Project information
Project aim
A planned acoustic biomass survey for krill in CCAMLR Division 58.4.2 (South West Indian Ocean) in January-March 2006 will produce the data for a revised catch limit on the krill fishery. The survey will utilise a standardised design as adopted in previous biomass surveys in the CCAMLR Area and will consist of 11 parallel transects between 30° and 80°E. A full suite of ecological measurements will be conducted: physical and chemical oceanography, primary productivity, microbial diversity, zooplankton distribution and abundance, krill distribution, abundance and demographics, fish distribution, abundance and genetics, and seabird and cetacean distribution.
Related publications
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BROKE-West, a large ecosystem survey of the South West Indian Ocean sector of the Southern Ocean, 30°E-80°E (CCAMLR Division 58.4.2) Deep-Sea Research II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 2010
(Ref: 14124)
Authors:Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
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Seabird assemblages observed during the BROKE-West survey of the Antarctic coastline(30°E–80°E), January–March 2006 Deep-Sea Research II, 2010
(Ref: 14040)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
Seabird surveys in January – March 2006 of a poorly known area of the Southern Ocean … adjacent to the East Antarctic coast identified six seabird communities, several of which were … comparable to seabird communities identified both in adjacent sectors of the Antarctic…
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Krill distribution in relation to oceanographic features and ecosystem structure in the 30-80E region Presentation at the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) XXIX meeting, July 8-19, 2006, Hobart, TAS, 2006
(Ref: 14039)
Category 3: Verbal presentation
A large-scale interdisciplinary survey of the waters between 30-80°E will take place between … January and March 2006.
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Distribution and abundance of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) off East Antarctic (30-80 degrees E) in January - March 2006 , 2007
(Ref: 13030)
Category 2: International meeting papers
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Surveying Sector 58. Australian Antarctic Magazine, Spring 2006, 2006
(Ref: 12780)
Authors:Category 4: Popular articles