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1. Distributions and predator-prey interactions of macaroni penguins, Antarctic fur seals, and Antarctic krill near Bird Island, South Georgia

   factored out, we were able to demonstrate an additional influence of Antarctic krill abundance at ... measurement scales between 10 and 100 km for Antarctic fur seals and for macaroni penguins at the scale of 70 ... Abstract:  We studied the distributions, abundances and interactions of macaroni penguins Eudyptes ... . Simultaneous surveys of marine birds, Antarctic fur seals and Antarctic krill were conducted along a series of ...

   Meeting Document : WG-CEMP-93/12 : Author(s): G.L. Hunt, Jr (USA), D. Heinemann (USA) and I. Everson (United Kingdom)

2. Scientific background document in support of the development of a CCAMLR MPA in the Weddell Sea (Antarctica) – Version 2017 – Reflection of the recommendations by WG-EMM-16 and SC-CAMLR-XXXV

   in support of the development of a CCAMLR MPA in the Weddell Sea. Germany was asked to carry out ... further work, in particular regarding the issues and questions raised at WG-EMM-16 and SC-CAMLR-XXXV. Here ... , the Delegation of Germany intends to update the Scientific Committee on the current state of the work ... carried out during the 2016/2017 intersessional period. Chapter 1 of this working group paper informs on ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXXVI/BG/28 : Author(s): Delegation of Germany

3. Climate change and precautionary spatial protection: ice shelves

   , particularly in the Antarctic Peninsula region. One of the most evident signs of climate change has been ice ... shelf collapse; overall, 87% of the Peninsula’s glaciers have retreated in recent decades. Ice shelf ... collapse will lead to new marine habitats and to biological colonisation. Colonisation of these habitats ... to return that were last present during the last interglacial, a warmer period than at present. In ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXX/13 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom

4. Testing early life connectivity using otolith chemistry and particle-tracking simulations

   chemistry, simulations of the large-scale circulation predicted that particles released at 100-300m depth on ... Abstract:  We measured the otolith chemistry of adult Scotia Sea icefish (Chaenocephalus aceratus ... Georgia consistent with a population boundary, and evidence of finer-scale heterogeneity between sampling ... areas on the Antarctic Peninsula. At South Georgia, the nucleus chemistry was similar between the ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-10/P02 : Author(s): J. Ashford, M. La Mesa, B.A. Fach, C. Jones and I. Everson

5. Plans for the Joint SC-CAMLR and SC-IWC Workshop 2017–2018

   models of the Antarctic marine ecosystem was discussed at the SC-CAMLR 2014, and a steering group to ... terms of reference (SC-CAMLR-XXXIV/BG/33). This was tabled to and endorsed by the SC-CAMLR 2015. This ... ToR is also scheduled to be discussed at the IWC-SC meeting in June 2016 together with the draft ... agenda proposed in this document. Author(s):  S. Kawaguchi and T. Kitakado (Co-conveners of the Joint SC ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-16/12 : Author(s): S. Kawaguchi and T. Kitakado (Co-conveners of the Joint SC-CAMLR and SC-IWC Workshop)

6. Susceptibility to oxidative stress in different species of Antarctic birds: preliminary results

   maccormicki), breeding at Edmonson Point (Wood Bay, Ross Sea). At the time of sampling, Adélie penguins were ... against toxicity of reactive oxygen species (ROS). These highly reactive molecules are normally produced ... during the 4-electrons reduction of molecular oxygen to water coupled with oxidative phosphorylation and ... during the activity of several enzymatic systems which produce ROS as intermediates. If the antioxidant ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-99/59 : Author(s): S. Corsolini, F. Regoli, S. Olmastroni, M. Nigro and S. Focardi (Italy)

7. Spatial aggregation of harvesting in Subarea 48.1, in particular during the summer and close to the coast

   fishing aggregation comprised 3 periods of harvesting; catch rates per hour showed evidence of decline at ... the end of the first two periods, but were increasing at the end of the third period when the Subarea ... period 1999/2000 to 2014/2015. We show that since 2013, both the number of hauls as well as the ... associated level of catch has increased in Subarea 48.1 during the penguin breeding season. We explore in ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-16/17 : Author(s): P. Trathan and S. Hill

8. Depth and temperature preferences of Antarctica toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) from a pilot popup satellite archival tag study in the Mawson Sea

   appeared to have remained in the Mawson Sea area for the majority of time at liberty. The recaptured ... mawsoni) released in the Mawson Sea were analyzed. Toothfish were at liberty for 36-366 days, and yielding ... depth range of 326 to 1824 m and a temperature range of-1.95 to 0.7°C.  Through available depth and ... warranted to observe similar ascents in other individuals, and be analyzed in the greater context of ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-18/22 : Author(s): C.H. Lam, S.-G. Choi, E. Kim, S. Chung, J. Lee and D.H. An

9. Beach debris survey, Main Bay, Bird Island, South Georgia, 2002/03

   Abstract:  During the thirteenth year of standardised beach surveys of man-made debris at Bird ... months when the fisheries at South Georgia are most active, is encouraging. Nevertheless, the amount of ... Island, South Georgia, a total of 183 items was collected. This represents a 5.0% decrease on the total ... recorded in 2001/02 and the lowest levels of beach debris during summer since the first year of recording ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXIII/BG/13 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom

10. Surface water masses, primary production, krill distribution and predator foraging in the vicinity of Elephant Island during the 1989-90 austral summer

    of it. A second front was apparent at the eastern side of the study area and was tentatively ... north of their breeding colonies on Seal Island, but at different distances (18-100 km for fur seals, 20 ... Abstract:  Four successive surveys of the pelagic marine environment were conducted over a 100-by ... were collected to describe the thermohaline structure, the distribution of phytoplankton biomass and ...

    Meeting Document : WG-CEMP-90/11 : Author(s): A.F. Amos, J.L. Bengtson, O. Holm-Hansen, V.J. Loeb, M.C. Macaulay and J.H. Wormuth (USA)

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