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1989: Kato, H., Hiroyama, H., Fujise, Y. and Ono, K. 1989. Preliminary report of the 1987/88 Japanese feasibility study of the special permit proposal for Southern Hemisphere minke whales. Rep. int. Whal. Commn 39: 235-248.; Nakamura, T., Ohnishi, S. and Matsumiya, Y. 1989. A Bayesian cohort model for catch-at-age data obtained from research takes of whales. Rep. int. Whal. Commn 39: 375-382.

1990: Butterworth, D. S. and Punt, A. E. 1990. Some preliminary examinations of the potential information content of age-structure data from Antarctic minke whale research catches. Rep. int. Whal. Commn 40: 301-315.; Ichii, T. 1990. Distribution of Antarctic krill concentrations exploited by Japanese krill trawlers and minke whales. Proceedings of the NIPR Symposium on Polar Biology 3: 36-56.Abstract and PDF, CiNii Link; Itoh, S., Takenaga, F. and Tsuyuki, H. 1990. Studies on lipids of the Antarctic minke whale. I. The fatty acid compositions of the minke whale blubber oils caught on 1987/88 season. Yukagaku 39 (7): 486-90. (in Japanese).; Kasamatsu, F., Kishino, H. and Hiroyama, H. 1990. Estimation of the number of minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) schools and individuals based on the 1987/88 Japanese feasibility study data. Rep. int. Whal. Commn 40: 239-247.; Kato, H., Fujise, Y., Yoshida, H., Nakagawa, S., Ishida, M. and Tanifuji, S. 1990. Cruise report and preliminary analysis of the 1988/89 Japanese feasibility study of the special permit proposal for southern hemisphere minke whales. Rep. int. Whal. Commn 40: 289-300.; Kato, H., Kishino, H. and Fujise, Y. 1990. Some analyses on age composition and segregation of southern minke whales using samples obtained by the Japanese feasibility study in 1987/88. Rep. int. Whal. Commn 40: 249-256.; Nagasaki, F. 1990. The Case for Scientific Whaling. Nature 334: 189-190.; Tanaka, S. 1990. Estimation of natural mortality coefficient of whales from the estimates of abundance and age composition data obtained from research catches. Rep. int. Whal. Commn 40: 531-536.

1991: Bergh, M. O., Butterworth, D. S. and Punt, A. E. 1991. Further examination of the potential information content of age-structure data from Antarctic minke whale research catches. Rep. int. Whal. Commn 41: 349-361.; Ichii, T. and Kato, H. 1991. Food and daily food consumption of southern minke whales in the Antarctic. Polar Biology 11: 479-487.; Kasamatsu, F., Kishino, H. and Taga, Y. 1991. Estimation of southern minke whale abundance and school size composition based on the 1988/89 Japanese feasibility study data. Rep. int. Whal. Commn 41: 293-301.; Kato, H., Fujise, Y. and Kishino, H. 1991. Age structure and segregation of southern minke whales by the data obtained during Japanese research take in 1988/89. Rep. int. Whal. Commn 41: 287-292.; Kato, H. and Miyashita, T. 1991. Migration strategy of southern minke whales in relation to reproductive cycles estimated from foetal lengths. Rep. int. Whal. Commn 41: 363-369.; Kato, H., Zenitani, R. and Nakamura, T. 1991. Inter-reader calibration in age readings of earplugs from southern minke whale, with some notes of age readability. Rep. int. Whal. Commn 41: 339-343.; Kishino, H., Kato, H., Kasamatsu, F. and Fujise, Y. 1991. Detection of heterogeneity and estimation of population characteristics from the field survey data: 1987/88 Japanese feasibility study of the Southern Hemisphere minke whales. Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematic 43(3): 435-453.; Nakamura, T. 1991. A new look at a Bayesian cohort model for time-series data obtained from research takes of whales. Rep. int. Whal. Commn 41: 345-348.; Wada, S., Kobayashi, T. and Numachi, K. 1991. Genetic Variability and Differentiation of Mitochondrial DNA in Minke Whales. Rep. int. Whal. Commn (special issue 13): 203-215.

1992: Nakamura, T. 1992. Simulation trials of a Bayesian cohort model for time-series data obtained from research takes of whales. Rep. int. Whal. Commn 42: 421-427.; Tanaka, S., Kasamatsu, F. and Fujise, Y. 1992. Likely precision of estimates of natural mortality rates from Japanese research data for Southern Hemisphere minke whales. Rep. int. Whal. Commn 42: 413-420.

1993: Fujise, Y., Ishikawa, H., Saino, S., Nagano, M., Ishii, K., Kawaguchi, S., Tanifuji, S., Kawashima, S. and Miyakoshi H. 1993. Cruise report of the 1991/92 Japanese research in Area IV under the special permit for Southern Hemisphere minke whales. Rep. int. Whal. Commn 43: 357-371.; Hasunuma, R., Ogawa, T., Fujise, Y. and Kawanishi, Y. 1993. Analysis of selenium metabolites in urine samples of minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) using ion exchange chromatography. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 104C (1): 87-89.; Itoh, S., Takenaga, F. and Tsuyuki, H. 1993. Studies on lipids of the Antarctic minke whale. II. The fatty acid compositions of the blubber oils of minke whale and dwarf minke whale caught on 1988/89 and 1989/90 seasons. Yukagaku 42(12): 1007-1011. (in Japanese).; Iwata, H., Tanabe, S., Sakai, N., and Tatsukawa, R. 1993. Distribution of persistent organochlorines in the oceanic air and surface seawater and the role of ocean on their global transport and fate. Environ. Sci. Technol. 27: 1080-1098.; Kasamatsu, F., Yamamoto, Y., Zenitani, R., Ishikawa, H., Ishibashi, T., Sato, H., Takashima, K. and Tanifuji, S. 1993. Report of the 1990/91 southern minke whale research cruise under scientific permit in Area V. Rep. int. Whal. Commn 43: 505-522.; Nakamura, T. 1993. Two-stage Bayesian cohort model for time-series data to reduce bias in the estimate of mean natural mortality rate. Rep. int. Whal. Commn 43: 343-348.; Pastene, L.A., Kobayashi, T., Fujise, Y. and Numachi, K. 1993b. Mitochondrial DNA differentiation in Antarctic minke whales. Rep. int. Whal. Commn 43: 349-355.

1994: Kimoto, H., Endo, Y. and Fujimoto, K. 1994. Influence of interesterification on the oxidative stability of marine oil triacylglycerols. Journal of American Oil Chemists Society 71(5): 469-473.; Pastene, L.A., Fujise, Y. and Numachi, K. 1994. Differentiation of mitochondrial DNA between ordinary and dwarf forms of southern minke whale. Rep. int. Whal. Commn 44: 277-281.; Yoshioka, M., Okumura, T., Aida, K . and Fujise, Y. 1994. A proposed technique for quantifying muscle progesterone content in the minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata). Canadian Journal of Zoology 72: 368-370.

1995: Fukui, Y., Mogoe, T., Terawaki, Y., Ishikawa, H., Fujise, Y. and Ohsumi, S. 1995. Relationship between physiological status and serum constituent values in minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata). Journal of Reproduction and Development 41(3): 203-208. Abstract and PDF, J-STAGE Link; Ishikawa,H., Amasaki,H. 1995. Development and Physiological Degradation of Tooth Buds and Development of Rudiment of Baleen Plate in Southern Minke Whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata. The Journal of Veterinary Medical Science: 665-670. Abstract and PDF, CiNii Link; Kasamatsu, F., Nishiwaki,S. and Ishikawa,H. 1995. Breeding areas and southbound migrations of southern minke whales Balaenoptera acutorostrata. Mar. Ecol. Preg. Ser. 119:1-10. Abstract and PDF, Marine Ecology Link

1996: Bakke, I. Johansen, S., Bakke, O. and El-Gewely, M.R. 1996. Lack of population subdivision among the minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) from Icelandic and Norwegian waters based on mitochondrial DNA sequences. Marine Biology 125: 1-9.; Butterworth, D. S. and Geromont, H. F. 1996. On the provision of advice on the effect on stock(s) of scientific permit catches, with particular reference to proposed research catches of minke whales from Antarctic Area IV. Rep. int. Whal. Commn 46: 653-655.; Butterworth, D. S., Punt, A. E., Geromont, H. F., Kato, H. and Miyashita, T. 1996. An adapt approach to the analysis of catch-at-age information for Southern Hemisphere minke whales. Rep. int. Whal. Commn 46: 349-359.; Fukui, Y., Mogoe, T., Jung, Y.G., Terawaki, Y., Miyamoto, A., Ishikawa, H., Fujise, Y. and Ohsumi, S. 1996. Relationships among morphological status, steroid hormones, and post-thawing viability of frozen spermatozoa of male minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata). Marine Mammal Science 12(1): 28-37.; Iga, K., Fukui, Y., Miyamoto, A., Ishikawa, H. and Ohsumi, S. 1996. Endocrinological observations of female minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata). Marine Mammal Science 12(2): 296-301.; Matsuoka, K., Fujise, Y. and Pastene, L.A. 1996. A sighting of a large school of the pygmy right whale, Caperea marginata in the southeast Indian Ocean. Marine Mammal Science 12(4): 594-597.; Pastene, L.A., Goto, M., Itoh, S. and Numachi, K. 1996. Spatial and temporal patterns of mitochondrial DNA variation in minke whale from Antarctic Areas IV and V. Rep. int. Whal. Commn 46: 305-314.

1997: Aono, S., Tanabe, S., Fujise, Y., Kato, H. and Tatsukawa, R. 1997. Persistent organochlorines in minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) and their prey species from the Antarctic and the North Pacific. Environmental Pollution 98: 81-89.; Fukui, Y., Mogoe, T., Ishikawa, H. and Ohsumi, S. 1997a. Factors affecting in vitro maturation of minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) follicular oocytes. Biology of Reproduction 56: 523-528. Abstract and PDF, Biology of Reproduction Link; Fukui, Y., Mogoe, T., Ishikawa, H. and Ohsumi S. 1997b. In Vitro Fertilization of in Vitro Matured Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) Follicular Oocytes. Marine Mammal Science 13(3): 395-404.

1998: Ichii, T., Shinohara, N., Fujise, Y., Nishiwaki, S. and Matsuoka, K. 1998. Interannual changes in body fat condition index of minke whales in the Antarctic. Marine Ecology Progress Series 175: 1-12. Abstract and PDF, Marine Ecology Link; Ito, S., Takenaga, F. and Tsuyuki, H. 1998. Lipids in Antarctic Minke Whales III. Site and Sexual Differences of Muscle Lipids. J. Jpn. Oil Chem. Soc. 47(2): 191-194. (in Japanese).; Kida, M.Y. 1998. Morphology of the Tracheobronchial Tree and the Route of the Pulmonary Artery in the Fetal Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata). Okajimas Folia Anat. Jpn.75(5): 251-258.; Mogoe, T., Fukui, Y., Ishikawa, H. and Ohsumi, S. 1998a. Morphological Observations of Frozen-Thawed Spermatozoa of Southen Minke Whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata). Journal of Reproduction and Development 44(1): 95-100. Abstract and PDF, J-STAGE Link; Mogoe, T., Fukui, Y., Ishikawa, H. and Ohsumi S. 1998b. Effects of Diluent Composition and Temperature on Motility and Viability After Liquid Storage and cryopreservation of Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) Spermatozoa. Marine Mammal Science 14(4): 854-860.; Nagasawa, K., Yamada, T.K. and Ishikawa, H. 1998. Measurements of the skeleton of a minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) from the Antarctic Ocean. Bulletin of the Yamagata Prefectural Museum 20: 1-19.; Terabayashi, T. and Kawanishi, Y. 1998. Natrally occurring ganglioside lactones in Minke whale brain. Carbohydrate Research 307(1998): 281-290.

1999: Bannister, J.L., Pastene, L.A. and Burnell, S.R. 1999. First record of movement of a southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) between warm water breeding grounds and the Antarctic ocean, South of 60°S. Marine Mammal Science 15(4): 1337-1342.; Butterworth, D. S., Punt, A. E. Geromont, H. F., Kato, H. and Fujise, Y. 1999. Inferences on the dynamics of Southern Hemisphere minke whales from ADAPT analyses of catch-at-age information. J. Cetacean Res. Manage. 1(1): 11-32.; Ishikawa, H., Amasaki, H., Dohguchi, H., Furuya, A. and Suzuki, K. 1999. Immunohistological distributions of fibronectin, tenascin, type I, III and IV collagens, and laminin during tooth development and degeneration in fetuses of minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata. The Journal of Veterinary Medical Science 61(3): 227-232. Abstract and PDF, CiNii Link

2000: Asada, M., Horii, M., Mogoe, T., Fukui, Y., Ishikawa, H. and Ohsumi, S. 2000. In Vitro Maturation and Ultrastructural Observation of Cryopreserved Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) Follicular Oocytes. Biology of Reproduction 62(2): 253-259. Abstract and PDF, Biology of Reproduction Link; Kasamatsu, F., Matsuoka, K. and Hakamada, T. 2000. Interspecific relationships in density among the whale community in the Antarctic. Polar Biol. (2000) 23: 466-473.; Mogoe, T., Suzuki, T., Asada, M., Fukui, Y., Ishikawa, H. and Ohsumi, S. 2000. Functional reduction of the Southern minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) testis during the feeding season. Marine Mammal Science 16(3): 559-569.; Rosenbaum, H.C., Brownell JR,R.L., Brown,M.W., Schaeff,C., Portway,V., White,B.N., Malik,S., Pastene,L.A., Pateneude,N.J., Baker,C.S., Goto,M., Best,P.B., Clapham,P.J., Hamilton,P., Moore,M., Payne,R., Rowntree,V., Tynan,C.T., Bannister,J.L., DeSalle,R. 2000: World-wide genetic differentiation of Eubalaena: questioning the number of right whale species. Molecular Ecology 9:1793-1802.; Wei, H., and Fukui, Y. 2000. Fertilizability of ovine, bovine or minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) spermatozoa intracytoplasmically injected into bovine oocytes. Zygote 8(3): 267-274.

2001: Asada, M., Tetsuka, M., Ishikawa, H., Ohsumi, S. and Fukui, Y. 2001. Improvement on in Vitro Maturation, Fertilization and Development of Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) Oocytes. Theriogenology 56: 521-533.; Asada, M., Wei, H., Nagayama, R., Tetsuka, M., Ishikawa, H., Ohsumi, S. and Fukui, Y. 2001. An attempt at intracytoplasmic sperm injection of frozen-thawed minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) oocytes. Zygote 9 (November): 299-307.; Suzuki, T., Mogoe, T., Asada, M., Miyamoto, A., Tetsuka, M., Ishikawa, H., Ohsumi, S., Fukui, Y. 2001. Plasma and pituitary concentrations of gonadotropins (FSH and LH) in minke whales(Balaenoptera acutorostrata) during the feeding season. Theriogenology 55(5): 1127-1141.

2002: Abe, H. and Goto, M. 2002. The Application of Microsatellite DNA for Determining Population Structure of Minke Whale. pp. 109-113. In: Nishimura, A. ed. Technical Reports of the Hokkaido National Fisheries Research Institute No.5. pp.113. Hokkaido National Fisheries Research Institute, Hokkaido.; Kunito, T., Watanabe, I., Yasunaga, G., Fujise, Y. and Tanabe, S. 2002. Using trace elements in skin to discriminate the populations of minke whale in southern hemisphere. Marine Environmental Research 53: 175-197.; Murase, H., Matsuoka, K., Ichii, T. and Nishiwaki, S. 2002. Relationship between the distribution of euphausiids and baleen whales in the Antarctic (35°E-145°W). Polar Biol 25: 135-145.; Pastene, L.A., Goto, M. and Kanda, N. 2002. The utility of DNA analysis for the management and conservation of large whales. Fisheries Science 68 (Supp. I): 286-289. (Proceedings of International Commemorative Symposium, 70th Anniversary of the Japanese Society of Fisheries Science).; Suzuki, M., Ishikawa, H., Otani, S., Tobayama, T., Katsumata, E., Ueda, K., Uchida, S., Yoshioka, M. and Aida, K. 2002. The characteristics of adrenal glands and its hormones in cetacean. Fisheries Science 68 (Supp. I): 272-275. (Proceedings of International Commemorative Symposium, 70th Anniversary of the Japanese Society of Fisheries Science).; Urashima, T., Sato, H., Munakata, J., Nakamura, T., Arai, I., Saito, T., Tetsuka, M., Fukui, Y., Ishikawa, H., Lyndersen, C. and Kovacs, K. M. 2002. Chemical characterization of the oligosaccharides in beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) and Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) milk. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B 132: 611-624.

2003: Hayashi, K., Nishida, S., Yoshida, H., Goto, M., Pastene, L.A. and Koike, H. 2003. Sequence variation of the DQB allele in the cetacean MHC. Mammal Study 28: 89-96. Abstract and PDF, J-STAGE Link; Nishida, S., Hayashi, K., Pastene, L.A., Goto, M., Kanda, N. and Koike, H. 2003. Polymorphic analysis of cetacean MHC - A case study on the minke whales -. Mammalian Science 3: 75-78. (in Japanese).; Nishida, S., Pastene, L.A., Goto, M. and Kanda, N. 2003. SRY gene structure and phylogeny in the cetacean species. Mammal Study 28: 57-66. Abstract and PDF, J-STAGE Link; Ohishi, K., Zenitani, R., Bando, T., Goto, Y., Uchida, K., Maruyama, T., Yamamoto, S., Miyazaki, N. and Fujise, Y. 2003. Pathological and serological evidence of Brucella-infection in baleen whales (Mysticeti) in the western North Pacific. Comparative Immunology Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 26: 125-136.

2004: Amemiya, K., Iwanami, Y., Kobayashi, T., Terao, T., Fukui, Y., Ishikawa, H., Ohsumi, S., Hirabayashi, M. and Hochi, S. 2004. Acquirement of Oocyte-activating Factor in Antarctic Minke Whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) Spermatogenic Cells, Assessed by Meiosis Resumption of Microinseminated Mouse Oocytes. J. Mamm. Ova Res. 21: 149-156. Abstract and PDF, J-STAGE Link; Fujihira, T., Kinoshita, M., Sasaki, M., Ohnishi, M., Ishikawa, H., Ohsumi, S. and Fukui, Y. 2004. Comparative Studies on Lipid Analysis and Ultrastructure in Porcine and Southern Minke Whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) Oocytes. Journal of Reproduction and Development 50(5): 525-532. Abstract and PDF, J-STAGE Link; Fukui, Y., Togawa, M., Abe, N., Takano, Y., Asada, M., Okada, A., Iida, K., Ishikawa, H. and Ohsumi, S. 2004. Validation of the Sperm Quality Analyzer and the Hypo-osmotic Swelling Test for Frozen-thawed Ram and Minke Whale (Balaenoptera bonarensis) Spermatozoa. Journal of Reproduction and Development 50(1): 147-154.Abstract and PDF, J-STAGE Link; Ikumi, S., Sawai, K., Takeuchi, Y., Iwayama, H., Ishikawa, H., Ohsumi, S. and Fukui, Y. 2004. Interspecies Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer for In Vitro Production of Antarctic Minke Whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) Embryos. Cloning and Stem Cells 6(3): 284-293.; Iwayama, H., Hochi, S., Kato, M., Hirabayashi, M., Kuwayama, M., Ishikawa, H., Ohsumi, S. and Fukui, Y. 2004. Effects of cryodevice type and donor's sexual maturity on vitrification of minke whale(Balaenoptera bonaerensis) oocytes at germinal vesicle-stage. Zygote 12(4): 333-338.; Muranishi, Y., Sasaki, M., Hayashi, K., Abe, N., Fujihira, T., Ishikawa, H., Ohsumi, S., Miyamoto, A. and Fukui, Y. 2004. Relationship between the appearance of preantral follicles in the fetal ovary of Antarctic minke whales (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) and hormone concentrations in the fetal heart, umbilical cord and maternal blood. Zygote 12: 125-132.; Tetsuka, M., Asada, M., Mogoe, T., Fukui, Y., Ishikawa, H. and Ohsumi, S. 2004. The Pattern of Ovarian Development in the Prepubertal Antarctic Minke Whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis). Journal of Reproduction and Development 50(4): 381-389. Abstract and PDF, J-STAGE Link; Watanabe, H., Mogoe, T., Asada, M., Hayashi, K., Fujise, Y., Ishikawa, H., Ohsumi, S., Miyamoto, A. and Fukui, Y. 2004. Relationship between Serum Sex Hormone Concentrations and Histology of Seminiferous Tubules of Captured Baleen Whales in the Western North Pacific during the Feeding Season. Journal of Reproduction and Development 50(4): 419-427. Abstract and PDF, J-STAGE Link

2005: Ishikawa, H. and Shigemune, H. 2005. Improvements in More Humane Killing Methods of Antarctic Minke Whales, Balaenoptera bonaerensis, in the Japanese Whale Research Program under Special Permit in the Antarctic Sea (JARPA). Jpn. J. Zoo Wildl. Med. 10(1): 27-34.; Iwayama, H., Ishikawa, H., Ohsumi, S. and Fukui, Y. 2005. Attempt at In Vitro Maturation of Minke Whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) Oocytes Using a Portable CO2 Incubator. Journal of Reproduction and Development 51(1): 69-75. Abstract and PDF, J-STAGE Link; Matsuoka, K., Pitman, R. and Marques, F. 2005. A note on a pigmy right whale (Caperea marginata) sighting in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. J.Cetacean Res.Manage 7(1): 71-73.; Matsuoka, K., Hakamada, T., Kiwada, H., Murase, H. and Nishiwaki, S. 2005. Abundance Increases of Large Baleen Whales in the Antarctic based on the Sighting Survey during Japanese Whale Research Program (JARPA). Global Environmental Research 9(2): 105-115.; Nikaido, M., Sasaki, T., Makino, H., Goto, M., Kanda, N., Pastene, L.A. and Okada, N. 2005. Phylogenetic reconstruction of baleen whales and detection of their past extensive radiation event by the SINE insertion analysis. Fossils 77: 22-28 (in Japanese) .; Sasaki, T., Nikaido, M., Hamilton, H., Goto, M., Kato, H., Kanda, N., Pastene, L.A., Cao, Y., Fordyce, R.E., Hasegawa, M. and Okada, N. 2005. Mitochondrial Phylogenetics and Evolution of Mysticete Whales. Systematic Biology 54(1): 77-90.

2006: Fujihira, T., Kobayashi, M., Hochi, S., Hirabayashi, M., Ishikawa, H., Ohsumi, S. and Fukui, Y. 2006. Developmental capacity of Antarctic minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) vitrified oocytes following in vitro maturation, and parthenogenetic activation or intracytoplasmic sperm injection. Zygote 14: 89-95.; Honda, K., Aoki, M. and Fujise, Y. 2006. Ecochemical Approach Using Mercury Accumulation of Antarctic Minke Whale, Balaenoptera bonaerensis, as Tracer of Historical Change of Antarctic Marine Ecosystem During 1980-1999. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 76: 140-147.; Iwanami, K., Mita, H., Yamamoto, Y., Fujise, Y., Yamada, T. and Suzuki, T. 2006. cDNA-derived amino acid sequences of myoglobins from nine species of whales and dolphins. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol. 145:249-56.; Kobayashi, T., Amemiya, K., Takeuchi, K., Tsujioka, T., Tominaga, K., Hirabayashi, M., Ishikawa, H., Fukui, Y. and Hochi, S. 2006. Contribution of spermatozoal centrosomes to the microtubule-organizing centre in Antarctic minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis). Zygote 14(1): 45-51.; Konishi, K. 2006. Characteristics of blubber distribution and body condition indicators for Antarctic minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis). Mammal Study 31: 15-22. Abstract and PDF, J-STAGE Link; Mori, M. and Butterworth, D.S. 2006. A first step towards modelling the krill-predator dynamics of the Antarctic ecosystem. CCAMLR Science 13: 217-277. PDF, CCAMLR Science Link; Nikaido, M., Hamilton, H., Makino, H., Sasaki, T., Takahashi, K., Goto, M., Kanda, N., Pastene, L.A. and Okada, N. 2006. Baleen whale phylogeny and a past extensive radiation event revealed by SINE insertion analysis. Molecular Biology and Evolution 23(5): 866-873. Abstract and PDF, Molecular Biology and Evolution Link; Yabuki, T., Suga, T., Hanawa, K., Matsuoka, K., Kiwada, H. and Watanabe, T. 2006. Possible Source of the Antarctic Bottom Water in the Prydz Bay Region. Journal of Oceanography 62(5): 649-655.

2007: Asada, M., Tetsuka, M., Ishikawa, H., Ohsumi, S. and Fukui, Y. 2007. Ultrastructural Changes during Maturation and Cryopreservation of Follicular Oosytes of Antarctic Minke Whales (Balaenoptera bonaerensis). Japanese Journal of Zoo Wildlife and Medicine 12(1): 51-66.; Branch, T.A., Stafford, K.M., Palacios, D.M., Allison, C., Bannister, J.L., Burton, C.L.K., Cabrera, E., Carlson, C.A., Galletti Vernazzani, B., Gill, P.C., Hucke-Gaete, R., Jenner, K.C.S., Jenner, Mn. M., Matsuoka, K., Mikhalev, Y.A., Miyashita, T., Morrice, M.G., Nishiwaki, S., Sturrock, V.J., Tormosov, D., Anderson, R.C., Baker, A.N., Best, P.B., Borsa, P., Brownell Jr, R.L., Childerhouse, S., Findlay, K.P., Gerrodette, T., Ilangakoon, A.D., Joergensen, M., Kahn, B., Ljungblad, D.K., Maughan, B., Mccauley, R.D., Mckay, S., Norris, T.F., Oman Whale and Dolphin Research Group, Rankin, S., Samaran, F., Thiele, D., Van Waerebeek, K. and Warneke, R.M. 2007. Past and present distribution, densities and movements of blue whales in the Southern Hemisphere and adjacent waters. Mammal Rev 37(2): 116-175.; LeDuc, R.G., Dizon, A.E., Goto, M., Pastene, L.A., Kato, H., Nishiwaki, S. and Brownell, R.L. 2007. Patterns of genetic variation in southern hemisphere blue whales, and the use of assignment test to detect mixing on the feeding grounds. J. Cetacean Res. Manage. 9(1): 73-80.; Nagai, H., Mogoe, T., Ishikawa, H., Hochi, S., Ohsumi, S. and Fukui, Y. 2007. Follicle Size-Dependent Changes in Follicular Fluid Components and Oocyte Diameter in Antarctic Minke Whales (Balaenoptera bonaerensis). Journal of Reproduction and Development 53(6): 1265-1272.; Nishida, S., Goto, M., Pastene, L.A., Kanda, N. and Koike, H. 2007. Phylogenetic Relationships Among Cetaceans Revealed by Y-Chromosome Sequences.Zoological Science 24(7): 723-732.; Onbe, K. Nishida, S., Sone, E., Kanda, N., Goto, M., Pastene, L.A., Tanabe, S. and Koike, H. 2007. Sequence Variation in the Tbx4 Gene in Marine Mammals?E?EI>Zoological Science 24(5): 449-464.; Pastene, L.A., Goto, M., Kanda, N., Zerbini, A.N., Kerem, D., Watanabe, K., Bessho, Y., Hasegawa, M., Nielsen, R., Larsen, F. and PalsbA，ll, P.J. 2007. Radiation and speciation of pelagic organisms during periods of global warming: the case of the common minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata. Molecular Ecology 16: 1481-1495.

2008

Ishikawa, H. and Shigemune, H. 2008. Comparative Experiment of Whaling Grenades in the Japanese Whale Research Program under Special Permit (JARPA and JARPN). Jpn. J. Zoo Wildl. Med. 13(1): 21-28.

Konishi, K., Tamura, T., Zenitani, R., Bando, T., Kato, H. and WallA，e, L. 2008. Decline in energy storage in the Antarctic minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) in the Southern Ocean. Polar Biol: 31: 1509-1520.

Yunoki, K., Ishikawa, H., Fukui, Y. and Ohnishi, M. 2008. Chemical Properties of Epidermal Lipids, Especially Sphingolipids, of the Antarctic Minke Whale. Lipids (2008) 43: 151-159.