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1. Proposal of the Russian Federation to establish research TAC for closed SSRU in Subareas 88.1 and 88.2

   research TAC in open and closed SSRUs of the Ross Sea has been raised. In accordance with established ... the biggest TAC in the Ross Sea – from SSRUs HIK. This proposal is about establishing of research TAC in all ... closed SSRUs of the Ross Sea and the Amundsen Sea. Author(s):  Delegation of the Russian Federation Title ... in open and closed SSRUs of the Ross Sea has been raised. In accordance with established practice ...

   Meeting Document : WG-SAM-15/20 : Author(s): Delegation of the Russian Federation

2. Development of foraging behaviour and evidence of extended parental care in the gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua)

   to sea and its final dispersal from the breeding colony. Our study was conducted at a colony ... their first trip to sea at a mean age of 70 days of age, before finally departing the colony at an average age ... of 82 days. During this fledging period, individual chicks made an average of five trips to sea. Trip ... duration increased significantly with chick age as trips to sea becoming more similar to adult foraging ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-06/8 : Author(s): M. Polito and W.Z. Trivelpiece (USA)

3. Pursuit of polynyas in the Antarctic peninsula area

   area from 1978 through 1995 using images of sea ice concentrations by the satellite microwave ... observations. A typical polynya existed off the tip of the Peninsula in 1987 and 1991. In the such years, sea ... ice cover developed extensively. Inversely, the years of the narrow sea ice cover were 1988, 1989,1990 ... in several days. We speculated that annual variability of sea ice cover and consequently polynyas is mainly ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-97/69 : Author(s): Kimura, N., Shibazaki, K., Matsumura, S., Naganobu, M., Okada, Y.

4. A three-frequency method to determine the abundance and the size of two euphausiid species (Euphausia superba and Euphausia crystallorophias)

   role in the Ross Sea pelagic ecosystem (Marr, 1962; Azzali et al., 1999). To estimate the abundance ... environmental and biological conditions, as in the Ross Sea. Both crustaceans can create aggregations ... samplings depends on the environmental conditions. In the Ross Sea such a limitation is due mostly ... carried out in “day-time” when the light is intense. Ross Sea was investigated during the austral summer ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-01/63 : Author(s): M. Azzali, J. Kalinowksi, G. Lanciani and I. Leonori (Italy)

5. A characterisation of the toothfish fishery in Subareas 88.1 and 88.2 from 1997–98 to 2013–14

   with the biological aspects and catch of Antarctic toothfish up to an including the 2014 season. In 2014, the Ross Sea ... slope SSRUs were not constrained by sea ice and catches were evenly distributed across the three SSRUs ... Antarctic toothfish CPUE in the Ross Sea and Subarea 88.2 fisheries have fluctuated over the past 12 years ... Sea fishery have continued to be stable in the North and variable on the Shelf. The strong mode ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-14/52 : Author(s): M. Stevenson, S. Hanchet, S. Mormede and A. Dunn (New Zealand)

6. Interannual changes in body fat condition, stomach content mass and distribution of minke whales in Antarctic Areas IV and V

   (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) was analyzed in relation to sea-ice extent, stomach-content mass and distribution ... superba) was the dominant prey species, but in the southern part of the Ross Sea (in Area ... variability in Area V than in Area IV, reflecting a greater degree of variability in sea-ice extent in Area ... V. In Area V, in a year of high sea-ice extent, the krill-rich slope region in the western zone was covered ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-97/18 : Author(s): Ichii, T., Nishiwaki, S., Tamura, T., Fujise, Y., Matsuoka , K.

7. Decadal trends in abundance, size and condition of Antarctic toothfish in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, 1972–2011

   for the Ross Sea shelf. Fish length and condition increased from the early 1970s to the early 1990s ... and then decreased. Fish length positively correlated with Ross Sea ice extent in early spring, a relationship ... area. Fish condition positively correlated with the amount of open water in the Ross Sea during ... effort over the ice-free Ross Sea continental slope. As a result of limited prey choices and close ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-12/P04 : Author(s): D.G Ainley, N. Nur, J.T Eastman, G. Ballard, C.L Parkinson, C.W Evans and A.L. DeVries

8. The relationship between foraging behaviour and energy expenditure in Antarctic fur seals

   expenditure was investigated in nine Antarctic fur seal females rearing pups. At-sea metablic rate (MR) (mean ... was investigated in nine Antarctic fur seal females rearing pups. At-sea metablic rate (MR) (mean of 6.34 ± 0.4 ... . There was, however, a close negative sigmoidal relationship (r2 = 0.93) between at-sea MR and the proportion of time ... at sea spent diving. This measure of diving behaviour may provide a useful, inexpensive means ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-96/07 : Author(s): Boyd, I.L., Arnould, J.P.Y., Speakman, J.R.

9. Scientific Abstracts 2000

   Georgia. This is primarily explained by the intensive advec- tion of Weddell Sea waters. The SST maps ... for December 1999 and January 2000 illus- trate this event. The transformed Weddell Sea waters spread ... Circumpolar Current (ACC), Weddell Sea and the Secondary Frontal Zone of the Weddell Gyre) and their bound ... be explained by black-browed albatrosses avoiding the area of the cold Weddell Sea waters penetrating north ...

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10. Terra Nova Bay: hot spot in marine and terrestrial biodiversity, knowledge and functioning of the ecosystem

    by the salination of the Circumpolar Deep Water (CDW), that penetrates onto the continental shelf of the Ross Sea ... communities, either on the sea bottom (e.g. scallops and sponges) and in the water column. In fact, Terra Nova ... , such as Adélie and emperor penguins, as well as flying sea-birds and marine mammals. The Terra Nova Bay area has ... (CDW), that penetrates onto the continental shelf of the Ross Sea. Herein, high primary production ...

    Meeting Document : WS-MPA-11/14 : Author(s): S. Torcini, M. Vacchi, S. Aliani, G. Bavestrello, A. Bergamasco, G. Budillon, B. Calcinai, G. Catalano, R. Cattaneo-Vietti, C. Cerrano, M. Chiantore, S. Corsolini, R. Bargagli, A. Dell’Anno, G. di Prisco, G. Fusco, S. Focardi, L. Gugliemo, G. Lauriano, P. Luporini, O. Mangoni, S. Olmastroni, F. Pezzo, E. Pisano, L. Ghigliotti, P. Povero, S. Puce, A. Pusceddu, E. Rusciano, M. Saggiomo, V. Saggiomo, M.C. Gambi, S. Schiaparelli, G. Spezie, C. Verde, P. Del Negro (Italy)

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