Whale Pregnancy Rates

34. Management of Southern Whaling Operations

35. The 1946 Whaling Convention

36. The Committee of Three Scientists

37. References