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1. Poor breeding success of the Adélie penguin at Béchervaise Island in the 1998/99 season

   Abstract:  This paper describes the diet and foraging behaviour of Ad6lie penguins at B6chervaise Island during 1998-99, a season of high chick mortality. One thousand nests perished in the three weeks following first hatch, when the chicks were very small. A total of 802 chicks reached crèche age

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-99/25 : Author(s): L. Irvine, J.R. Clarke and K.R. Kerry (Australia)

2. Report on the SCOR/ICES Symposium on the Ecosystem Effects of Fishing, March 1999

   Author(s):  A. Constable (Australia) Title:  Report on the SCOR/ICES Symposium on the Ecosystem Effects of Fishing, March 1999 Approval:  Approved

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-99/26 : Author(s): A. Constable (Australia)

3. Correlation between krill and Champsocephalus gunnari stocks in the South Georgia Area 48.3

   Abstract:  After almost a ten-year gap in fishing for Champsocephalus gunnari in the area of South Georgia and Shag Rocks, the Russian large-sized trawler ZAKHAR SOROKIN (the MOONZUND-type) attempted a short-time fishing operation in February-March, 1999. Overall, 85 pelagic trawlings yielded 264

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-99/27 : Author(s): K.V. Shust, V.L. Senioukov, P.N. Kochkin andN.A. Petrukhina (Russia)

4. Light levels experienced by foraging Antarctic fur seals, Arctocephalus gazella

   Abstract:  This study examined the feasibility of using time depth recorders (TDRs) to measure light levels experienced by a diving marine mammal. TDRs were deployed on 10 female Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) at Bird Island, South Georgia (54° 00' S 38° 02' W) in the 1994/5

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-99/28 : Author(s): D.J. McCafferty, I.L. Boyd and T.R. Walker (UnitedKingdom)

5. Influence of sampling protocol on diet determination of gentoo penguins, Pygoscelis papua and Antarctic fur seals, Arctocephalus gazella

   Abstract:  The influence of two sampling protocols on diet determination of two marine predators, the Gentoo penguin Pygoscelis papua and Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella, was investigated. The collection of diet samples on three occasions over a two week period was compared with collecting

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-99/29 : Author(s): S.D. Berrow, R.I. Taylor and A. Murray (United Kingdom)

6. Relationships between the distribution of whales and Antarctic krill Euphausia superba at South Georgia

   Abstract:  The distribution of whales and krill in two survey boxes north of South Georgia was examined by comparing sightings and underway acoustic data collected as part of a multidisciplinary research cruise during January/February 1998. A total of 222 cetaceans of 10 species was recorded with

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-99/30 : Author(s): K. Reid, A.S. Brierley (United Kingdom) and G.A. Nevitt (USA)

7. Determining the sex of Antarctic krill Euphausia superba using carapace measurements

   Abstract:  A discriminant function using simple carapace measurements corretly determined the sex of 87% of male and 89% of female Antarctic krill Euphausia superba. This facilitated the use of sex-specific regression models which increased the accuracy of total length estimates. Author(s):  K.

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-99/31 : Author(s): K. Reid and J. Measures (United Kingdom)

8. Foraging and provisioning in Antarctic fur seals: interannual variability in time-energy budgets

   Abstract:  This study examined three competing hypotheses to explain how lactating Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) respond to changes in the level of resource availability. Antarctic fur seals have episodic bouts of suckling 0-3 days), alternating with foraging trips (3-10 days).

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-99/32 : Author(s): I.L. Boyd (United Kingdom)

9. A proposal for large scale sampling of krill in the diet of predators across Area 48 to coincide with the CCAMLR synoptic survey

   Abstract:  There is a high degree of spatial and temporal variability in the population of Antarctic krill Euphausia superba across the Scotia Sea. Resolution of the spatial component of this variability requires a 'snapshot' of the krill population over the region (eg the CCAMLR B0

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-99/33 : Author(s): K. Reid (United Kingdom)

10. Relative abundance of large whales around South Georgia

    Abstract:  To assess large whale stocks following the cessation of land-based South Georgia whaling in 1965, we report three independent sighting databases: a cruise in 1997, observations from Bird Island (NW of South Georgia) between 1979 and 1998, and mariner sightings between 1992 and 1997. All

    Meeting Document : WG-EMM-99/34 : Author(s): M.J. Moore (USA), S.D. Berrow (UK), B.A. Jensen (USA), P. Carr (UK), R. Sears (Canada) and V.J. Rowntree, R. Payne and P.K. Hamilton (USA)

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