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AERIAL SURVEYS OF WEDDELL SEALS DURING 2007-08, WITH NOTES ON THE HISTORY OF AERIAL CENSUSES IN THE ROSS SEA AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONTINUED COUNT EFFORT
Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni), and currently there is no ecosystem monitoring program (CEMP) in ... place under CCAMLR with respect to the Ross Sea toothfish fishery. In a previous paper submitted to EMM ... in 2007 (WG-EMM 07/13), we described procedures whereby aerial photography could be used to monitor ... Weddell seals along the Victoria Land coast. That area would be important to monitor changes in ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-08/23 : Author(s): D. Siniff and D. Ainley (USA)
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The feeding peculiarities of the Antarctic seals in the region of the archipelago of Argentina Islands
that krill (Euphausia superba) is the main type of food for the major species of seals in region. Krill ... growth in comparison with literary data аccording to Weddell seal (L. weddelli) newborns monitoring. It ... testifies to enough qualitative and sufficient forage reserve for pregnant Weddell seal females in ... archipelago water area in which diet krill prevails also (about 70 %). Considering that from 5 seals species ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-12/P01 : Author(s): I. Dykyy
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Among-year variation in growth of Antarctic krill Euphausia superba based on length-frequency data
Abstract: Understanding the temporal variability in vital rates (e.g. growth and survivorship) of ... variation are rare because they often require expensive long-term tag-recapture programs. In marine pelagic ... Southern Ocean over a span of 19 yr to document among-year variation in krill growth during the austral ... estimates of among-year variation in krill growth. We estimate very high among-year variation in growth ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-13/P01 : Author(s): A.O. Shelton, D. Kinzey, C. Reiss, S. Munch, G. Watters and M. Mangel (USA)
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How trophic dynamics of adult Antarctic krill Euphausia superba responses to the condition of no ice in the water during the winter: a case study at South Georgia?
Abstract: Understanding the variation in krill diet during winter is crucial to elucidate the ... overwintering of krill in the Southern Ocean. The information on trophic variation of krill under ice-free ... warming. Stable isotope analyses (15 N/ 14 N and 13 C/ 12 C) were utilized to explore the variation in ... Georgia. Stable isotope signatures indicated that there were no significant differences in δ 13 C and δ 15 ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-2019/P04 : Author(s): G.P. Zhu, H.T. Zhang, B. Deng and Q.Y. Yang
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Modelling the predator–prey interactions of krill, baleen whales and seals in the Antarctic ecosystem
Abstract: The history of human harvests of seals, whales, fish and krill in the Antarctic is ... krill surplus in the mid 20th Century is described, and the information on population and trend levels ... ) species. The model commences in 1780 (the onset of fur seal harvests) and distinguishes the Atlantic ... /Indian and Pacific sectors in view of the much larger past harvests in former. A reference case and five ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-05/34 : Author(s): M. Mori and D.S. Butterworth (South Africa)
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PENGUIN RESPONSES TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE SOUTHERN OCEAN
Abstract: Penguins are adapted to live in extreme environments, but they can be highly sensitive ... , oceanography and critical habitats. For example, in the southwest Atlantic, the distributional range of the ice ... and chinstrap penguins have expanded their range southward. In the Southern Ocean, the El Niño ... changes in the marine ecosystem, ultimately affecting penguins. The interaction between these modes is ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-09/P09 : Author(s): J. Forcada and P.N. Trathan
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LENGTH AND AGE AT SPAWNING OF ANTARCTIC TOOTHFISH DISSOSTICHUS MAWSONI IN THE ROSS SEA
male Antarctic toothfish Dissostichus mawsoni from fish sampled in the Ross Sea spanning the 2000-2009 ... spawn in a given year and is therefore appropriate to evaluate spawning stock biomass relative to stock ... vitellogenic phase over at least a 6–12 month period, resulting in a developed batch of oocytes accumulating at ... ) by length. Evidence of skip spawning by females results in a right-shifted ogive, increasing the ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-09/37 : Author(s): S.J. Parker and P.J. Grimes (New Zealand)
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Relationship between distribution of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) and environmental index MTEM-200 in the Antarctic Ocean throughout the year
subject since the British Discovery Reports. However, there was no remarkable achievement in particular ... Database. We here focus mean-field (climatologic analysis) in all season. First, we have examined fishing ... occurred in water shallower than 200 m. Furthermore, horizontal distribution of krill fishing points ... concentrated in three waters in the east Antarctic Ocean, the Scotia Sea, and north of South Georgia Island ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-08/32 : Author(s): M. Naganobu, T. Kitamura and K. Hasunuma (Japan)
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Diet and trophic niche of Antarctic silverfish (Pleuragramma antarcticum) in the Ross Sea, Antarctica
stomach contents of specimens collected in the Ross Sea (71°–77°S, 165°E–180°) in January–March 2008 ... of prey in stomachs, fish (silverfish and lanternfish) and krill dominated diet overall (48% and 22 ... by silverfish occurred mainly in the extreme south-west of the region and near the continental slope ... . By weight, krill identified to species level in silverfish stomachs were predominantly Euphausia ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-12/54 : Author(s): M.H. Pinkerton, J. Forman, S.J. Bury, J. Brown, P. Horn and R.L. O’Driscoll (New Zealand)
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Physical and behavioural influences on larval fish retention: contrasting patterns in two Antarctic fishes
Abstract: Waters around South Georgia are amongst the most productive in the Southern Ocean, and ... support internationally important fisheries. However, there is significant inter-annual variability in ... retention of the planktonic stages (eggs and larvae) of marine fish can play a key role in the maintenance ... grounds may contribute to the failure of the N. rossii population to recover from its collapse in the ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-12/P10 : Author(s): E.F. Young, J. Rock, M.P. Meredith, M. Belchier, E.J. Murphy and G.R. Carvalho