Articolo in rivista, 2016, ENG, 10.1016/j.marenvres.2016.06.011
Lauria, V.; Garofalo, G.; Gristina, M.; Fiorentino, F.
IAMC-CNR, Istituto per l'Ambiente Marino Costiero - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
Conservation of fish habitat requires a deeper knowledge of how species distribution patterns are related to environmental factors. Habitat suitability modelling is an essential tool to quantify species' realised niches and understand species-environment relationships. Cephalopods are important players in the marine food web and a significant resource for fisheries; they are also very sensitive to environmental changes. Here a time series of fishery-independent data (1998-2011) was used to construct habitat suitability models and investigate the influence of environmental variables on four commercial cephalopods: Todaropsis eblanae, Illex coindetii, Eledone moschata and Eledone cirrhosa, in the central Mediterranean Sea. The main environmental predictors of cephalopod habitat suitability were depth, seafloor morphology, chlorophyll-a concentration, sea surface temperature and surface salinity. Predictive maps highlighted contrasting habitat selection amongst species. This study identifies areas where the important commercial species of cephalopods are concentrated and provides significant information for a future spatial based approach to fisheries management in the Mediterranean Sea. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Marine environmental research 119 , pp. 252–266
Habitat, Realised ecological niche, Generalised additive models, Cephalopods, Spatial based approach to fishery management
Lauria Valentina, Garofalo Germana, Gristina Michele, Fiorentino Fabio
ID: 366619
Year: 2016
Type: Articolo in rivista
Creation: 2017-02-07 17:15:50.000
Last update: 2021-07-08 15:19:26.000
CNR institutes
External links
OAI-PMH: Dublin Core
OAI-PMH: Mods
OAI-PMH: RDF
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2016.06.011
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0141113616301088
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CNR OAI-PMH: oai:it.cnr:prodotti:366619
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2016.06.011
ISI Web of Science (WOS): 000381168000026