Project

2655

Chief Investigator

NICOL, Dr Stephen (Steve) - Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies

Title

An integrated survey of the waters between 30 and 80 degrees East (CCAMLR Division 58.4.2)

Project aims

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.

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Schwarz J.N., Raymond B., Williams G.D., Pasquer B., Marsland S.J., Gorton R.J. (2010) Biophysical coupling in remotely-sensed wind stress, sea surface temperature, sea ice and chlorophyll concentrations in the South Indian Ocean, Deep-Sea Research II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 57(9-10). 701-722; [Ref: 14125]

Woehler E.J., Raymond B., Boyle A., Stafford A. (2010) Seabird assemblages observed during the BROKE-West survey of the Antarctic coastline(30°E–80°E), January–March 2006, Deep-Sea Research II ; [Ref: 14040]

Nicol S., Meiners K., Raymond B. (2010) 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 57(9-10). 693-700; [Ref: 14124]

Category 2: International meeting papers

Jarvis T., Kelly N., van Wijk E., Kawaguchi S., Nicol S. (2007) Distribution and abundance of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) off East Antarctic (30-80 degrees E) in January - March 2006, WG-EMM-07/33; [Ref: 13030]

Nicol S., Kawaguchi S., Jarvis T., Williams G., Bindoff N., Thiele D., Schwarz J., Davidson A., Wright S., Gedamke J., Thomson P. (2006) The BROKE-West ecosystem survey of the South West Indian Ocean sector of the Southern Ocean (CCAMLR Division 58.4.2) - a summary of activities, 2006 Meeting of the IWC (SC/58/E27. Restricted Document); [Ref: 12394]

Jarvis T., van Wijk E., Kelly N., Kawaguchi S., Nicol S. (2006) Biomass of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) off East Antarctica (30-80°E) in January-March 2006, CCAMLR WG=EMM-06/16 Agenda Items 4 & 5. 42 pp; [Ref: 12655]

Nicol S., Kawaguchi S., Jarvis T., Williams G., Bindoff N., Thiele D., Schwarz J., Davidson A., Wright S., Gedamke J., Thompson P (2006) An overview of a large ecosystem survey of the South West Indian Ocean sector of the Southern Ocean (CCAMLR Division 58.4.2), CCAMLR WG-EMM-06/15 Agenda Item 4. 42 pp; [Ref: 12656]

Category 3: Abstract

Williams G., Bindoff N., Aoki S., Marsland S., Nicol S., Yuji I., Klocker A., Meigers A. (2006) Oceanography along East Antarctica (30-80º E) during the BROKE-West survey (CCAMLR Area 58.4.2) in the Austral summer of 2006. , Abstracts from the SCAR Open Science Conference, Hobart, 12-14 July 2006. 0404/401; [Ref: 12606]

Category 3: Verbal presentation

Nicol S., Kawaguchi S., Jarvis T., Bindoff N., Williams G., Meiners K., Gedamke J. (2006) 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 .; [Ref: 14039]

Category 4: Popular articles

Nicol S. (2006) Getting our feet wet: 25 years of Antarctic marine research, Australian Antarctic Magazine 10. 16-17; [Ref: 12383]

Nicol S. (2006) Surveying Sector 58, Australian Antarctic Magazine, Spring 2006 11. p18; [Ref: 12780]