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1. SOUTHERN OCEAN SENTINEL: AN INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM TO ASSESS CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON MARINE ECOSYSTEMS

    climate change impacts for use by governments, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and other ...  of human activities and ecosystem services that could be impacted by climate change?  The manner in ... , Australia, on 20-24 April 2009.  It was hosted by the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXVIII/BG/17 : Author(s): Delegation of Australia

2. VARIABILITY IN KRILL BIOMASS LINKS HARVESTING AND CLIMATE WARMING TO PENGUIN POPULATION CHANGES IN ANTARCTICA

   populations, many of which were nearly extirpated by humans. This region is also among the fastest-warming ... declines in “ice-loving” species by decreasing their winter habitat, while populations of “ice-avoiding ... this region, Adélie and chinstrap penguins were never directly harvested by man; thus, their population ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-11/P1 : Author(s): W.Z. Trivelpiece, J.T. Hinke, A.K. Miller, C.S. Reiss, S.G. Trivelpiece and G.M. Watters

3. Mercury concentrations of five species of Antarctic fish collected from CCAMLR Subareas 88.1 and 88.2

   slightly lower than the permissible level of 0.5 mg/kg-1 set by the New Zealand Food Safety Authority ... by a lower rate of mercury assimilation and/or a higher rate of mercury elimination by D. mawsoni ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-07/24 : Author(s): S.M. Hanchet, D.M. Tracey, A. Dunn, P.L. Horn and N. Smith (New Zealand)

4. Using the EPOC modelling framework to assess management procedures for Antarctic krill in Statistical Area 48: evaluating spatial differences in productivity of Antarctic krill

   ameliorate any local fluctuations in krill abundance and (iii) fishery behaviour could be constrained by ... conservation objectives for predators could be affected by those changes. Productivity of krill can be impacted ... by sea temperature and available production. Similarly, survivorship and successful recruitment of ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-06/38 Rev. 1 : Author(s): A.J. Constable (Australia)

5. Variation in echosounder calibration with temperature and some possible implications for acoustic surveys of krill biomass

   Abstract:  Accurate estimation of krill biomass by acoustic techniques is dependant upon a number ... differences in gain settings, then integrated 120 kHz echo signals would be under-reported by 2.8 dB, leading ... in turn to an under-estimation of krill biomass by 52.5 %. Every effort should therefore be made to ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-97/52 : Author(s): Watkins, J.L., Woodroffe, P., Brierley, A.S., Goss, C.

6. Swimming speed and allocation of time during the dive cycle of Antarctic fur seals

   than was exhibited by animals when swimming at the surface. Swimming speeds were fastest during the ... duration and was influenced by diving swimming speed. This relationship was, on average, close to that ... predicted by a model (Houston & Carbone, Behav. Ecol., 3, 255-265) which suggested that the metabolic ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-95/25 : Author(s): Bevan, R.M., Boyd, I.L., Reid, K.

7. Diving pattern and performance in nonbreeding gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) during winter

   were followed by surface intervals two to three times dive duration. Deep dives showed clear diel ... in Gentoo Penguins is changed by varying the frequency and duration of foraging trips, rather than by ...

   Meeting Document : WG-CEMP-92/37 : Author(s): T.D. Williams (United Kingdom), A. Kato (Japan), J.P. Croxall (United Kingdom), Y. Naito (Japan), D.R. Briggs, S. Rodwell and T.R. Barton (United Kingdom)

8. Progress towards a trophic model of the ecosystem of the Ross Sea, Antarctica, for investigating effects of the Antarctic toothfish fishery

   (mainly respiration) exceeding primary production by 7%. However, individual groups are generally not ... predators (especially Weddell seal, type-C killer whale, sperm whale) cannot be tested reliably by the ... or planned by New Zealand scientists in the Ross Sea, are given. Author(s):  M. Pinkerton, S. Hanchet ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-06/14 : Author(s): M. Pinkerton, S. Hanchet and J. Bradford-Grieve (New Zealand)

9. Developing integrated assessments for Dissostichus eleginoides based on the CCAMLR precautionary approach

   first is the integrated assessment, undertaken external to the GYM by software such as CASAL. The second ... the precautionary approach used by WG-FSA. It is recommended that this approach be implemented for use ... by WG-FSA at its next meeting. Author(s):  I. Ball and A.J. Constable (Australia) Title:  Developing ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-SAM-05/16 : Author(s): I. Ball and A.J. Constable (Australia)

10. An interlaboratory comparison of ages estimated for Dissostichus eleginoides from the Argentine Sea, southwest Atlantic Ocean

    124 fishes caughts in Argentine Sea (South West Atlantic) Ages were estimated by readers from National ... Atlantic, the waters south of New Zealand, and CCAMLR subarea 48.3. The comparisons of age data produced by ... R1 and R3, and between scales and otoliths by R1 and R3. Clearly, there are differences between these ...

    Meeting Document : WG-FSA-04/45 : Author(s): M.C. Cassia (Argentina), P.L. Horn (New Zealand) and J.R. Ashford (USA)

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