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Entanglement of Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) in man-made debris at Bird Island, South Georgia, during the 2004 winter and 2004/05 breeding season
the potential to entangle wildlife at sea. Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom Title ... : Entanglement of Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) in man-made debris at Bird Island, South Georgia ... Abstract: The number of entanglements in the fifteenth consecutive winter surveyed, decreased by ... 64% from last year. For the first time since records started in 1990, none of the injuries were ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXIV/BG/16 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom
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Size variations associated with abundance changes in juvenile Notothenia rossii, observed at Potter Cove, South Shetland Islands, since the end of the fishery in the area
Abstract: Samples of fish collected from 1983 to 1992 at Potter Cove, King George Island, South ... Notothenia rossii, observed at Potter Cove, South Shetland Islands, since the end of the fishery in the area ... rossii, in association with changes in the size and age structure of the juvenile population. Mean ... thought to be caused by local factors, but related with the operations of the commercial fishery during ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-93/13 : Author(s): E.R. Marschoff and E.R. Barrera-Oro (Argentina)
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Diet and feeding ecology of the diving petrels Pelecanoides georgicus and P. urinatrix at South Georgia
: Diet and feeding ecology of the diving petrels Pelecanoides georgicus and P. urinatrix at South Georgia ... Abstract: The diet of the diving petrels Pelecanoides georgicus and P. urinatrix was studied ... Bird Island, South Georgia. The diet of both species was dominated by crustaceans. in particular ... euphausiids (mainly Euphausia superba and some ThysCll1oessa), which contributed 47-76% of the biomass of ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-97/10 : Author(s): Croxall, J.P., Prince, P.A., Hill, H.J., Edwards, T.M., Reid, K.
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Entanglement of Antarctic fur seals Arctocephalus gazella in man-made debris at Bird Island, South Georgia during the 1993 winter and 1993/94 pup-rearing season
: Entanglement of Antarctic fur seals Arctocephalus gazella in man-made debris at Bird Island, South Georgia ... Abstract: Surveys of Antarctic fur seals entangled in man-made marine debris were carried out for ... the fourth consecutive winter and sixth consecutive summer at Bird Island, South Georgia. In the 1993 ... winter the number of entangled seals was only 39% of the record 1992 total, but still 5 times the numbers ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XIII/BG/03 : Author(s): Delegation of United Kingdom
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Annual variation in the timing of reproduction in Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) at Bird Island, South Georgia
Abstract: The arrival of Antarctic fur seals at a breeding beach on Bird Island. South Georgia ... : Annual variation in the timing of reproduction in Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) at Bird ... established breeding territories on the beaches in anticipation of the arrival of the cows. Male arrival ... usually started when 80% or more of potential territory sites were occupied by males. Cows arrived ...
Meeting Document : WG-CEMP-90/39 : Author(s): C.D. Duck (United Kingdom)
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Counts of surface-nesting seabirds breeding at Prince Edward Island, summer 2001/02
Abstract: The first midsummer survey of surface-nesting seabirds at Prince Edward Island was ... Bester (South Africa) Title: Counts of surface-nesting seabirds breeding at Prince Edward Island, summer ... concerns about the impacts of longline fishing mortality on various albatrosses and giant petrels, there ... was no evidence that populations of these species had decreased. Indeed, the estimate of wandering ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-03/9 : Author(s): P.G. Ryan, J. Cooper, B.M. Dyer, L.G. Underhill,R.J.M. Crawford and M.N Bester (South Africa)
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ENTANGLEMENT OF ANTARCTIC FUR SEALS ARCTOCEPHALUS GAZELLA IN MAN-MADE DEBRIS AT BIRD ISLAND, SOUTH GEORGIA DURING THE 2007 WINTER AND 2007/08 BREEDING SEASON
Abstract: Results of the survey of entanglements of Antarctic fur seals Arctocephalus gazella at ... : ENTANGLEMENT OF ANTARCTIC FUR SEALS ARCTOCEPHALUS GAZELLA IN MAN-MADE DEBRIS AT BIRD ISLAND, SOUTH GEORGIA ... summer (November 2007 to March 2008) are reported here. During the reporting period of 1 April 2007 to 31 ... March 2008 a total of 36 entangled seals were observed. Sixteen and 20 entanglements were observed in ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-08/27 : Author(s): E.W.J. Edwards (UK)
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The diet of the blue-eyed shag, Phalacrocorax atriceps bransfieldensis at the west Antarctic Peninsula
analyzed based on the identification of the prey items in 50 regurgitated casts collected at Duthoit Point ... diet of the blue-eyed shag, Phalacrocorax atriceps bransfieldensis at the west Antarctic Peninsula ... Abstract: The diet of the Antarctic Blue-eyed Shag Phalacrocorax atriceps bransfieldensis was ... . Fish remains occurred in 100% of the casts and represented 68% by number and 90% by weight of the total ...
Meeting Document : WG-CEMP-93/26 Rev. 1 : Author(s): R. Casaux and E. Barrera-Oro (Argentina)
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Conserving surface-nesting seabirds at the Prince Edward Islands: the roles of research, monitoring and legislation
decreased at the islands since the 1980s and 12 of 16 species are regarded as Threatened or Near Threatened ... (South Africa) Title: Conserving surface-nesting seabirds at the Prince Edward Islands: the roles of ... Abstract: South Africa’s subantarctic Prince Edward Islands support substantial proportions of ... the global populations of a number of surface-nesting seabirds. Populations of most of these have ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-03/14 : Author(s): R.J.M. Crawford and J. Cooper (South Africa)
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Changes in the diet of the South Georgia shag Phalacrocorax georgianus at the South Orkney Islands along four consecutive years
Abstract: The diet of the South Georgia Shag Phalacrocorax georgianus at Laurie Island, South ... : Changes in the diet of the South Georgia shag Phalacrocorax georgianus at the South Orkney Islands along ... Orkney Islands, was studied by the analysis of 337 pellets (regurgitated casts) collected during the 1995 ... prey in all of the seasons and predominated in mass in 1995 and 1996, followed by Notothenia coriiceps ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-00/8 : Author(s): R. Casaux and A. Ramón (Argentina)