Résultats de la recherche
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An investigation of avoidance by Antarctic krill of RRS James Clark Ross using the Autosub-2 autonomous underwater vehicle
Abstract: The autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) Autosub-2 was deployed on eight missions ahead ... of RRS James Clark Ross in the northern Weddell Sea and in the Bransfield Strait to assess avoidance ... of the research vessel by Antarctic krill Euphausia superba. The AUV was equipped with the same type ... of scientific echosounder as the research vessel (Simrad EK500 operating at 38 kHz and 120 kHz) and ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-01/14 : Auteur(s): A.S. Brierley, P.G. Fernandes, M.A. Brandon, E. Armstrong, D.G. Bone and the Autosub Team (United Kingdom)
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Exploitation of mesoscale oceanographic features by grey-headed albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma in the southern Indian Ocean
association with mesoscale oceanographic features, as identified by sea surface height anomalies, in the ... southern Indian Ocean. During incubation, most birds foraged to the north of the island, at the edges of ... anomalies created by the Agulhas Return Current in the Subtropical Convergence and the Subantarctic zones ... . In contrast, during chick-rearing all tracked birds foraged to the southwest of the island, at the ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-01/12 : Auteur(s): D.C. Nel, J.R.E. Lutjeharms, E.A. Pakhomov, I.J. Ansorge, P.G. Ryan and N.T.W. Klages (South Africa)
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The fishery for Champsocephalus gunnari and its biology at Heard Island (Division 58.5.2)
Abstract: Commercial trawl fisheries in the modern era started within the Heard Island EEZ in ... 1997. This paper summarises the fishing activities to date and collates the information on the biology ... of the species gathered from the fishery and from a series of fishery-independent surveys conducted ... between 1990 and 2000. Icefish abundance varies widely between years and the fishery is dependent on ...
Meeting Document : WAMI-01/04 : Auteur(s): R. Williams, E. van Wijk, A. Constable and T. Lamb (Australia)
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Revised proposal for a CCAMLR sponsored research survey to monitor abundance of pre-recruit Antarctic toothfish in the southern Ross Sea
Abstract: At its 2010 meeting, the Scientific Committee agreed that a time series of recruitments ... from a well- designed survey in the Ross Sea could be a useful input into the stock assessment model ... survey was presented to the 2011 meeting of WG-SAM. In this paper we provide an update of the preliminary ... proposal by taking into account the comments of WG-SAM. It provides the scientific rationale and background ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-11/47 : Auteur(s): S.M. Hanchet, S. Mormede, S.J. Parker and A. Dunn (New Zealand)
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Squalus acanthias – a new species in the Antarctic ichthyofauna (Division 58.5.1)
Abstract: Four species of shark have been known to date to occur in the sub-Antarctic waters ... was captured in February 1995 on the shelf of the Kerguelen Islands from the depth of about 195 m and ... duly described. Squalus acanthias is believed to be one of the most widespread shark species in the ... World Ocean. The fact of capturing this species in the Kerguelen waters enlarges by far its range and ...
Meeting Document : WG-FSA-96/14 : Auteur(s): Pshenichnov, L.K.
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Swimming speed and allocation of time during the dive cycle of Antarctic fur seals
Abstract: During sustained bouts of diving, predators like fur seals may adjust the time they ... spend diving to maximise the time they can spend foraging and minimise the time spent at the surface ... between dives. To examine this, swimming speeds and the time allocated to different parts of the dive ... than was exhibited by animals when swimming at the surface. Swimming speeds were fastest during the ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-95/25 : Auteur(s): Bevan, R.M., Boyd, I.L., Reid, K.
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Climate variability in the western Antarctic peninsula region
Abstract: The climate of tile Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) region is distinguished by large ... seasonal and interannual variability and by the occurrence of seasonal sea ice which changes the ocean ... -atmosphere interface, affects tile surface albedo, and modifies the annual temperature cycle. Air temperature ... records for several peninsula stations have been examined, and the annual progression of surface air ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-95/61 : Auteur(s): Stammerjohn, S.E., Baker, K.S., Smith, R.C.
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Water mass distribution and circulation west of the Antarctic peninsula and including Bransfield Strait
Abstract: Historical hydrographic data from Bransfield Strait and the region west of the ... 34.6 to 34.73 and oxygen values below 4.5 ml 1-1, is the most prominent water mass in this region, is ... found between 200 and 700 m, and is present in all seasons throughout the region examined. Below 200 m ... this water mass floods the continental shelf west of the Antarctic Peninsula. CDW is also found in ...
Meeting Document : WG-EMM-95/67 : Auteur(s): Smith, D.A., Lascara, C.M., Klinck, J.M., Hofmann, E.E.
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Further calculations of the effects of krill fishing on predators
Abstract: Earlier initial modelling attempts by the authors are extended to consider the ... achieved by making the survival rates depend instead on krill "availability", where there is a ... random component in the relationship between krill biomass and availability. An examination of the ... consequences in the case of the blackbrowed albatross suggest that these other factors result in yet lesser ...
Meeting Document : WG-Krill-94/24 : Auteur(s): D.S. Butterworth and R.B. Thomson (South Africa)
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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 : Auteur(s): Delegation of Japan