Southern Ocean Ecosystems

A total of 44 records of southern right whale mortalities and non-fatal anthropogenic interactions have been documented in Australia by … museums, wildlife agencies and researchers since 1950. Sixteen of the events involved whales that apparently survived.

Seabird by-catch in the French toothfish fishery: report of a cooperative study in 2008 SC-CAMLR-XXVII/BG/10, 2008 (Ref: 13590)

Authors:

Waugh S.Barbraud C.Delord K.Robertson G.Marteau C.

Category 2: International meeting papers

Black and white or shades of grey? Detectability of Adélie penguins during shipboard surveys in the Antarctic pack-ice Journal of Applied Ecology, 2009 (Ref: 13601)

Authors:

Southwell C.Low M.

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

1. Estimates of penguin abundance are important for developing marine ecosystem models and … assessing potential competition between penguins and fisheries operations. 2. Most shipboard surveys of penguins use strip transect (ST) or conventional distance sampling … (CDS)…

GIS based applications of resource selection function to the prediction of snow petrel distribution and abundance in East Antarctica: comparing models at multiple scales Ecological Modelling, 2005 (Ref: 13597)

Authors:

Olivier F.Wotherspoon S.J.

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Modelling habitat selection using presence-only data: case study of a colonial nesting bird, the snow petrel Ecological Modelling, 2005 (Ref: 13596)

Authors:

Olivier F.Wotherspoon S.J.

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Distribution and abundance of Wilson's storm petrels (Oceanites oceanicus) at two locations in East Antarctica: testing habitat selection models Polar Biology, 2006 (Ref: 13595)

Authors:

Olivier F.Wotherspoon S.J.

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Nest selection by snow petrels in East Antarctica. Validating habitat selection models at the continental scale Ecological Modelling, 2008 (Ref: 13594)

Authors:

Olivier F.Wotherspoon S.J.

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Line weights of constant mass (and sink rates) for Spanish-system Patagonian Toothfish longline vessels CCAMLR Science, 2008 (Ref: 13589)

Authors:

Robertson G.Moreno C.A.Gutiérrez E.Candy S.G.Melvin E.F.Seco Pon J.P.

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

CCAMLR Conservation Measure 25-02 requires Spanish-system longline vessels to attach 8.5 kg weights at 40 m intervals on longlines to minimise interactions with seabirds. The weights typically used are collections of rocks enclosed in netting bags.

Autoliners and seabird by-catch: do line setters increase the sink rate of integrated weight longlines? CCAMLR Science, 2008 (Ref: 13588)

Authors:

Robertson G.Williamson J.McNeill M.Candy S.G.Smith N.

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Line setters are used with integrated weight (IW) (50 g m–1 lead core) longlines by some autoline vessels in the Kerguelen and Crozet Islands Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) fisheries to deter seabirds, ostensibly by expediting gear sink rates.

An automated camera system for remote monitoring in polar environments Cold Regions Science and Technology, 2009 (Ref: 13552)

Authors:

Newbery K.M.Southwell C.

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

There is widespread recognition of the benefits in automating procedures for the collection of scientific data, and an increasing ability to do so as technology advances.

An experimental assessment of factors affecting the sink rates of spanish-rig longlines to minimize impacts on seabirds Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 2008 (Ref: 13304)

Authors:

Robertson G.Moreno C.A.Crujeiras J.Wienecke B.Gandini P.McPherson G.Pon J.P.S.

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

The Spanish system of longline fishing is used in a range of demersal and semi-pelagic fisheries … throughout the southern hemisphere and has been the source of a large number of seabird fatalities.

Common dolphins subject to fisheries impacts in Southern Australia are genetically differentiated: implications for conservation Animal Conservation, 2008 (Ref: 13574)

Authors:

Bilgmann K.Möller L.M.Harcourt R.G.Gales R.Beheregaray L.B.

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Interactions between short-beaked common dolphins Delphinus delphis and the … fishing industry of South Australia (SA) have lead to serious concerns over the … long-term viability of the local dolphin population.

A new technique for refloating and release of stranded sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) Marine Mammal Science, 2008 (Ref: 13563)

Authors:

Thalmann S.Gales R.Greenwood M.Gedamke J.

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Distribution pattern of macrozooplankton along the 140°E meridian in the Southern Ocean during austral summer 2002 and 2003 Nankyoku Shiryo (Antarctic Record), 2008 (Ref: 13555)

Authors:

Tanimura A.Oka N.Kawaguchi S.Nishikawa J.Takahashi K.T.Makabe R.Hosie G.Odate T.

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

At sea movement of Macquarie Island giant petrels: Relationships with marine protected areas and Regional Fisheries Management Organisations Biological Conservation, 2008 (Ref: 13550)

Authors:

Trebilco R.Gales R.Baker G.B.Terauds A.Sumner M.D.

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Satellite tracking devices were used to examine the at sea movements of southern and … northern giant petrels from Macquarie Island during the Austral summers of 2005–06 … and 2006–07. Time spent at sea for nine northern giant petrels (four breeding adults, five … recently fledged juveniles)…

Do wanderers always return? Albatross: their world, their ways, 2008 (Ref: 13540)

Authors:

Double M.C.

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Risk of Baleen Whales TTS from Seismic Surveys: Accounting for Uncertainty and Individual Variation. Presentation to the Marine Mammal and Ocean Sound Defence Symposium, Defence Science Technology Organization, Edinburgh, SA. 7-9 November 2007, 2007 (Ref: 13537)

Authors:

Gedamke J.Gales N.Frydman S.

Category 3: Conference paper

Marine Board Position Paper 13: The effects of anthropogenic sound on marine mammals, A draft research strategy Marine Board - European Science Foundation, Strasbourg, 2008 (Ref: 13534)

Authors:

Boyd I.Brownell B.Cato D.Clark C.Costa D.Evans P.Gedamke J.Gentry R.Gisiner R.Gordon J.Jepson P.Miller P.Rendell L.Tasker M.Tyack P.Vos E.Whitehead H.Wartzok D.Zimmer W.

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

The South Atlantic: A Sanctuary for Whales International Whaling Commission IWC-57-4, 2007 (Ref: 13536)

Authors:

Palazzo J.T.Augustowski M.Barreto A.S.Engel M.Gales N.Garcia R.Gedamke J.Groch K.R.Iniguez M.de Lima R.P.Marcondes M.C.Oosthuizen H.Sironi M.Tossenberger V.

Category 2: International meeting papers

Report by the Taxonomy Working Group to the fourth meeting of the ACAP Advisory Committee - Cape Town, South Africa 2007. AC4 Doc12 Fourth Meeting of the ACAP Advisory Committee. Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels (ACAP), 2008 (Ref: 13539)

Authors:

Brooke M.Chambers G.K.Double M.C.Ryan P.G.Tasker M.L.

Category 2: International meeting papers

This report presents the application of the taxonomic guidelines developed by the … Taxonomy Working Group to three pairs of taxa currently listed under Annex 1 … (Attachment 1) of the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels … (ACAP): 1. Amsterdam and Wandering Albatross…

Vessel collisions with small cetaceans worldwide and with large whales in the Southern Hemisphere; building a standardized database 2006 IWC-Scientific Committee SC/58/BC6, 2006 (Ref: 13535)

Authors:

Van Waerebeek K.Baker A.N.Félix F.Gedamke J.Iñiguez M.Sanino G.P.Secchi E.Sutaria D.van Helden A.Wang Y.

Category 2: International meeting papers

We compiled and reviewed 248 cases of reported vessel collisions with small cetaceans worldwide and with large … cetaceans in the Southern Hemisphere. Difficulties were encountered with the comparison of highly variable data in … terms of quality (evidence), sources…

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