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Results of acoustic assessment of krill biomass in Subarea 48.2 during summer 1996
Abstract: In the period from 24 February to 7 March 1996 in the cruise of RV "Atlantida" ... ; acoustic assessment of krill biomass and distribution was carried out in study area restricted with 59° 10 ... ' S- 60°30' S and 42 °00' W- 50°00 'w within Subarea 48.2. The study area of 19.200 ... sq.mi1es was located in the zone of two circulation systems of climatic scale interaction: Antarctic ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-96/36 : Author(s): Sunkovich, V.I., Kasatkina, S.M., Abramov, V.M., Polischuk, M.I., Sushin, V.A., Shnar, V.N.
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Analyses of acoustic line-transect data from the waters around South Georgia: estimation of krill (Euphausia superba Dana) biomass
Abstract: A large-scale acoustic survey of zooplankton stocks of the waters around South Georgia ... various definitions of strata. The total biomass in the area of 155 786 km2 was estimated to be 1.8225 x ... 106 t (Coefficient of Variation = 9.5%). This gives an estimate of mean density throughout the region ... of 11.7 t km-2. Although the estimate of the mean is not sensitive to the definition of strata, the ...
Meeting Document : WG-KRILL-91/30 : Author(s): E. Murphy, I. Everson and A. Murray (United Kingdom)
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Distribution and abundance of Antarctic krill in the vicinity of Elephant Island during the 1994 austral summer
Abstract: The distribution and abundance of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) were estimated ... from four acoustic surveys conducted in the vicinity of Elephant Island, Antarctica, from mid-January ... Island and the eastern end of King George Island; the second and third surveys covered approximately 2100 ... n.mile2 immediately north of Elephant Island. During the first survey, the highest densities of krill were ...
Meeting Document : WG-Joint-94/09 : Author(s): R.P. Hewitt and D.A. Demer (USA)
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The incidence of plastic in the diets of Antarctic seabirds
Abstract: We investigated the diets of seabirds at sea in the Antarctic from 1976 to 1988. During ... , we collected or pumped the stomachs of 1,223 seabirds of 23 species. The stomach contents of species ... live prey. Among species that feed a t the surface, most of which eat both live and dead organisms ... , incidence of plastic was highest among the smaller ones and those that are omnivores, or feed on zooplankton ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-X/BG/18 : Author(s): Delegation of USA
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SELECTIVITY OF CONVENTIONAL AND CONTINUOUS TECHNIQUES OF KRILL FISHERY
Abstract: Combination of conventional and continuous techniques during krill fishery at the ... Russian commercial vessel "Maxim Starostin" allowed to compare the size structure of the ... Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) caught by these two techniques. Results of comparison are discussed in ... relation to the selectivity of fishing gears and the space-time variability of krill. Differences between ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-11/14 : Author(s): D. Sologub (Russia)
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Report of the 1995/96 Japanese Whale Research Programme Under Special Permit in the Antarctic (JARPA) in Area IV and eastern part of Area III
Abstract: The ninth survey of the Japanese Whale Research Programme Under Special Permit in the ... Antarctic (JARPA) was carried out in the Antarctic Area IV (south of 60° S between 70°E and 130°E) and ... eastern part of Area In (south of 60° S between 35°E and 70°E). The survey was conducted for 118 days ... , from 26 November 1995 to 22 March 1996. The research fleet was composed of a research base vessel ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-96/48 : Author(s): Yuzu, S., Ishikawa, H., Mogoe, T., Kawasaki, M., Hishii, T., Shimamoto, K., Tohyama, D., Nibe, H., Taguchi, F., Hidaka, H., Ono, K., Yamashiro, K., Yoshida, T., Tamura, T., Nishiwaki, S.
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Growth rates of Antarctic fur seals as indices of environmental conditions
Abstract: The growth rates of Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella pups estimated from ... weighing cross-sections of the population were compared with measured/inferred changes in the the ... availability of their main prey species, Antarctic krill Euphausia superba from 1989-2000. There was no ... relationship between growth rate and mass at weaning and there were counterintuitive indications of higher ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-01/20 : Author(s): K. Reid (United Kingdom)
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Preliminary report of sound-speed contrast and density of krill measured on board RV Kaiyo Maru
Abstract: The target strength (TS) of Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba, is a scaling factor to ... improve the accuracy and precision of the TS value. Since in situ and experimental TS measurements of ... characteristics of the TS. For the calculation by the acoustical scattering model, the information of size ... , morphology, orientation, and material properties of krill are required. There are two important material ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-05/36 : Author(s): Y. Takao, H. Yasuma, R. Matsukura and M. Naganobu (Japan)
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Sources of variance in studies of krill population genetics
Abstract: There is a long-term interest in the population genetics of Antarctic krill species ... because of their ecological end economic importance. The possibility that there are distinct genetic ... stocks of these species would affect the design of management strategies for conserving them. A recent ... resurgence of interest in identifying distinct stocks of swarming krill species has been driven by the ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-01/12 : Author(s): S.N. Jarman and S. Nicol (Australia)
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Distribution, biomass and abundance of Antarctic krill in the vicinity of Elephant Island during the 1996 austral summer
Abstract: Results from two acoustic and net surveys conducted in the vicinity of Elephant Island ... during the 1996 austral summer indicate very good krill recruitment from spawning in 1994/5. Areas of ... high krill density were mapped north of King George and Elephant Islands where water depth was greater ... and were widely distributed throughout the southern portion of the survey area. Large, sexually mature ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-96/23 : Author(s): Demer, D.A., Hewitt, R.P., Loeb, V.