FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Indices for capturing spatial patterns and their evolution in time, with application to European hake (Merluccius merluccius) in the Bay of Biscay BT AF WOILLEZ, M POULARD, Jean-Charles RIVOIRARD, Jacques PETITGAS, Pierre BEZ, Nicolas AS 1:1;2:2;3:1;4:2;5:3; FF 1:;2:PDG-DOP-DCN-EMH;3:;4:PDG-DOP-DCN-EMH;5:; C1 Ecole Mines, Ctr Geosci Geostat, F-77305 Fontainebleau, France. IFREMER, Dept Ecol & Model Fisheries, F-44311 Nantes 03, France. IRD, Ctr Rech Halieut Mediterraneenne & Trop, F-34203 Sete, France. C2 ECOLE MINES, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE IRD, FRANCE SI NANTES SE PDG-DOP-DCN-EMH IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018 copubli-france copubli-p187 IF 1.934 TC 102 TU IFREMER UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2007/publication-2671.pdf LA English DT Article CR EVHOE 2000 EVHOE 2001 EVHOE 2002 EVHOE 2003 EVHOE 2004 EVHOE 871 EVHOE 882 EVHOE 883 EVHOE 894 EVHOE 905 EVHOE 927 EVHOE 948 EVHOE 959 EVHOE 97 EVHOE 98 EVHOE 99 BO Thalassa DE ;Spatial indices;European hake;Bay of Biscay AB A series of candidate statistical indices is used in an attempt to capture spatial patterns of fish populations from research survey data. To handle diffuse population limits, indices are designed not to depend on arbitrary delineation of the domain. They characterize the location (centre of gravity and spatial patches), the occupation of space (inertia, isotropy, positive area, spreading area, and equivalent area), statistical dispersion (Gini index and coefficient of variation of strictly positive densities), and microstructure. Collocation between different ages and years is summarized by a global index of collocation. Indices are estimated for hake from a bottom-trawl data series in the Bay of Biscay in autumn of 1987-2004. The study provides a detailed description of the spatial patterns of different hake age groups, age 3 appearing to be a turning point in these dynamics. Capturing spatial patterns through indices allows the comparison of surveyed populations and identification of trends and outliers in the time-series. Spatial indices are used in a multivariate approach to obtain an overview of the relationships between the different spatial indices characterizing the spatial behaviour of six age groups of hake, and to assess their persistence through time. PY 2007 PD APR SO ICES Journal of Marine Science SN 1054-3139 PU Oxford university press VL 64 IS 3 UT 000246941400015 BP 537 EP 550 DI 10.1093/icesjms/fsm025 ID 2671 ER EF