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1. Adélie penguin population change in the pacific sector of Antarctica: relation to sea-ice extent and the Antarctic Circumpolar Current

   Island, Ross Sea, 1959 to 1997. The sizes of these colonies have displayed significant interannual ... environmental factors during that part of the record with comparable sea-ice satellite imagery from 1973 to 1997 ... . The Ross Sea sector of the Southern Ocean lying north of Ross Island, from 150° E to 130°W, comprised our ... , by the extent of sea-ice in the study area 5 winters earlier, and in some way related to the Southern ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-01/23 : Author(s): P.R. Wilson (New Zealand), D.G. Ainley, N. Nur, S.S. Jacobs (USA), K.J. Barton (New Zealand), G. Ballard and J.C. Comiso (USA)

2. To what extent do type C killer whales (Orcinus orca) feed on Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) in the Ross Sea, Antarctica?

   Abstract:  Information on type C killer whales in the Ross Sea region is reviewed, in particular ... C killer whales in the Ross Sea: (1) type C killer whales near McMurdo Sound have been commonly observed ... than other potential prey in the Ross Sea region; (3) densities of other alternative potential prey ... (Antarctic silverfish, cryopelagic fish) seem too low to justify killer whales coming to the Ross Sea ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-13/29 : Author(s): L. Torres, M.H. Pinkerton (New Zealand), R. Pitman, J. Durban (USA) and R. Eisert (New Zealand)

3. Oceanic debris observations in the southern ocean whale sanctuary, from Antarctic Peninsula to the Ross Sea: December 1994 to March 1995

   and finish of the expedition, especially near the Antarctic Convergence south of the Tasman Sea. Man-made ... and northwest of the Ross Sea, and consisted mostly of plastic Items, especially styrofoam fragments. Fishing ... . A very high density (544 per 10nm) of penguin feathers occurred northeast of the Ross Sea, whereas non ... -penguin feathers dominated north and northwest of the Ross Sea. In the southern Ross Sea a single sample ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XVI/BG/29 : Author(s): ASOC Observer

4. Network characterisation of the food-web of the Ross Sea, Antarctica

   of the food-web of the Ross Sea shelf and slope before the advent of commercial fishing for Antarctic ... , i.e. the whole Ross Sea shelf and slope area, averaged over a typical year, and in 35 trophic groups ... , are not resolved by this analysis. The Ross Sea food-web is a partially inverted biomass pyramid with a pronounced ... living biomass in the Ross Sea (bacteria excluded). The six groups with the highest ‘indices ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-12/53 : Author(s): M.H. Pinkerton and J.M. Bradford-Grieve (New Zealand)

5. The relationship between sea-ice cover and Adélie penguin reproductive performance at Béchervaise Island

   between sea-ice and penguin populations based on data from multiple sites to predict the likely outcome ... of population growth in response to a reduction in the frequency of heavy sea-ice years. However ... to the form of sea-ice present, the season in which it is present and the processes that such sea-ice ... between sea-ice and Adélie penguin reproductive performance, we investigate the relative importance ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-07/21 : Author(s): L. Emmerson and C. Southwell (Australia)

6. Methodology for automated spatial sea ice summaries in the Southern Ocean

   Abstract:  Sea ice is recognised as a core driver of both ecosystem dynamics and fishery ... performance in the Southern Ocean. Sea ice can limit access to fishing grounds, for both commercial fishing ... are in use by CCAMLR. We develop a method to spatially and temporally summarise satellite-derived sea ice ... the Antarctic continental margin. A spatial view is used to characterise the spatial dynamics of sea ice ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-14/54 : Author(s): S.J. Parker, S.D. Hoyle, J.M. Fenaughty and A. Kohout (New Zealand)

7. Commercial fishing in the Ross Sea

   Abstract:  COLTO members have been fishing for toothfish in the Ross Sea for the past 15 years ... in the Ross Sea region.    The information sheet provides basic data on Antarctic Toothfish (Dissostichus ... that currently exist in the Ross Sea. It also highlights some of the findings of Ross Sea independent research ... of toothfish through the Ross Sea region, and little or no impacts on dependent species and the ecosystem ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXXI/BG/35 : Author(s): Submitted by COLTO

8. Dynamics of Antarctic penguin populations in relation to inter-annual variability in sea-ice distribution

   Abstract:  To investigate the role of sea ice cover on penguin populations we used principal ... ) and regional (from remote sensing data) sea ice variables. Throughout the study period, the Adélie penguin ... or breeding success and the local sea ice conditions. However, the regional sea ice extent at a particular ... . For both species, this period occurred before the sea ice reached its maximum extent and was slightly ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-96/10 : Author(s): Murphy, E.J., Croxall, J.P., Trathan, P.N.

9. Improving mechanistic understanding between larval krill, krill recruitment, and sea ice

   ’s in the Southwest Atlantic Sector, which has been specifically linked to a decrease in extent and duration of sea ... to be strongly linked to sea ice, and their reproductive output and recruitment success been related to extent ... , timing and the duration of winter sea ice cover. The underside structures of sea ice are generally ... will changing sea ice dynamics affect krill life history, their dynamics, and their distribution ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-18/07 : Author(s): B. Meyer and S. Kawaguchi

10. Predation release of Antarctic silverfish (Pleuragramma antarctica) in the Ross Sea

    adeliae) at breeding colonies in the southern Ross Sea more than doubled from about 235 000 to more than ... , consumption rates and diets of toothfish and Adélie penguins over the Ross Sea shelf as a first test ... that they consume only a small proportion of silverfish (1.9–5.1% by mass) over the southern Ross Sea shelf ... of Adélie penguins breeding in the southern Ross Sea. Mixed trophic impact (MTI) analysis was used to look ...

    Meeting Document : WG-EMM-15/53 : Author(s): M.H. Pinkerton, P. Lyver, D. Stevens, J. Forman, R. Eisert and S. Mormede (New Zealand).

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