Modeling Antarctic marine ecosystems
By: [edited by M.L.D. Palomares ... et al.].
Contributors: Palomares, M. L.; University of British Columbia. Fisheries Centre.
Series: Fisheries Centre research reports -- v. 13, no. 7.
Publisher: Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Vancouver, B.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 98
Subjects: Marine ecology -- Antarctic Ocean -- Computer simulation.; Marine ecology -- Antarctica -- Antarctic Peninsula -- Computer simulation.; Marine ecology -- Falkland Islands -- Computer simulation.; Marine ecology -- Kerguelen Islands -- Computer simulation.
Description: This Fisheries Centre Research Report presents eleven papers that describe whole-ecosystem models of four Antarctic areas: the Antarctic Peninsula, Kerguelen Islands, Falkland Islands, and the Southern Plateau region, New Zealand. A mass-balance model, sources of data, and derivations of model parameters are detailed for each region. Dynamic simulation models for the Antarctic Peninsula and the Falklands provide preliminary explorations of critical issues in the management of their fisheries and the effects of climate. Analyses examine competition among krill-eating species, the spatial impacts of potential krill fisheries, and precautionary fishery limits established by management bodies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Antarctic Peninsula, Kerguelen Islands, Falkland Islands, and Southern Plateau subantarctic region southeast of New Zealand.

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English and French; some abstracts also in French.
Table of contents: value: Simulating Antarctic ecosystems : weapons of mass construction / Tony J. Pitcher; value: An ecosystem simulation model of the Antarctic Peninsula / Aftab Erfan and Tony J. Pitcher; value: The krill fishery in the Antarctic Peninsula : spatial ecosystem-based simulations addressing conservation concerns for charismatic species / Tony J. Pitcher and Aftab Erfan; value: Summary of a preliminary model of the minke whale-blue whale-krill interaction in the Antarctic / Mitsuyo Mori and Douglas S. Butterworth; value: Feeding habits of seabirds and marine mammals of the Kerguelen archipelago / Yves Cherel ... [et al.]; value: Estimations de la biomasse des zooplanctons dans l'archipel de Kerguelen / Jean-Philippe Labat and Patrick Mayzaud; value: An ecosystem model of the Kerguelen Islands' EEZ / Patrice Pruvost, Guy Duhamel, Maria Lourdes D. Palomares; value: A mass-balanced model of the Falkland Islands fisheries and ecosystems / William W.L. Cheung, Tony J. Pitcher; value: Simulations of the Falkland Islands marine ecosystem : climate, penguins, and squid fisheries / William W.L. Cheung and Tony J. Pitcher; value: Comment on penguins, squid, and fisheries in the Falkland Islands ecosystem / David Agnew; value: Pilot trophic model for subantarctic water over the Southern Plateau, New Zealand : a low biomass, high transfer efficiency system / Janet Bradford-Grieve.