Numerous marine taxa become entangled in anthropogenic marine debris, including
cartilaginous fishes (class: Chondrichthyes, eg elasmobranchs [sharks, skates and rays] …

Benthic communities living in shallow-shelf habitats in Antarctica (< 100-m depth) are
archaic in structure and function compared to shallow-water communities elsewhere …

Marine benthic communities living in shallow-water habitats (< 100 m depth) in Antarctica
possess characteristics reminiscent of Paleozoic marine communities and modern deep-sea …

Eocene climate cooling, driven by the falling pCO2 and tectonic changes in the Southern
Ocean, impacted marine ecosystems. Sharks in high‐latitude oceans, sensitive to these …

The evolution of large marine mammals and their invasion of the pelagic realm is tied to the
availability of sufficient food, which in turn is linked to upwelling areas and other highly …

Eocene penguin remains from Seymour Island (Antarctica) are so far the old− est− known
record of extinct Sphenisciformes. Rich Argentine and Polish collections of pen− guin bones …

ABSTRACT The Eocene La Meseta Formation on Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula, is
known for its remarkable wealth of fossil remains of chondrichthyans and teleosts …

Clay mineral, sedimentological and geochemical data show that the northern Antarctic
Peninsula (Seymour Island, La Meseta Formation) experienced a climatic deterioration from …

Antarctic Eocene selachians were reported from the La Meseta Formation of Seymour Island
and from glacial erratics of Mount Discovery, Antarctica. Seymour Island has produced the …

Seven endemic species of skates (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae) represent the only family of
elasmobranchs currently known to live in Antarctic continental waters. Many previous …