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Cyber Antarctic Atlas' Project
Project leader Dr. D.R.F. Taylor
Geomatics & Cartographic Research Centre, Carleton University Canada
Chapter.
Climate Variability and Global Warming impact on Antarctic
Ecosystem
structure and functioning.
Argentinean -Belgian Co-operation
Argentina - Centro Nacional Patagónico (CENPAT-CONICET) and Sistema de información
Geográfica Ejercito Argentino (SIGEA)
Dr. Daniel F. Vergani Cyber Atlas Project, CENPAT
MSc. Zulma B. Stanganelli Cyber Atlas Project, CENPAT
Lic. Juan Carlos Labraga Physics Environmental Department, CENPAT
Tte. Coronel Julio Benedetti SIGEA
Belgium Free University of Brussels, VUB
Dr. Sc. Ludo Holsbeek, Laboratory for Ecotoxicology and Polar Ecology, VUB
Prof. Dr. Hugo Decleir, Geographical Institute, VUB
Dr. Sc. Frank Canters, Geographical Institute, VUB
Pack Ice Annual Fluctuation
First Target Species:
Elephant Seals
Global Level
Elephant Seal’s Feeding Areas
Elephant Seal and CCAMLR
1986- V Meeting of the Scientific Committee of
CCAMLR- Called the attention by Argentine
Delegation of southern elephant seal population
decline under Article II of the Convention.
Weaning Mass as an Index of Food Availability
Elephant Seal Project
International Context
1991 Monterey (USA) SCAR-CCAMLR
Workshop to consider possible causes of
Southern Elephant seals populations
declining. Designed Convenors Dr. H.
Burton (Australia), Dr. D. Vergani
(Argentina).
1994- VI SCAR Symposium on Antarctic
Biology Venice (Italy).
Main Results FAME Program
First Target Species:
Elephant Seals
Regional Level
Study Area
60°
40°
50°
0
250
500 Km
50°
ATLANTIC OCEAN
70°
Study Area
South Georgia Is.
60°
King George Is.
(Isla 25 de Mayo)
Laurie Is.
South Orkney
Bellingshausen Sea
20°
Hope Bay
70°
80°
10°
Alexander Is.
Weddell
Sea
90°
0°
100°
80°
10°
110°
20°
120°
30°
90°
1988 V SCAR Symposium on Antarctic Biology, Hobart
(Australia). Presentation of the first result about the effect of
"El Niño" over population trend of southern elephant seals
(Vergani Stanganelli 1990).
Sampling Stomach Content in Elephant Seals
Target Area for Historical
Analysis
Second Target Species:
Adelie Penguin
Ecosystem Monitoring Program
CCAMLR
Ecosystem Monitoring Program
CCAMLR 1982-1994
Adelie penguins
Chinstrap penguin
1982 Entry in force of Convention for the
Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
(CCAMLR) under the Antarctic Treaty System.
1982-1994 Creation of Argentine Branch of
Ecosystem Monitoring Programme from CCAMLR
under Dr. Vergani's direction.
1982-1994 Development of biological parameters
measurement in Adelie penguins at Stranger Point,
King George Island. And Hope Bay.
Penguin Rookery at Stranger Point
Climatologic Analysis
April - September Surface Pressure
Variability
(1954 - 1998)
April - September Surface Pressure
Variability
(1985 - 1994)
April - September Surface Temperature
Variability
(1954 - 1998)
April - September Surface Temperature
Variability
(1985 - 1994)
April - September Temperature Anomaly
La Niña
April - September Temperature Anomaly
El Niño