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Distribution and ecology of Chaenocephalus aceratus (Channichthyidae) around South Georgia and Shag Rocks (Southern Ocean).
Rock shelves although few fish were caught at Shag Rocks. Analysis of length frequency data indicated ... Abstract: Chaenocephalus aceratus (Family Channicthyidae) is one of the dominant species of ... that growth was fast in the first five years with males and females attaining lengths at first spawning ... of 440 mm TL and 520 mm TL. The diet was comprised of fish and crustaceans, with an ontogenetic shift ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-07/P5 : Author(s): W.D.K Reid, S. Clarke, M.A. Collins and M. Belchier. (Polar Biol., 30 (12): 1523–1533 (2007))
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Observations of Adélie penguins in two seasons with contrasting weather and sea-ice conditions – a brief report
-01 (19 days compared with 13). We suggest a combination of environmental factors operating at ... Abstract: The 2002-03 breeding season in comparison with 2000-01 at Edmondson Point was ... characterised by unusual sea ice and weather condition. Strong southerly winds and snow were experienced at the ... in by the presence of the large icebergs. This resulted in extensive sea ice lasting into February ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-03/59 : Author(s): S. Olmastroni, F. Pezzo, V. Volpi and S. Focardi (Italy)
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On biogeographic patterns of benthic invertebrate mega fauna on shelf areas of the Southern Ocean Atlantic sector
situation is reversed at each region’s easternmost shelves. In terms of composition, the demarcation occurs ... composition at the level of phyla for South Georgia, the South Sandwich Islands, and Bouvet Island. These ... Abstract: The ideal approach to bioregionalisation of Antarctic and Southern Ocean shelf ... communities incorporates a range of data on physical, environmental and biological properties, as well as the ...
Meeting Document : WS-BSO-07/10 : Author(s): S.J. Lockhart and C.D. Jones (USA)
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The state of exploited fish stocks in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean
Patagonotothen brevicauda guntheri. Catches of C. gunnari were highest at about 240,000, 220,000 and 100,000 ... before the fishery started. Recruitment has fallen since the second half of the 1970s. At the present ... the determination of the natural mortality. At high levels of M (0.8-0.9) stock size as well as ... Abstract: Finfish have been harvested in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean since the end ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-VIII/BG/18 : Author(s): Delegation of Federal Republic of Germany
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Foraging location and range of white-chinned petrels Procellaria aequinoctialis breeding in the south Atlantic
at South Georgia were determined using satellite telemetry. Foraging trips during incubation lasted 12–15 ... were determined using satellite telemetry. Foraging trips during incubation lasted 12–15 days ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-01/25 : Author(s): S.D. Berrow, A.G. Wood and P.A. Prince (United Kingdom)
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Foraging location and range of white-chinned petrels Procellaria aequinoctialis breeding in the South Atlantic
at South Georgia were determined using satellite telemetry. Foraging trips during incubation lasted 12-15 ... were determined using satellite telemetry. Foraging trips during incubation lasted 12-15 days ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-99/20 : Author(s): S.D. Berrow, A.G. Wood and P.A. Prince (United Kingdom)
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UPDATE ON INTERSESSIONAL WORK BY THE SUBGROUP ON STATUS AND TRENDS ASSESSMENT OF PREDATOR POPULATIONS (WG-EMM-STAPP)
at estimating krill consumption by pack ice seals, fur seals, penguins and flying seabirds in small ... , reviewing diet and developing energetics models. The major task now requiring attention for estimation of ... krill consumption for SSMUs is the development of foraging distribution models for fur seals and ... penguins, and at-sea abundance distribution models for flying seabirds, to partition at-sea consumption by ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-11/30 : Author(s): C. Southwell, L. Emmerson (Australia), J. Forcada (UK), M. Goebel, J. Hinke, H. Lynch (USA), P. Lyver (New Zealand), J. McKinlay (Australia), N. Ratcliffe (UK), D. Ramm, K. Reid (CCAMLR Secretariat), C. Reiss, W. Trivelpiece, S. Trivelpiece (USA) and P. Trathan (UK)
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INGESTION OF FISHING GEAR AND ENTANGLEMENTS OF SEABIRDS: IMPLICATIONS FOR MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT
non-target species. Although deliberate dumping of plastics at sea is banned, not all fisheries ... of a 16 year dataset collected at Bird Island indicated that the amount of gear found in association ... legislation prohibits discarding of gear (hooks and line) in offal, and compliance is often unknown. Analysis ... with wandering albatross colonies was an order of magnitude greater than in any other species ...
Meeting Document : WG-IMAF-09/10 : Author(s): R.A. Phillips, C. Ridley, N. Harrison (United Kindom), K. Reid (Secretariat), G.N. Tuck (Australia) and P.J.A. Pugh (United Kingdom)
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Temporal scales of foraging in a marine predator: implications for interpreting the distribution of prey
suggested that there was overall clumping of prey at the fine-scale but there was a more even spacing of ... prey patches at the meso-scale level. Only in one year of the study (1990/91) were there indications ... Abstract: The pattern of prey distribution can profoundly affect the foraging behavior and ... success of a predator. In pelagic marine ecosystems, where prey is often patchily distributed, predators ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-95/23 : Author(s): Boyd, I.L.
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The State of Exploited Fish Stocks in the Atlantic Sector of the Southern Ocean in 1988
guntheri. Catches of C. gunnari peaked at about 240,000, 220,000 and 100,000 tonnes in 1976-78, 1982-84 and ... Georgia is less than 5 % of the pristine level at present. Recruitment has dropped since the second half ... at the present level of recruitment. Stock size of C. gunnari, around South Georgia is largely ... Abstract: Finfish have been harvested in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean since the end ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-88/14 : Author(s): K.-H. Kock and F.-W. Köster (FRG)