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Developing conceptual models of elements of the Antarctic marine ecosystem: marine mammals
Abstract: The Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) is ... currently considering plausible models of the Southern Ocean ecosystem within the Working Group on Ecosystem ... be included in future ecosystem models of the Southern Ocean: cetaceans and pack-ice breeding seals ... . Important ecological differences exist among and between these groups, which should be considered in the ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-04/65 : Author(s): N. Gales and C. Southwell (Australia)
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Food and feeding of the mackerel icefish (Champsocephalus gunnari) around South Georgia in January/February 1991
Abstract: The diet composition and feeding intensity of mackerel ice fish (Champsocephalus ... stations. Both, the proportion of krill (Euphausia superba) in the stomachs and the feeding intensity were ... uncommonly low in a period when energy-rich food is needed for the final maturation of the gonads. Author(s ... . Szlakowski (Poland) Title: Food and feeding of the mackerel icefish (Champsocephalus gunnari) around South ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-91/29 : Author(s): K.-H. Kock (Germany), I. Everson, S. Campbell and G. Parkes (United Kingdom), D. Cielniaszek and J. Szlakowski (Poland)
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Modelling and Decision Making as Part of the CCAMLR Management Regime
Abstract: This paper outlines a stylised scheme designed to address the multi-objective decision ... environment essential for the effective management of the Antarctic marine ecosystem within the requirements ... horizons, time steps, constraints and data) were identified in an attempt to provide a blueprint for the ... development of suitable simulations of important Antarctic marine ecosystem interactions and to facilitate the ...
Meeting Document : WG-CSD-88/10 : Author(s): D.G.M. Miller (South Africa)
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Report from the annual survey of Antarctic krill and apex predators distribution at South Orkney Islands in 2014, and assessing escape mortality of krill in trawls
Abstract: This report describes the work and preliminary results from the fourth annual survey ... conducted around the South Orkney Islands, using a commercial krill fishing vessel as research platform. The ... overall purpose is to describe taxonomy of the macrozooplankton community, demography and density of ... Antarctic krill as well as the occurrence and distribution of krill predators. Author(s): B.A. Krafft ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-14/16 : Author(s): B.A. Krafft (Norway), L.A. Krag (Denmark), T.A. Klevjer, G. Skaret and R. Pedersen (Norway)
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Background and criteria of establishment of Marine Protected Area (MPA) in the Weddell Sea
Russian and German scientists in the eastern part of the Weddell Sea. Data on potentially valuable for ... commercial fishing species in the eastern part of the Weddell Sea collected by German investigators in 1979 ... -2014 in the eastern part of the Weddell Sea. Author(s): A.F. Petrov, V.A. Bizikov, K.V. Shust and ... ) in the Weddell Sea Approval: Approved ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-14/23 : Author(s): A.F. Petrov, V.A. Bizikov, K.V. Shust and E.F. Uryupova (Russia)
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Report of the Intersessional Correspondence Group – Sustainable Financing 2016
Abstract: A summary of the work undertaken in relation to tasks identified at CCAMLR-XXXIV for ... the attention of the Intersessional Contact Group – Sustainable Financing (ICG-SF) during 2015/16 is ... presented. Key outcomes included (i) a preliminary assessment of the economic value of marine resources ... harvested by CCAMLR-managed fisheries, (ii) further consideration of the administrative component of ...
Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXXV/09 : Author(s): CCAMLR Secretariat
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Relationships between the distribution of whales and Antarctic krill Euphausia superba at South Georgia
Abstract: The distribution of whales and krill in two survey boxes north of South Georgia was ... southern right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) and humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) the two most ... frequent. The largest aggregation of cetaceans (21 southern right whales, 18 fin whales (Balaenoptera ... )) occurred close to the, largest single aggregation of krill. The level of association between baleen whales ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-99/30 : Author(s): K. Reid, A.S. Brierley (United Kingdom) and G.A. Nevitt (USA)
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Quantitative stock survey and some biological and morphometric characteristics of the deep-sea red crab Geryon quinquedens off south west Africa
Abstract: In order to assess the abundance of the red crab Geryon quinquedens, two otter-trawl ... cruises were undertaken in July and September 1978, on the continental slope off South West Africa. A ... width, whereas the mode for males was at 11.2 cm. In general. larger animals tended to inhabit shallower ... states indicated that males were predominantly in the inter-moult stage while most females were either ...
Meeting Document : WS-CRAB-93/22 : Author(s): C.J. De B. Beyers and C.G. Wilke (South Africa)
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Proposal for GEF (Global Environment Facility) funding to support capacity building and training to the GEF-eligible countries with Antarctic interests
implement scientific research and monitoring in the Antarctic and Southern Ocean ecosystems, including ... ; Developing a collaborative ecosystem assessment and monitoring programme for the Antarctic LME, measuring ... potential physical and ecological degradation and destabilisation from the effects of climate change ... (particularly ocean acidification) and other factors Identifying and managing the risk from marine alien ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-13/44 : Author(s): Delegation of South Africa
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Changes in biomass of eight species of finfish around the South Orkney Islands (Subarea 48.2) from three bottom trawl surveys
Abstract: Stocks of finfish around the South Orkney Islands (Subarea 48.2) suffered substantial ... declines during the period the fishery was open from split year 1977/78 through 1989/90. Scientific bottom ... trawl surveys of finfish biomass within the 500 m isobath of the South Orkney Islands have been ... conducted by the Federal Republic of Germany in 1985, Spain in 1991, and the United States in 1999 ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-99/32 : Author(s): C.D. Jones (USA), K.-H. Kock (Germany) and E. Balguerías (Spain)