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Diseases outbreak threatens Southern Ocean albatrosses
Southern Ocean and in Antarctica no major outbreaks of infectious diseases have been reported, perhaps ... because of isolation and cold climate, although recent evidence suggest their presence. The major threat ... controversial long-lining that is assumed to be the cause for the major decline of albatrosses and petrels ... , Erysipelas bacteria) are the major cause of the decline on Amsterdam Island of the large yellow-nosed ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-03/32 : Autor(es): H. Weimerskirch (France)
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Historical data synthesis in the Southern Ocean: Priority data sets
Abstract: As part of its long-term goal, ICED encourages the rescue and integration of existing ... data sets to enable investigation of long-term, large-scale ecosystem dynamics across the Southern ... , against which we can assess current and future dynamics of ecosystems under scenarios of climate and ... give an example of an historical data rescue project that is being conducted by ICED scientists at the ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-13/19 : Autor(es): N.M. Johnston, E.J. Murphy, J.R.D. Silk, C.M. Waluda, S.L. Hill and R.D. Cavanagh (United Kingdom) on behalf of the ICED Scientific Steering Committee
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Variability in krill length distribution in 48.1 derived from data collected by scientific observers
Abstract: Information on the length distribution of krill in the catch, and the spatial and ... temporal patterns of krill length in the population is essential to assess krill population status and ... dynamics, and the impacts of a fishery on the stocks. Here, we use generalised additive models (GAM) and ... generalised additive mixed models (GAMM) to evaluate the spatial and temporal patterns of length in Antarctic ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-15/16 : Autor(es): P. Ziegler, S. Kawaguchi D. Welsford and A. Constable (Australia)
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Beach debris survey – Signy Island, South Orkney Islands 2002
categories. A total of 39 items weighing 25.47kg were collected. The number of items found was the largest ... since 1999/00 and the total mass of the waste recovered was the highest recorded since 1994/95 (an ... increase of 59% by number and 97% by mass since 2000/01). There was an increase in the number of plastic ... % of all items recorded, followed by wood (23%). Classifying the waste by source revealed that almost ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXI/BG/05 : Autor(es): Delegation of the United Kingdom
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CEMP INDICES: 2009 UPDATE
indicator species collected by standard methods in the three Integrated Study Regions of the Convention Area ... . Each year the Secretariat updates the standardised index values and provides a summary of trends and ... and 12 CEMP parameters in 2008/09. This continues a decreasing trend in the amounts of data being ... submitted to the CCAMLR database. No data was received from CEMP sites in Area 88. Since 1989/90, a total of ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-09/05 : Autor(es): Secretariat
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INTEGRATING COUNT EFFORT BY SEASONALLY CORRECTING ANIMAL POPULATION ESTIMATES (ICESCAPE): A METHOD FOR ESTIMATING ABUNDANCE AND ITS UNCERTAINTY FROM COUNT DATA USING ADÉLIE PENGUINS AS A CASE STUDY
standardising animal count data to a common reference point of breeding chronological for species showing ... Animal Population Estimates) is suite of routines that implements a general abundance estimator ... , Southwell 2004a). Within this resampling framework all measures of uncertainty associated with originally ... achieved by standardising counts to a common reference point of breeding chronology by applying an ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-09/20 : Autor(es): J. McKinlay, C. Southwell and R. Trebilco (Australia)
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SEABIRD: DRAFT USER MANUAL V1.00-2008/06/18
that allows a great deal of flexibility in specifying the population dynamics, parameter estimation ... to set up the input files, descriptions of the population dynamics and estimation methods, and how to ... generate outputs. It also contains a brief overview of the technical specifications of the software, and ... examples of models using SeaBird. SeaBird is designed for flexibility. It allows the user to structure the ...
Meeting Document : WG-SAM-08/P03 : Autor(es): D. Fu and R.I.C.C. Francis (New Zealand)
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Algunos aspectos biologicos relevantes a la explotacion de la merluza negra (Dissostichus eleginoides Smitt, 1898) en la zona economica exclusiva argentina y sector oceanico adyacente
Abstract: This work aims to the study of the distribution, size structure by depth, first ... maturity stage, weight/length, and length perimeter curve, of Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus ... eleginoides) in the Argentine Sea, and atempts some explanation by a trophic analysis of such distribution ... . The distribution of Patagonian toothfish extends between of 36°30'S and 55°S from 80 to 2500 m ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-97/49 : Autor(es): Almeyda, S.M., Prenski, L.B.
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Zooplankton target strength: volumetric or areal dependence?
Abstract: Target strengths (TS) of various zooplankton were measured at 200 kHz, 420 kHz and 1 ... MHz and the dependence of these data on animal volume versus cross-sectional area was explored The 420 ... seawater. The data were compared to both empirical and theoretical models of reduced target strength (TS ... normalized by the square of the animal length) versus ka (the product of wave number and equivalent ...
Meeting Document : WG-Krill-94/13 : Autor(es): D.A. Demer and L.V. Martin (USA)
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Krill (Euphausia superba) distribution in relation to water movement and phytoplankton distribution off the northern South Shetland Islands
Abstract: The waters in the vicinity of the South Shetland Islands and Elephant Island were ... surveyed to investigate mechanisms for the formation of krill concentrations and to estimate acoustic ... biomass of krill in the 1990/91 austral summer. Main krill concentrations occurred in the shelf waters ... north of the islands, as usual. Tracks of drifting buoys (with curtain drogues at 30 m depth where krill ...
Meeting Document : WG-KRILL-91/22 : Autor(es): Delegation of Japan