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Foraging movements of the shy albatross Diomedea cauta breeding in Australia; implications for interactions with longline fisheries
travelled by the birds and the duration of their foraging trips varied during the breeding cycle and tended ... by the birds and the duration of their foraging trips varied during the breeding cycle and tended to decrease ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-97/52 : Author(s): Gales, R., Hedd, A., Brothers, N., Robertson, G.
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Aerobic dive limit: how often does it occur in nature?
this study was to estimate the aerobic dive limit from measurements of body oxygen stores and at sea ... Abstract: Diving animals offer a unique opportunity to study the importance of physiological ... constraint in their everyday behaviors. An important component of the physiological capability of any diving ... animal is it’s aerobic dive limit (ADL). The ADL has only been measured in a few species. The goal of ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-00/48 : Author(s): D.P. Costa, N.J. Gales and M.E. Goebel (USA)
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Diseases outbreak threatens Southern Ocean albatrosses
Southern Ocean and in Antarctica no major outbreaks of infectious diseases have been reported, perhaps ... because of isolation and cold climate, although recent evidence suggest their presence. The major threat ... controversial long-lining that is assumed to be the cause for the major decline of albatrosses and petrels ... , Erysipelas bacteria) are the major cause of the decline on Amsterdam Island of the large yellow-nosed ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-03/32 : Author(s): H. Weimerskirch (France)
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Oceanic condition and zooplankton distribution/ abundance in Bransfield Strait during austral summer 1989/1990
to hydrographic condition, a total of 29 sampling stations was occupied for the CTD casts and ... plankton towings in a systematic grid from December 29, 1989 to January 7, 1990. Comparisons of temperature ... from the Antarctic Sound flows southwest along the Antarctic Peninsula coast, turns to the north at the ... east of Trinity Island, then joins the Bellingshausen Sea water (warm and less saline water) near the ...
Meeting Document : WG-KRILL-91/14 : Author(s): S.M. Kim and M.S. Suk (Korea)
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Historical data synthesis in the Southern Ocean: Priority data sets
give an example of an historical data rescue project that is being conducted by ICED scientists at the ... Abstract: As part of its long-term goal, ICED encourages the rescue and integration of existing ... data sets to enable investigation of long-term, large-scale ecosystem dynamics across the Southern ... , against which we can assess current and future dynamics of ecosystems under scenarios of climate and ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-13/19 : Author(s): N.M. Johnston, E.J. Murphy, J.R.D. Silk, C.M. Waluda, S.L. Hill and R.D. Cavanagh (United Kingdom) on behalf of the ICED Scientific Steering Committee
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Report on a tuna long-lining fishing voyage aboard Southern Venture to observe seabird by-catch problems
subsequently ate most of them. About 1.2% of baits were taken by seabirds, but only 4.5% of bait-takes resulted ... subsequently ate most of them. About 1.2% of baits were taken by seabirds, but only 4.5% of bait-takes resulted ...
Meeting Document : WG-IMALF-94/10 : Author(s): M.J. Imber (New Zealand)
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Pleuragramma antarcticum distribution in the Ross Sea during late austral summer 2013
Abstract: Research during the last decade has revealed much about the early life history of ... Pleuragramm antarcticum, including confirmation of the first known nursery ground in Terra Nova Bay. However ... sampled the icthyoplankton community at 17 locations in the western Ross Sea as well as one location in ... the central Ross Sea and one location in the far south of the eastern Ross Sea (in the Bay of Whales ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-14/38 : Author(s): C. Brooks and K. Goetz (USA)
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Variability of krill biomass estimates in repeated mesoscale surveys in relation to CCAMLR-2000 Survey
the krill biomass status, is it high, medium or low at the present time. The comparative analysis of ... Abstract: One of the important problems in interpreting CCAMLR-2000 results is how they reflect ... krill biomasses derived from trawl catches was carried out; retrospective data of three Soviet surveys ... , covering the main part of the CCAMLR-2000 area, were used: RV “Argus” (27.01.84-16.03.84) and RV “Evrika ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-01/28 : Author(s): V.A. Sushin, F.F. Litvinov (Russia) and V. Siegel (Germany)
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Dietary segregation of krill-eating South Georgia seabirds
Abstract: The diets of six of the main seabird species (two petrels, two albatrosses, two ... penguins) breeding at Bird Island, South Georgia were studied simultaneously during the chick-rearing ... . The size of the krill taken was similar between seabird species, although there were small but ... significant differences between penguins and the other species. Sex and reproductive status of krill. however ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-97/15 : Author(s): Prince, P.A., Croxall, J.P., Reid, K.
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Revised impact assessment framework to estimate the cumulative footprint and impact on VME taxa of New Zealand bottom longline fisheries in the Ross Sea region
framework at different spatial scales, and implications for the validity of the underlying structural ... likely impacts of bottom longline fishing on vulnerable benthic invertebrate taxa, termed Vulnerable ... Marine Ecosystems (VMEs), consistent with the requirements of Conservation Measure 22-06 (Bottom fishing ... routine application by Members submitting notifications of their intent to participate in new or ...
Meeting Document : WG-SAM-10/20 : Author(s): B.R. Sharp (New Zealand)