MAIN PUBLICATIONS ON PREVIOUS SIMILAR PROJECTS:
Van Franeker, J.A. 1989. Seabirds, seals and whales. in: Hempel, I.,
P.H. Schalk and V. Smetacek (eds). The Expedition Antarktis VII/3 (EPOS LEG 2) of R.V. 'POLARSTERN' in 1988/1989. Berichte zur Polarforschung 65: 172-179.
Van Franeker, J.A. 1992. Top predators as indicators for ecosystem
events in the confluence zone and marginal ice zone of the Weddell and Scotia seas, Antarctica, November 1988 to January 1989 (EPOS Leg 2). Polar Biol. 12: 93-102.
Schalk, P.H., Brey, T., Bathmann, U., Arntz, W., Gerdes, D., Dieckmann, G., Ekau, W., Gradinger, R., Plotz, J., Nothig, E., Schnack-Schiel, S.B., Siegel, V., Smetacek, V.S., & Van Franeker, J.A. 1993. Towards a conceptual model of the Weddell Sea ecosystem, Antarctica, In: Christensen, V. and Pauly, D. (Eds.). Trophic models of aquatic ecosystems. ICLARM Conf. Proc. 26: 323-327.
Van Franeker, J.A. 1994. A comparison of methods for counting seabirds at sea in the Southern Ocean. J. Field Ornithol. 65(1):96-108.
Van Franeker, J.A. 1996. Pelagic distribution and numbers of the Antarctic Petrel Thalassoica antarctica in the Weddell Sea during spring. Polar Biology 16: 565-572.
Van Franeker, J.A. 1996. Long term studies of Antarctic Fulmarine
Petrels and the role of top predators in the Southern Ocean pelagic
ecosystem Circumpolar Journal 11(1/2): 97-102.
Van Franeker, J.A., & Van den Brink, N.W. 1997. Censuses of marine
birds and mammals. pp 116-121 in: U.Bathmann, M.Lucas & V.Smetacek
(eds). The Expeditions ANTARKTIS XIII/1-2 of the Research Vessel 'POLARSTERN' in 1995/96. Berichte zur Polarforschung Nr.221.
Van Franeker, J.A., Bathmann, U.V., & Mathot, S. 1997. Carbon fluxes to Antarctic top predators. Deep Sea Research II 44(1/2): 435-455.
Van Franeker, J.A., Gavrilo, M., Mehlum, F., Veit, R.R. & Woehler, E.J. 1999. Distribution and abundance of the Antarctic Petrel. Waterbirds 22(1): 14-28.
Van Franeker, J.A. 2000. Censuses of marine birds and mammals. Berichte zur Polarforschung 364: 101-109.
Van Franeker, J.A. 2001. Mirrors in ice - Fulmarine petrels and Antarctic ecosystems. PhD Thesis, University of Groningen, 12-Jan-2001. Alterra, Texel. 274pp. ISBN 90-367-1352-8.
Van Franeker, J.A., Van den Brink, N.W., Bathmann, U.V., Pollard, R.T., de Baar, H.J.W. & Wolff, W.J. 2002. Responses of seabirds, in particular prions (Pachyptila sp.), to small scale processes in the Antarctic Polar Front. Deep-Sea Research II 49: 3931-3950.
Van Franeker, J.A. 2002. Marine birds and seals around the Marguerite Bay and Bellingshausen Sea areas. Berichte zur Polar- und Meeresforschung 407: 76-82.
Van Franeker, J.A., Flores, H., Meijboom, A. & Van Dorssen, M. 2005. Spatial patterns in food requirements of marine birds and mammals in the Lazarev Sea, April 2004 (Polarstern ANT-XXI-4, SO-GLOBEC). Berichte zur Polarforschung 500: 206-211.
Van Franeker, J.A. 2007. Seabirds at sea. pp 870-874 in: Riffenburgh, B. (Ed.) Encyclopedia of the Antarctic. Routledge, New York.
Flores, H., Haas, C., Van Franeker, J.A. & Meesters, E. 2008. Density of pack-ice seals and penguins in the western Weddell Sea in relation to ice thickness and ocean depth. Deep-Sea Research II 55: 1068-1074.
Van Franeker, J.A., Flores, H. & Van Dorssen, M. 2009. The Surface and Under-Ice Trawl (SUIT). p 180-187 (Chpt 9) in: Flores, H., Frozen Desert Alive - the role of sea ice for pelagic macrofauna and its predators: implications for the Antarctic pack-ice food web. PhD Thesis, University of Groningen. 1 Mei 2009. Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, 240pp.
Delauyed IN PRESS
Berichte Zur Polarforschung Expeditie ANT-23-6 Winter 2006 “in press”
Van Franeker, J.A., Fijn, R., Flores, H., Meijboom, A. & Van Dorssen, M. ip. Marine birds and mammals wintering in the Lazarev Sea: further evidence of a major role of sea ice in structuring the Antarctic foodweb (Polarstern ANT-XXIII-6, LAKRIS winter expedition). Berichte zur Polarforschung (in press).
Berichte Zur Polarforschung Expeditie ANT-24-2 2007-08 “in press” Van Franeker, J.A., Feij, B., Flores, H., Meijboom, A. & Van Dorssen, M. in press. Marine birds and mammals in the Lazarev Sea: the summer influx (Polarstern ANT-24-2, LAKRIS summer expedition). Berichte zur Polarforschung in press.