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BOOK REVIEW: WHALES OF THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE: BIOLOGY, WHALING, AND PERSPECTIVES OF POPULATION RECOVERY by Y. A. Mikhalev
Abstract: Examined the distribution and migration patterns of whales in the Southern Hemisphere ... . The presence of a new species of killer whale in the Antarctic, Orcinus nana, is shown. The impacts of ... extermination of whales in the Antarctic ecosystem are examined. Regions are defined which could be used as ... testing areas for whale survey methods. Author(s): Delegation of Ukraine Title: BOOK REVIEW: WHALES OF ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-09/11 : Author(s): Delegation of Ukraine
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Distribution and abundance of krill in the vicinity of Elephant Island in the 1992 austral summer
in the vicinity of Elephant Island, Antarctica, from mid-January to mid-March, 1992. The first and ... surveys covered a 60 by 35 n.mi. area immediately north of Elephant Island. During the first survey, krill ... were distributed in a wide band extending along the north side of Elephant Island and wrapping around ... highest densities of krill were over the shelf extending to the northwest from Elephant Island and ...
Meeting Document : WG-CEMP-92/15 : Author(s): R.P. Hewitt and D.A. Demer (USA)
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Seabird and longline interactions: effects of a bird-scaring streamer line and line shooter on the incidental capture of northern fulmars Fulmarus glacialis
coast of Norway. We compared the bycatch rate of northern fulmars Fulmarus glacialis, the loss rate of ... baits to fulmars and the catch rates of fish target species among lines set with either of these ... mitigation measures, a combination of both and no mitigation measure. A total of 58,420 hooks were set in ... each of the four treatments. No birds were caught using the bird-scaring line alone and a single fulmar ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-01/78 : Author(s): S. Løkkeborg (Norway) and G. Robertson (Australia)
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Occurrence of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) concentrations in the vicinity of the South Shetland Islands: relationship to environmental parameters
Abstract: The influences of abiotic and biotic parameters on the occurrence of Antarctic krill ... (Euphausia superba) concentrations were studied in the waters north of the South Shetland Islands, a major ... the occurrence of high krill concentrations in these waters. Drifting buoys indicated that the surface ... water circulation in areas of krill concentrations was characterized by a sluggish current with eddies ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-98/18 : Author(s): T. Ichii, K. Kayatama, N. Obitsu, H. Ishii and M. Naganobu (Japan)
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Distribution patterns and biomasses of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) and ice krill (E. crystallorophias) with note on distribution of Antarctic minke whales (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) in the Ross Sea in 2005
Abstract: Distribution patterns and biomasses of Antarctic and ice krill in the Ross Sea in ... obtained from samples of RMT hauls and stomach contents of Antarctic minke whales. Ice krill was ... Ross Sea was stratified into two strata based on the distribution patterns of two krill species to ... estimate their biomasses. Biomass densities of Antarctic krill using KM and KS2 data were estimated as 5.13 ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-08/35 : Author(s): H. Murase, H. Yasuma, R. Matsukura, Y. Takao, K. Taki, T. Hayashi, T. Yabuki, T. Tamura, K. Konishi, K. Matsuoka, K. Miyashita, S. Nishiwaki and M. Naganobu (Japan)
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Revision of icefish (C. gunnari) stock estimate in the South Georgia area on the basis of the Russian trawl-acoustic survey 2002
Abstract: Revision of icefish (С.gunnari) stock estimate in South Georgia Area was caused by ... elaboration of the following methodical aspects of trawl-acoustic survey: the processing method improvement ... for target strength estimates using in situ measurement data; the combination of trawl and acoustic ... estimates and its statistical characteristics. Major sources of uncertainties in icefish stock estimates and ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-SAM-04/10 : Author(s): Gasyukov, P.S., Kasatkina, S.M.
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Swarm characteristics of Antarctic krill Euphausia superba relative to the proximity of land during summer in the Scotia Sea
Abstract: We studied the relationship between the proximity of land and the distribution and ... swarming characteristics of Antarctic krill across the Scotia Sea in January and February 2003. Krill ... -sectional areas of swarms were significantly larger inshore, with a mean value of 120 m 2 in the 0 to 50 km ... zone compared to <80 m 2 further offshore. The packing concentration of krill within inshore swarms ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-10/P09 : Author(s): T. Klevjer, G.A. Tarling and S. Fielding
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Population variability of biological parameters of penguins along the Antarctic Peninsula
Abstract: A collection of published papers about population variability of several biological ... contribute to the general knowledge of penguin biological variation, to generate a data baseline in the ... context of environmental changes such as climate change and human activity and to support the proposal of ... the Western Antarctic Peninsula protected marine area. The results show higher levels of immunological ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-2019/72 : Author(s): A. Barbosa
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Horizontal flux of secondary production in the southern ocean food web: current velocity data and the transport of krill in the South Georgia ecosystem
Abstract: The transport of secondary production in the Southern Ocean food-web was investigated ... using a combination of physical model data and ship based biological data. The physical current velocity ... dataset was from FRAM and was used to derive a mean velocity field for the upper 250m of the water column ... . These have been combined with estimates of krill density and standing stocks to consider the flux of ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-97/65 : Author(s): Everson, I.E., Trathan, P.N., Murphy, E.J.
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History of development and completion of tasks put forward by WG-EMM (2001–2003)
Abstract: A history of development and completion of tasks put forward by WG-EMM is summarised ... for the period from 2001 to 2003 (SC-CAMLR-XXI, Annex 4, paragraph 6.41). This is a new series of ... records since the adoption by WG-EMM in 2001 of a new five-year plan of work. A history of tasks for the ... period from 1995 to 2001 is archived in WG-EMM-02/12. Author(s): Secretariat Title: History of ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-04/13 : Author(s): Secretariat