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Whales and Wildlife in the Auckland Islands
March 7, 2009
Scott Kraus director, research, New England Aquarium

Scott Kraus discusses how wildlife in the Auckland Islands can serve as control groups for evaluating stresses on oceanic animals in areas that sustain intensive and widespread human activities.

Three hundred miles south of New Zealand, the Auckland Islands are a wildlife refuge for thousands of seabirds (penguins, albatross, and petrels), Hookers sea lions, and calving South Atlantic right whales. A research expedition to these islands revealed that the animals here exhibit characteristics of undisturbed marine wildlife from pre-historic times.

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Animals & Insects | marine life | marine sanctuary | right whales | seabirds | Biodiversity | Energy & Conservation | Environment | Habitat | Humans & Nature | Oceans & Aquatic Life
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Image of The Urban Whale: North Atlantic Right Whales at the Crossroads
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Publisher: Harvard University Press (2007)
Binding: Hardcover, 576 pages
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