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Occurrence of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) concentrations in the vicinity of the South Shetland Islands: relationship to environmental parameters
Abstract: The influences of abiotic and biotic parameters on the occurrence of Antarctic krill ... (Euphausia superba) concentrations were studied in the waters north of the South Shetland Islands, a major ... the occurrence of high krill concentrations in these waters. Drifting buoys indicated that the surface ... water circulation in areas of krill concentrations was characterized by a sluggish current with eddies ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-98/18 : Author(s): T. Ichii, K. Kayatama, N. Obitsu, H. Ishii and M. Naganobu (Japan)
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Distribution patterns and biomasses of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) and ice krill (E. crystallorophias) with note on distribution of Antarctic minke whales (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) in the Ross Sea in 2005
Abstract: Distribution patterns and biomasses of Antarctic and ice krill in the Ross Sea in ... obtained from samples of RMT hauls and stomach contents of Antarctic minke whales. Ice krill was ... Ross Sea was stratified into two strata based on the distribution patterns of two krill species to ... estimate their biomasses. Biomass densities of Antarctic krill using KM and KS2 data were estimated as 5.13 ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-08/35 : Author(s): H. Murase, H. Yasuma, R. Matsukura, Y. Takao, K. Taki, T. Hayashi, T. Yabuki, T. Tamura, K. Konishi, K. Matsuoka, K. Miyashita, S. Nishiwaki and M. Naganobu (Japan)
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Revision of icefish (C. gunnari) stock estimate in the South Georgia area on the basis of the Russian trawl-acoustic survey 2002
Abstract: Revision of icefish (С.gunnari) stock estimate in South Georgia Area was caused by ... elaboration of the following methodical aspects of trawl-acoustic survey: the processing method improvement ... for target strength estimates using in situ measurement data; the combination of trawl and acoustic ... estimates and its statistical characteristics. Major sources of uncertainties in icefish stock estimates and ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-SAM-04/10 : Author(s): Gasyukov, P.S., Kasatkina, S.M.
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Swarm characteristics of Antarctic krill Euphausia superba relative to the proximity of land during summer in the Scotia Sea
Abstract: We studied the relationship between the proximity of land and the distribution and ... swarming characteristics of Antarctic krill across the Scotia Sea in January and February 2003. Krill ... -sectional areas of swarms were significantly larger inshore, with a mean value of 120 m 2 in the 0 to 50 km ... zone compared to <80 m 2 further offshore. The packing concentration of krill within inshore swarms ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-10/P09 : Author(s): T. Klevjer, G.A. Tarling and S. Fielding
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Censuses in the northernmost colony of Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) in the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula at Snow Hill Island, Weddell Sea, Antarctica
Abstract: Breeding colonies of the emperor penguin Aptenodytes forsteri are distributed ... throughout the Antarctic seasonal pack ice zone. One of the last colonies of emperors penguins discovered is ... situated on the south coast of Snow Hill Island, constituting the northernmost colony known in Antarctica ... . We conducted a census of adult individuals using aerial photographs taken from an aircraft flight ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-14/56 : Author(s): M. Libertelli and N. Coria (Argentina)
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Scientific background document in support of the development of a CCAMLR MPA in the Weddell Sea (Antarctica) – Version 2015- Part C: Data analysis and MPA scenario development
justification for the development of a marine protected area (MPA) in the Weddell Sea planning area. In ... documents (Part A-C). SC-CAMLR-XXXIV/BG/15 (Part A) sets out the general context of the establishment of ... the means and the results of the scientific analyses and the development of objectives and priority ... areas for a Weddell Sea MPA. Here, the delegation of Germany intends to update the Scientific Committee ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXXIV/BG/17 : Author(s): Delegation of Germany
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Population variability of biological parameters of penguins along the Antarctic Peninsula
Abstract: A collection of published papers about population variability of several biological ... contribute to the general knowledge of penguin biological variation, to generate a data baseline in the ... context of environmental changes such as climate change and human activity and to support the proposal of ... the Western Antarctic Peninsula protected marine area. The results show higher levels of immunological ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-2019/72 : Author(s): A. Barbosa
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Horizontal flux of secondary production in the southern ocean food web: current velocity data and the transport of krill in the South Georgia ecosystem
Abstract: The transport of secondary production in the Southern Ocean food-web was investigated ... using a combination of physical model data and ship based biological data. The physical current velocity ... dataset was from FRAM and was used to derive a mean velocity field for the upper 250m of the water column ... . These have been combined with estimates of krill density and standing stocks to consider the flux of ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-97/65 : Author(s): Everson, I.E., Trathan, P.N., Murphy, E.J.
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Some notes on by-catch of fishes and salps caught by the fishery vessel Niitaka Maru in the vicinity of the South Shetland Islands (January to February 1999)
fisheries by F/V Niitaka Maru were made from 3 January to 4 February 1999 in the vicinity of the South ... Shetland Islands. Among 74 net hauls quantitatively examined, only a total of 5 specimens of juvenile ... hauls and those estimated value was 20 to 3560 ind./t of krill. By-catch fishes fed on Thysanoessa ... macrura and Euphausia superba was not found in their stomachs. Abundance of salps in krill catches could ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-00/54 : Author(s): T. Iwami, S. Kawaguchi and M. Naganobu (Japan)
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History of development and completion of tasks put forward by WG-EMM (2001–2003)
Abstract: A history of development and completion of tasks put forward by WG-EMM is summarised ... for the period from 2001 to 2003 (SC-CAMLR-XXI, Annex 4, paragraph 6.41). This is a new series of ... records since the adoption by WG-EMM in 2001 of a new five-year plan of work. A history of tasks for the ... period from 1995 to 2001 is archived in WG-EMM-02/12. Author(s): Secretariat Title: History of ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-04/13 : Author(s): Secretariat