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1. Preliminary analysis of seabird by-catch using CCAMLR observer data

   Dissostichus eleginoides and various factors, including the nature and use of mitigating measures as well as ... environmental variables such as time of day, time of year. Out of 3283 longline sets analysed only 311 caught ... distribution of non-zero values) and were analysed using two Generalised Linear Models, a binomial model for ... presence/absence of seabird catches and a Gamma model for the magnitude of non-zero catches. Sparsity of ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-99/28 : Author(s): D.J. Agnew and J.P. Croxall (United Kingdom)

2. Developing research on Antarctic krill to facilitate the development and updating of feedback management procedures

   Abstract:  Antarctic krill fisheries have the potential to be in the top 10 fisheries of the world ... in terms of biomass production. The expansion of the fishery from current levels appears inevitable ... developing a feedback management procedure for these fisheries. Implementation of such a feedback management ... approach requires an appropriate level of understanding of (i) the structure, function and change of the ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-13/12 : Author(s): E.J. Murphy, R.D. Cavanagh (United Kingdom), A. Constable (Australia), E.H. Hofmann (USA), S.L. Hill, N.M. Johnston, P.N. Trathan and J.L. Watkins (United Kingdom)

3. On the status of mesopelagic fish (myctophidae) in the Southern Ocean ecosystem

   Abstract:  Analysis and synthesis of results of Russian and foreign research into the trophic ... relationships of myctophids demonstrate that this group of mesopelagic fish plays a significant role in the ... community of marine organisms of the Southern Ocean. The trophic status of myctophids has been determined ... - they are zooplankton-eaters who consume a considerable amount of meso and macroplankton which ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-93/17 : Author(s): A.N. Kozlov (Russia)

4. ECOSYSTEM SERVICES OF THE SOUTHERN OCEAN

   Abstract:  The Southern Ocean is a globally important marine region, providing a range of ... ecosystem services which support human life, health and well-being, including the provision of marine living ... resources, and the regulation of global climate and sea level. Assessing ecological processes in terms of ... the services they provide translates the complexity of the environment into functions which can be ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-11/21 : Author(s): S.M. Grant, S.L. Hill and P.N. Trathan (UK)

5. About the fecundity of Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) in Subarea 48.3 (around South Georgia)

   Abstract:  The absolute and relative fecundity of Patagonian toothfish inhabiting areas of South ... Georgia Island and Shag Rocks were studied. The absolute individual fecundity of toothfish in relation to ... the size of specimens ranged from 56,3 to 567.5 thousands of eggs, averaging 152,9 thousands of eggs ... . Values of relative individual fecundity of toothfish varied from 4,1 to 13,0 thousands of eggs (averaging ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-98/13 : Author(s): M.M. Nevinsky and A.N. Kozlov (Russia)

6. Spatial and seasonal distribution of adult Oithona similis in the Southern Ocean: predictions using boosted regression trees

   trees to derive relationships between environmental conditions and the distribution of the adult stage ... of the cyclopoid copepod Oithona similis in the Southern Ocean. Nearly 20 000 samples from the ... probability of detection (presence) and relative abundance of adults of this zooplankton species in surface ... the Receiver Operating Characteristic curve of 0.77) and relative abundance (28–35% variance explained ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-10/P14 : Author(s): M.H. Pinkerton, A.N.H. Smith, B. Raymond, G.W. Hosie, B. Sharp, J.R. Leathwick and J.M. Bradford-Grieve

7. Spatial distribution of foraging by female Antarctic fur seals

   Abstract:  The study tested the hypothesis that the distribution of critical habitat for foraging ... by female Antarctic fur seals breeding at the island of South Georgia was influenced by physical ... hypothesis that fur seal predation was capable of causing local depletion of prey species. When foraging in ... support of dependent offspring, fur seals travelled down physical gradients defined by the bathymetric ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-01/26 : Author(s): I.L. Boyd, I.J. Staniland and A.R. Martin (United Kingdom)

8. Interannual variations of water thermochaline structure on South Georgia Island, South Orkney Islands and Shetland Islands shelves

   Abstract:  Basing on the analysis of major water mass boundaries and their thermochaline ... area of South Orkney Isls and Shetland Isls in January-February since 1970. Three types of years have ... been singled out for the area of South Orkney Isls. The first type was characterized by presence of ... intermediate cold layer. In some years of this type (1 97 1, 1972, 1978, 1982) the layer had positive ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-00/34 : Author(s): P. Chernyshkov, V. Shnar, O. Berezhinsky and I. Polischuk (Russia)

9. Entanglement of Antarctic fur seals Arctocephalus gazella in man made debris at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands 1997/98

   Abstract:  The results of the second annual survey of entanglement of Antarctic fur seals at Signy ... Island, South Orkney Islands are reported for the 1997/98 summer season. There were six sightings of ... seals wearing neck collars of man-made debris, half the number reported in 1996/97. All of the animals ... involved were juvenile males, the main component of the population seen at Signy Island at this time of ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XVII/BG/12 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom

10. Dynamic of the krill fishery in the Area 48 and its relation to climate variability and changes in fishing technology

    Abstract:  The authors analyzed the spatial-temporal structure of standardized indices of catch ... per effort unit (CPUE)  of Antarctic krill fishery in the Area 48    in  relation to dynamic of ААО ... indices (Antarctic Oscillation Index) as one of the factors used in analysis of inter-annual and long ... -period fluctuations of hydrometeorological conditions at high latitudes of the southern hemisphere ...

    Meeting Document : WG-EMM-13/25 : Author(s): P.S. Gasyukov and S.М Kаsatkina (Russia)

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