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ADDRESSING UNCERTAINTY OVER THE IMPORTANCE OF ANTARCTIC TOOTHFISH AS PREY OF SEALS AND WHALES IN THE SOUTHERN ROSS SEA: A REVIEW
Abstract: An uncertainty heretofore has existed over the importance of Antarctic toothfish ... (Dissostichus mawsoni) as prey of top predators in the Ross Sea. We reviewed the literature to assess the ... relative weight that should be given to direct, observational evidence of predator diet composition, as ... opposed to indirect evidence from scat and biochemical analysis. As a result of this assessment, it is ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-08/22 : Autor(es): D. Ainley and D. Siniff (USA)
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Calculation of indices of sea-ice concentration using digital images from the National Snow and Ice Data Centre
Abstract: A method is described for calculating indices of sea ice distribution from digital data ... distributed by the National Snow and Ice Data Centre, Colorado, USA. Data consist of an image of the Antarctic ... , made up of 312x332 pixels, each having a dimension of 25x25km, for every day in the year. Primary data ... of the distance of sea ice from CEMP sites, the northerly position of the sea ice edge, and the ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-95/11 : Autor(es): Agnew, D.J.
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Fish in the diet of the blue-eyed shag Phalacrocorax atriceps at the South Shetland Islands: six years of monitoring studies
Abstract: In this document we inform on the results of six years monitoring changes in the diet ... of the Blue-eyed Shag Phalacrocorax atriceps as reflected by the analysis of regurgitated pellets ... collected at two localities of the South Shetland Islands. The comments are mainly focused on Gobionotothen ... gibberifrons and Notothenia rossii, species of particular interest for CCAMLR. Notothenia rossii appeared in ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-96/31 : Autor(es): Barrera-Oro, E., Casaux, R.
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Incidental mortality of seabirds associated with longline fishing in Subarea 48.3 – preliminary results of scientific observations onboard the Chilean longliner, Puerto Ballena, from March to May 1996
Abstract: Estimates of the number of seabirds taken incidentally in longline fisheries on ... observations on the by-catch of seabirds during a cruise of the Chilean longliner 'Puerto Ballena' in ... Statistical Subarea 48.3. A total of 118 dead black-browed albatrosses, 3 dead grey-headed albatrosses, 46 ... setting of lines had been restricted to nighttime as required in order to comply with Conservation Measure ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-96/31 : Autor(es): Selling, J., Kock, K.-H.
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Fishes caught along with the Antarctic krill in the vicinity of the South Shetland Islands during the austral summer months of 1994
Abstract: Observations on abundance of by-catch fishes were made during the austral summer months ... of 1994 (from January 12 to February 18) on board F/V Niitaka Maru in the north of the South Shetland ... Islands. Among 99 net hauls examined, a total of 77 specimens of fishes belonging to 13 species were found ... also secondary abundant. To compare abundance of each fish species, the index of its occurrence in ...
Meeting Document : WG-Krill-94/25 : Autor(es): T. Iwami (Japan)
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Acoustic visualization of the three-dimensional prey field of foraging chinstrap penguins
Abstract: Predator-prey interactions play an important role in determining the dynamics of ... ecosystems. Recently, concerns have arisen due to the commercial harvesting of Euphausia superba, the ... these concerns because of problems associated with determining the availability of krill to their ... -dimensional distribution of krill within a 1852 X 1852 X 100 m volume of ocean. Our study revealed the ...
Meeting Document : WG-Joint-94/12 : Autor(es): J.E. Zamon, C.H. Greene, E. Meir, D.A. Demer, R.P. Hewitt and S. Sexton (USA)
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Ross Sea Biodiversity, Part I: validation of the 2007 CCAMLR Bioregionalisation Workshop results towards including the Ross Sea in a representative network of marine protected areas in the Southern Ocean
Abstract: This report provides the scientific basis, validating the results of the CCAMLR ... Bioregionalization Workshop (2007) as well as the report of ASOC (2010), for identifying the Ross Sea as one of 11 ... areas deserving close scrutiny for inclusion in a network of marine protected areas. CCAMLR (2007 ... ) identified the Ross Sea as an area of high biodiversity on the basis of its high physical heterogeneity; ASOC ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-10/11 : Autor(es): D.G. Ainley, G. Ballard and J. Weller (USA)
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Further analysis of spatial patterns of benthic invertebrate habitats from fishery bycatch in the Ross Sea region
presence of VME taxa bycatch are identifiable, as are several areas of dense fishing effort with no ... evidence of VME taxa. Identifiable sponge and/or gorgonian habitats occurred at a typical scale of 10-30 km ... , but were at larger scales. Spatial analysis of these data allows the detectability of prevalent taxa ... to be estimated, along with changes in catch rate at different levels of observed bycatch. Results ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-10/30 : Autor(es): S.J. Parker, R.G. Cole and S.M. Hanchet (New Zealand)
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Precautionary spatial protection to facilitate the scientific study of habitats and communities under ice shelves in the context of recent, rapid, regional climate change
the Antarctic Peninsula region. One of the most evident signs of climate change has been ice shelf ... collapse; overall, 87% of the Peninsula’s glaciers have retreated in recent decades. Ice shelf collapse ... will lead to the loss of existing marine habitats and the creation of new habitats. In general, fauna ... nutrient input, there may be consequent loss of some species or communities. Colonisation of new habitats ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-12/34 : Autor(es): P.N Trathan, S.M. Grant (United Kingdom), V. Siegel and K.-H. Kock (Germany)
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Diet and trophic niche of Macrourus spp. (Gadiformes, Macrouridae) in the Ross Sea region of the Southern Ocean
Sea region at depths between approximately 500 and 2100 m. We present the analysis of stomach contents ... (including regurgitated stomach contents) from an undifferentiated mixture of 33 specimens of these species ... (henceforth Macrourus spp.) in the Ross Sea region of the Southern Ocean. Samples of stomach contents were ... . Overall, amphipods were the dominant prey found in Macrourus spp. stomachs with an index of relative prey ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-12/P03 : Autor(es): M.H. Pinkerton, J. Forman, D.W. Stevens, S.J. Bury and J. Brown