Health of Antarctic wildlife : a challenge for science and policy

Health of Antarctic wildlife: an introduction Kerry KR, Riddle MJ Part 1. Wildlife disease - reviews, case studies and health assessments 1. Risk of marine mammal die-offs in the Southern Ocean Geraci JR, Lounsbury VJ 2. Diseases of Antarctic seabirds. Woods R, Jones HI, Miller GD, Shellam GR 3. Diseases and parasites of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic seals. McFarlane RA, Norman RJ de B, Jones HI 4. Infectious bursal disease virus and Antarctic birds. Watts J.M, Miller GD, Shellam GR 5. An unusual mortality event among Adelie penguins in the vicinity of Mawson Station Antarctica. Kerry KR, Irvine L, Beggs A, Watts J 6. Investigation of the 1998 mass mortality event in New Zealand Sea Lions. Roe W 7. Health assessment of Weddell seals Leptonochotes weddelli in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Yochem PK, Stewart BS, Gelatt TS, Siniff DB 8. Health assessment and diseases of the Weddell seal, Leptonochotes weddelli, Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica. McFarlane RA 9. Health assessment of the leopard seal, Hydruga leptonynx, in Prydz Bay, Eastern Antarctica and New South Wales, Australia. Gray RB, Rogers TL, Canfield PJ Part 2. External factors - environmental, administrative and legal 10. Antarctic climate, weather and the health of Antarctic wildlife. Pook M 11. National Antarctic Programs and their impact on the environment. Jabour J 12. Antarctic tourism: an operator's perspective. Mortimer G, Prior E 13. Human mediated impacts on the health of Antarctic wildlife. Riddle MJ 14. Measuring stress in Antarctic seals. Hogg CJ, Rogers TL 15. Sewage disposal and wildlife health in Antarctica. Smith JJ, Riddle MJ 16. Theinternational and legal framework for protecting the health of Antarctica wildlife. Rothwell D 17. The Antarctic Treaty System and wildlife health: awareness, prevention and response. Riddle MJ Appendices Appendix 1. Protocols for collection of samples for pathological analysis in the event of disease being suspected among monitored species of birds (standard methods, Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources) Appendix 2. Protocols for collecting samples for toxicological analyses (standard methods, Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources) Appendix 3. Recommendations arising from the Workshop on Diseases of Antarctic Wildlife, held in Hobart, Australia, on 25-28 August 1998. Appendix 4. Report on the Open-ended Intersessional Contact Group on Diseases of Antarctic Wildlife Report 1 - Review and risk assessment (a report to the Committee for Environmental Protection, Antarctic Treaty) Appendix 5. Report on the Open-ended Intersessional Contact Group on Diseases of Antarctic Wildlife Report 2 - Practical measures to diminish risk (draft) (a report to the Committee for Environmental Protection, Antarctic Treaty) Appendix 6. Unusual animal mortality response plan (produced by Australian Antarctic Division)