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Diet composition of Antarctic toothfish caught in Divisions 58.4.1 and 58.4.2 in 2014/15 inferred from fatty acid stable isotope analyses
determined. Sampling efforts were made during a longline survey of pre-recruit toothfish from commercial ... muscle tissue of Antarctic toothfish, bycatch specimen and icefish in the stomachs indicated a trophic ... connection between the toothfish and icefish. In this study, similarities in the δ13C values δ15N values of ... Antarctic toothfish indicate they occupy same trophic position irrespective of the area, body size, sex, and ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-16/31 : Author(s): Delegation of the Republic of Korea
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Draft: differences in the foraging strategies of male and female Adelie penguins
of breeding Adelie penguins were demonstrated at two widely separated locations over a number of ... frequently and consumed larger quantities of krill, especially when chicks were small. Males tended instead ... on fish throughout chick rearing. The importance of these results to monitoring programs such as the ... CCAMLR Ecosystem Monitoring Program (CEMP), their relevance to the energetics of reproduction and their ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-95/46 : Author(s): Franchi, E., Kerry, K., Clarke, J.
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A method for preparing large numbers of otolith sections for viewing by scanning electron microscope
Abstract: In an investigation of the age structure of a population of Notothenia coriiceps ... Richardson at the South Orkney Islands, Antarctica, the microstructure of otoliths was examined. Progress is ... reported on a method used for processing large numbers of otoliths using a scanning electron microscope ... facilitate present methods of ageing fish populations, especially for fishery work in the Antarctic where ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-93/07 : Author(s): J.R. Ashford, K. Robinson and M.G. White (United Kingdom)
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Distribution and stock of krill Euphausia superba Dana in December 1983 and January 1984 before and during the Second International Biomass Experiment I/ SIBEX 1/
Abstract: The preliminary results of hydroacoustic investigations conducted aboard the Polish ... vessel "Profesor Siedlecki” /8.XII.1983- 8.I.1984/ are presented. In the first leg of the cruise /8 ... , named the Second International BIOMASS Experiment, covered the area of the Drake Passage and Bransfield ... Experiment /1981/, expecially in the Bransfield Strait. Great concentrations of krill were observed only ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-III/BG/10 : Author(s): J. Kalinowski (Poland)
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Evaluation of the krill stock in Subarea 48.3, June–August 1995
Abstract: On the ground of trawling of Ukrainian vessels made near the South Georgia from 16 June ... till 15 August 1995 peculiarities of krill distribution, their characteristics including time stability ... (tolerance), are examined, calculations of biomass and krill commercial concentrations values are given ... . Interannual changes in some indices of krill fishing Resources in this subarea from 1985 till 1995 undergo ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-96/70 : Author(s): Bibik, V.A.
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Do Adélie penguin fledgling weights provide an index of prey availability?
to two assumed proxies of prey availability: breeding success and foraging trip duration. Concordance ... the end of the breeding season were more strongly correlated with later foraging trips than with ... earlier trips. We interpret these results as an indication of variable resources between the guard and ... crèche stages of the breeding season. In some seasons, there appeared to be constant levels of resources ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-05/21 : Author(s): L. Emmerson, C. Southwell and J. Clarke (Australia)
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ANALYSIS OF KRILL OBSERVER COVERAGE IN SUBAREA 48.3
been implemented since 2002. Observers have been placed on approximately 50% of vessels fishing in any ... one season, and have been present on board for about 30% of the fishing season. They have achieved a ... rate of sampling equivalent to 18% of total hauls taken in a season being sampled for krill and 11% for ... variance, the between vessel variance being about 45% of total variance. However, the ratio is sufficiently ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-09/25 : Author(s): D.J. Agnew, P. Grove, T. Peatman, R. Burns and C. Edwards (United Kingdom)
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RESPONSE OF ANTARCTIC BENTHIC COMMUNITIES TO DISTURBANCE: WRST RESULTS FROM THE ARTIWCIAL BENTHIC DISTURBANCE EXPERIMENT ON THE EASTERN WEDDELL SEA SHELF, ANTARCTICA
simulate the impact of grounding icebergs on the seabed and follow the steps and timescales of recovery of ... this experimental field study. By means of 11 densely-placed hauls with a modified bottom trawl, a ... seabed area of approximately 100 x 1000 m was artificially scoured to inflict a similar damage to the ... drastically reduced by a factor of 10, while mean abundances were only slightly reduced. Demersal fish biomass ...
Meeting Document : WS-VME-09/P05 : Author(s): Rossi, S., Mintenbeck, K., Knust, R., Isla, E., Gerdes, D.
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Net sample validation of acoustic techniques used to identify and size Antarctic krill
identified and distinguished from all other types of backscatter. Traditionally this has been achieved by ... sampling characteristic types of acoustic target with nets. More recently partitioning of backscatter into ... the functionality of acoustic target identification techniques. Mean volume backscattering strength ... collected with an RMT8. Around 80 % of the targets thought to be krill on the basis of their appearance on ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-97/46 : Author(s): Watkins, J.L., Brierley, A.S.
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Population change in gentoo penguins Pygoscelis papua at South Georgia: potential roles of adult survival, recruitment and deferred breeding
survival and recruitment rates, to model the fluctuations in breeding populations, taking account of ... variations introduced by good and bad years (as classified on the basis of breeding success). There is ... major population changes (large decreases followed by substantial increases) occurred. Three of these ... years were associated with reduced availability of krill, one with very cold winter and spring ...
Meeting Document : WG-CEMP-93/08 : Author(s): J.P. Croxall and P. Rothery (United Kingdom)