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1. Are penguins and seals in competition for Antarctic krill at South Georgia?

   Abstract:  The Antarctic fur seal and macaroni penguin are sympatric top predators that occur in ... the Southern Ocean around South Georgia where they are, respectively, the main mammal and bird ... consumers of Antarctic krill. In recent years the population of fur seals has increased whereas that of ... we test the hypothesis that the expanded fur seal population at South Georgia may have resulted in ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-01/22 : Author(s): K.E. Barlow, I.L. Boyd, J.P. Croxall, I.J. Staniland, K. Reid and A.S. Brierley (United Kingdom)

2. Net-based verification of acoustic techniques used to identify Antarctic krill

   Abstract:  Acoustic target classification protocols recently adopted by utilising the Stochastic ... during two cruises to the South Georgia region in 1996. For each net-sampled aggregation the differences ... . Using the SDWBA model, dB difference identification ranges based on the length-frequencies of krill in ... of 2-16 dB and (iv) '2 freq 2-12'-with an Sv120-38 range of 2-12 dB The '3 freq model ...

   Meeting Document : SG-ASAM-09/04 : Author(s): J. Watkins and S. Fielding (United Kingdom)

3. Domain 1 Marine Protected Area Preliminary Proposal PART A-1: Priority Areas for Conservation

   Abstract:  This document contributes to the planning process for the designation of a Domain 1 MPA ... led by Argentina and Chile. The process has resulted in the compilation, analysis, integration and ... display of a large amount of information, not only contributing to the best science available but also ... providing a platform for the sharing and visualization of information, highlighting the multinational ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXXVI/17 : Author(s): Delegations of Argentina and Chile

4. Otolith elemental signatures reveal habitat shift of Electrona carlsbergi

   which circumpolar distributed between the warm waters of the subtropical confluence zone and the ... Southern Ocean. The distribution, life history and migration pattern of this species were examined using ... the biological data in 1990s, however, the habitat shift of this species was still unclear. The ... validated the habitat shift of this species using otolith elemental signature analysis. Otolith samples were ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-17/65 : Author(s): L. Wei and G.P. Zhu

5. WG-FSA-90

   documents Doc Number Title WG-FSA-90/02 Annotation to Provisional Agenda for the 1990 Meeting of the CCAMLR ... carried out during the 1989 meeting of the Working Group on Fish Stock Assessment Secretariat WG-FSA-90/06 ... Islands E. Barrera-Oro and R. Casaux (Argentina) WG-FSA-90/1 Rev. 1 Provisional Agenda for the 1990 ... meeting of the CCAMLR Working Group on Fish Stock Assessment (WG-FSA) WG-FSA-90/10 Pilot study on ...

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6. CCAMLR-XXII

   Full Name:  Twenty-second Meeting of the Commission Location:  Hobart, Australia Date(s):  Monday ... Provisional Agenda for the Twenty-second Meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine ... Living Resources CCAMLR-XXII/02 Provisional Annotated Agenda for the Twenty-second Meeting of the ... Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources CCAMLR-XXII/03 Examination of the ...

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7. Zooplankton target strength: volumetric or areal dependence?

   MHz and the dependence of these data on animal volume versus cross-sectional area was explored The 420 ... kHz and I MHz data were collected with a dual-beam sonar system and the 200 kHz data with a split-beam ... seawater. The data were compared to both empirical and theoretical models of reduced target strength (TS ... normalized by the square of the animal length) versus ka (the product of wave number and equivalent ...

   Meeting Document : WG-Krill-94/13 : Author(s): D.A. Demer and L.V. Martin (USA)

8. Antarctic seafloor geomorphology as a guide to benthic bioregionalisation

   features of the Antarctic continental margin and adjoining ocean basins at scales of 1:1-5 million. The ... regimes. Where more detailed data are available, shelf geomorphology provides a guide to the distribution ... of the shelf benthic communities recognised by a number of authors. For areas off the shelf, the ... relationships between physical environmental parameters and the benthic biota are more poorly known however ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXVI/BG/27 : Author(s): Delegation of Australia

9. Population assessment of Patagonian toothfish in Subarea 48.4 – 2011 update

   Abstract:  In this paper we update the assessment of D. eleginoides in the northern half of ... Subarea 48.4 presented in 2010. The CASAL model is improved through the incorporation catch at age data ... , as an alternative to the catch at length data that were the only such data available in 2010. The ... catch at age model generates a yield of 52 tonnes based on CCAMLR decision rules. In 2006 the northern ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-11/38 : Author(s): J. Roberts, R. Mitchell and R. Wakeford (United Kingdom)

10. Demonstrating global leadership in marine spatial protection

    Abstract:  The CCAMLR Commission and its Scientific Committee have some significant opportunities ... as they convene for their 30th annual meeting. One of the most important is fulfilling their ... commitment to meet the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) goal of designating a representative ... system of marine protected areas (MPAs) and Marine Reserves by 2012.1 The recent Workshop on Marine ...

    Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XXX/BG/20 : Author(s): Submitted by ASOC

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