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The diet of the Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella at Harmony Point, South Shetland Islands: evidence of opportunistic foraging on penguins?
Abstract: The diet of non-breeding male Antarctic fur seals Arctocephalus gazella was ... investigated at Harmony Point, Nelson Island, South Shetland Islands, by the analysis of 523 scats collected ... from January to March 2001 and 2002. The composition of the diet was diverse and both, pelagic and ... benthic-demersal preys were represented in the samples. Overall, the Antarctic Krill Euphausia superba and ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-02/11 : Author(s): R. Casaux, L. Bellizia and A. Baroni (Argentina)
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BIOMASS ESTIMATES AND SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS OF DEMERSAL FINFISH ON THE ROSS SEA SHELF AND SLOPE FROM THE NEW ZEALAND IPY-CAML SURVEY, FEBRUARY-MARCH 2008
Abstract: during February and March 2008 as part of the International Polar Year. The main aim of ... the survey was to carry out a Census of Antarctic Marine Life in this regionfocussing on sampling the ... pelagic and benthic habitats on the shelf, slope, abyss, and seamounts in the Ross Sea region (CCAMLR ... Subarea 88.1). The shelf and slope were stratified by depth and at least three random trawls completed in ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-08/31 : Author(s): S.M. Hanchet, M.L. Stevenson (New Zealand), C. Jones (USA), P.M. Marriott, P.J. McMillan, R.L. O’Driscoll, D. Stevens, A.L. Stewart and B.A. Wood (New Zealand)
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On the problem of icefish (Champsocephalus gunnari) vertical migration on the South Georgia shelf
Abstract: The results are presented of studying icefish vertical migration based on the data of R ... /V cruises during the seasons of 1982-83, 1983-84 and 1986-87, when this species was highly abundant ... on the South Georgia shelf. It is revealed that at day time the fish distributes near the bottom and ... the maximum catches were available at the middle of the light hours of the day. At twilight the fish ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-91/06 : Author(s): J.A. Frolkina and V.I. Shlibanov (USSR)
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Results of the Spanish exploratory longline fishery for Dissostichus spp. in Divisions 58.4.1 and 58.4.2 in the two previous seasons
Abstract: We addressed the revisions requested by the WG-SAM-14 regarding the results of the ... -SAM-14/09. A summary of the results of the Spanish research that took place in the 58.4.1 division ... during the last two fishing seasons is presented. A prospective estimation of the local biomass (B LOC ... ) of three SSRUs visited using the local depletion method, together with the extrapolation to the total ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-14/35 : Author(s): R. Sarralde, L.J. López-Abellán and S. Barreiro (Spain)
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Implementation and preliminary results from the synoptic krill survey in Area 48, 2019 conducted by the Chinese krill fishing vessel Fu Rong Hai
Abstract: As a contribution to the joint effort on the large-scale synoptic krill survey of Area ... 48, the Chinese krill fishing vessel Fu Rong Hai conducted the survey in the Subarea 48.1 from 2 ... generally following the procedures applied in the CCAMLR 2000 survey analyses, and estimates of krill ... density were based on the 120 kHz data attributed to krill using the swarm-based method as well as the two ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-2019/43 : Author(s): X. Wang, X. Zhao, B. Zou, G. Fan, X. Yu, J. Zhu, J. Zhang and Y. Ying
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Adélie penguin population change in the pacific sector of Antarctica: relation to sea-ice extent and the Antarctic Circumpolar Current
Abstract: One of the longest continuing data sets involving a marine organism in the Antarctic is ... on Ross Island, Ross Sea, 1959 to 1997. The sizes of these colonies have displayed significant ... interannual variability during the 29-yr period. We hypothesized that changes are related to natural ... physical environmental factors during that part of the record with comparable sea-ice satellite imagery ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-01/23 : Author(s): P.R. Wilson (New Zealand), D.G. Ainley, N. Nur, S.S. Jacobs (USA), K.J. Barton (New Zealand), G. Ballard and J.C. Comiso (USA)
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Entanglement of Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella in man-made debris at Bird Island, South Georgia during the 2001 winter and the 2002 breeding season
Abstract: Results of the survey of entanglements of Antarctic fur seals at Bird Island, South ... Georgia for the twelfth consecutive winter (2001) and fourteenth consecutive summer (2001/02) are reported ... here. The overall number of entanglements showed an increase from recent years, with 20 entanglements ... reported over winter and 48 during the summer breeding period. The number of winter entanglements was same ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXI/BG/04 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom
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Natural fluctuations in the abundance of krill with due regard to global climate changes in the southern hemisphere: forecasting possibilities
Abstract: The eco systematic studies in biology and hydrology conducted in the Atlantic sector of ... the South Ocean in recent years made it possible for scientists to establish a rather clear ... relationship among the winter and spring ice cover variations, summer water surface temperature, and " ... ;success" in the reproduction of krill (Euphausia superba) and salp (Salpa tompsoni) (SC-CAMLR-XVI4 ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-98/52 : Author(s): K. Shust (Russia)
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Preliminary results from a study examining spatial structure and connectivity in Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) in the South Atlantic section of the Southern Ocean
Abstract: Using the High Resolution laser-ICPMS at Old Dominion University, we sampled the edge ... of otoliths from Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides), and examined whether the elemental ... signatures could discriminate between geographic locations along the Scotia Arc and along the eastern South ... American continental shelf near the Falkland Islands. Furthermore, we examined the elemental signatures of ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-03/86 Rev. 1 : Author(s): J.R. Ashford (USA), A. Arkhipkin (United Kingdom) and C.M. Jones (USA)
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Sea surface temerature anomalies near South Georgia: relationships with the South Atlantic and the Pacific El Niño regions
Abstract: The sea surface temperature dataset of Reynolds and Smith (1994) was used to describe ... variability around South Georgia. High levels of autocorrelation were evident in the sea surface temperature ... anomalies, with periodicity evident at a lag period of 4 years. To the north of the island significant ... approximately encompassed the Georgia Basin. Crosscorrelation analyses with indices describing the El Niñio ...
Meeting Document : WS-AREA 48-98/10 : Author(s): P. Trathan and E.J. Murphy (UK)