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Seabird research at Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island, Antarctica, 2005/06
Abstract: Our ninth complete consecutive season of seabird research at Cape Shirreff allowed us ... previous season and is the third lowest population size in the 10 years of census data. The chinstrap ... 10 years of study. Gentoo penguin fledging Success was the highest recorded in all the years of study ... weights for this season was the highest recorded in all the years of study. Chinstrap penguins fledge ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-06/P1 : Autor(es): E.S.W. Leung, R.A. Orben and W.Z. Trivelpiece (USA)
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Beach debris survey Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, 2004/05
and size categories. A total of 38 items weighing 10.95kg were collected. The number of items found ... was higher than the total found during the previous season, though the total mass of the waste ... recovered had declined (an increase of 85.71% and decrease of 8.31% since 2003/04 respectively). There was ... an rise in the number of plastic packaging bands (12) from the total recorded the previous season (5 ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXIV/BG/17 : Autor(es): Delegation of the United Kingdom
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Fisheries in the Southern Ocean – an ecosystem approach. Trans. Roy. Soc. Lond. (in press)
Abstract: The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) is ... extended to the application of a precautionary approach in the late 1980’s. In our review we deal primarily ... with the science–related aspects of CCAMLR and its development towards an ecosystem approach to the ... management of the living resources of the Southern Ocean. To assist the Commission in meeting objectives, as ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXIV/P01 : Autor(es): Kock, K.-H., K. Reid, J. Croxall and S. Nicol
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Beach debris survey Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, 2002/03
and size categories. A total of 54 items weighing 27.36kg 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 38% and 7% since 2001/02 respectively). There was an increase in the number of ... /94. Such a continued increase in the number of these packaging bands found indicates that the ban on ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXII/BG/12 : Autor(es): Delegation of the United Kingdom
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Krill population dynamics in the Scotia Sea: variability in growth and mortality within a single population
Abstract: Understanding the demographics of Antarctic krill over large scales may be complicated ... by regional differences in the 11 processes that govern population structure. The influence of ... length–frequency distribution of krill in the Scotia Sea using samples from the South 13 Shetland Islands ... and South Georgia collected annually from 1991 to 2000. A correction function, which took account of ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-02/16 : Autor(es): K. Reid, E.J. Murphy (United Kingdom), V. Loeb and R.P. Hewitt (USA)
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Marine debris collected at Cape Shirreff during the Antarctic season 2000/01
categories: Plastic, metal, glass, and paper. A total of 1,774 articles was studied, with a weight of 124, 5 ... item with 1,736 articles which represent 97.86% of the total. The other items consisted of metal, 15 ... plastic bands were found at the site, which represent 34% of all plastic items. From these bands, 40 were ... ringlike, and 48 had the form of loops with knots. This is an evidence of an act against the Conservation ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XX/BG/25 : Autor(es): Delegation of Chile
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Are penguins and seals in competition for Antarctic krill at South Georgia?
consumers of Antarctic krill. In recent years the population of fur seals has increased whereas that of ... macaroni penguins has declined. Both species feed on krill of similar size ranges, dive to similar depths ... greater competition for the prey of macaroni penguins leading to the decline in their population. We use a ... ) satellite-tracking data to investigate the spatial separation of these two species whilst at sea during the ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-01/22 : Autor(es): K.E. Barlow, I.L. Boyd, J.P. Croxall, I.J. Staniland, K. Reid and A.S. Brierley (United Kingdom)
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Beach debris survey Signy Island, South Orkney Islands 1997/98
from three study beaches, Cummings Cove, Foca Cove and Starfish Cove after the prolonged presence of ... was counted, measured and classified by type, material, weight and size categories. A total of 29 ... and four items with a total weight of 1.7 kg were found at Starfish Cove. The total number of marine ... follows a continuing downward trend since 1993/94. The total weight of debris was 400/0 higher compared ...
Meeting Document : CCAMLR-XVII/BG/20 : Autor(es): Delegation of the United Kingdom
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PRELIMINARY PROPOSAL FOR MARINE SPATIAL PROTECTION AROUND THE SOUTH ORKNEY ISLANDS
Abstract: This paper proposes the establishment of a protected area to the south of the South ... to the additional areas of conservation importance identified in this paper, with a view to ... paper. Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom Title: PRELIMINARY PROPOSAL FOR MARINE SPATIAL ... Orkney Islands (within Subarea 48.2), to contribute towards the conservation of marine biodiversity and ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXVIII/14 : Autor(es): Delegation of the United Kingdom
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Marine debris and entanglements at Bird Island and King Edward Point, South Georgia, Signy Island, South Orkneys and Goudier Island, Antarctic Peninsula 2012/13
. Surveys of beached marine debris at Bird Island recorded a total of 145 and 134 items during winter (April ... (operational during summer only; 25 November 2012 to 20 March 2013) recorded a total of 13 items of beached ... marine debris. Entanglements of 13 Antarctic fur seals were observed at Bird Island, 15 at King Edward ... Point and zero at Signy Island and Goudier Island. In total, 85 items of marine debris were found in ...
Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXXII/BG/05 : Autor(es): Delegation of the United Kingdom