FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Modelling of European hake nurseries in the Mediterranean Sea: an ecological niche approach BT AF DRUON, Jean-Noel FIORENTINO, Fabio MURENU, Matteo KNITTWEIS, Leyla COLLOCA, Francesco OSIO, Chato MERIGOT, Bastien GAROFALO, Germana MANNINI, Alessandro JADAUD, Angelique SBRANA, Mario SCARCELLA, Giuseppe TSERPESI, George PERISTERAKI, Panagiota CARLUCCI, Roberto HEIKKONEN, Jukka AS 1:1;2:2;3:3;4:4;5:2;6:1;7:5;8:2;9:6;10:7;11:8;12:9;13:10;14:10;15:11;16:12; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:;8:;9:;10:PDG-RBE-MARBEC-LHM;11:;12:;13:;14:;15:;16:; C1 European Commiss, Joint Res Ctr, Inst Protect & Secur Citizen, Maritime Affairs Unit, I-21027 Ispra, VA, Italy. CNR, Inst Coastal Marine Environm IAMC, I-91026 Mazara Del Vallo, TP, Italy. Univ Cagliari, Dept Life & Environm Sci, I-09126 Cagliari, Italy. Univ Malta, Fac Sci, Dept Biol, MSD-2080 Msida, Malta. Univ Montpellier 2, UMR Exploited Marine Ecosyst EME 212, CRH, F-34203 Sete, France. Univ Genoa, Dept Sci Earth Environm & Life DISTAV, I-16132 Genoa, Italy. IFREMER, Stn Sete, F-34203 Sete, France. Consorzio Ctr Interuniv Biol Marina & Ecol Applic, I-57128 Livorno, Italy. CNR, Inst Marine Sci ISMAR, I-60125 Ancona, Italy. Hellen Ctr Marine Res, Inst Marine Biol Resources & Inland Waters, Iraklion 71003, Greece. Univ Bari, Dept Biol, I-70125 Bari, Italy. European Commiss, Joint Res Ctr, Inst Protect & Secur Citizen, I-21027 Ispra, VA, Italy. C2 JRC, ITALY IAMC CNR, ITALY UNIV CAGLIARI, ITALY UNIV MALTA, MALTA UNIV MONTPELLIER, FRANCE UNIV GENOA, ITALY IFREMER, FRANCE CONSORZIO CTR INTERUNIV BIOL MARINA & ECOL APPLIC, ITALY ISMAR, ITALY HELLEN CTR MARINE RES, GREECE UNIV BARI ALDO MORO, ITALY JRC, ITALY SI SETE AUTRE SE PDG-RBE-MARBEC-LHM AUTRE UM MARBEC IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018 copubli-france copubli-europe copubli-univ-france IF 3.512 TC 73 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00228/33947/32262.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00228/33947/35070.pdf LA English DT Article CR MEDITS / FR MEDITS 2004 MEDITS 2005 MEDITS 2006 MEDITS 2007 MEDITS 2008 MEDITS 2009 MEDITS 2010 MEDITS 2011 MEDITS FR MEDITS FR MEDITS-FR2000 MEDITS-FR2001 MEDITS-FR2002 MEDITS-FR2003 MEDITS-FR97 MEDITS-FR98 MEDITS-FR99 BO L'Europe AB An ecological niche modelling (ENM) approach was developed to model the suitable habitat 36 for the 0-group European hake, Merluccius merluccius L., 1758, in the Mediterranean Sea. 37 The ENM was built combining knowledge on biological traits of hake recruits (e.g. growth, 38 settlement, mobility and feeding strategy) with patterns of selected ecological variables 39 (chlorophyll-a fronts and concentration, bottom depth, sea bottom current and temperature) 40 to highlight favourable nursery habitats. The results show that hake nurseries require stable 41 bottom temperature (11.8-15.0oC), low bottom currents (< 0.034 m.s-1) and a frequent 42 occurrence of productive fronts in low chlorophyll-a areas (0.1-0.9 mg.m-3) to support a 43 successful recruitment. These conditions mostly occur recurrently in outer shelf and shelf 44 break areas. The prediction explains the relative balance between biotic and abiotic drivers 45 of hake recruitment in the Mediterranean Sea and the primary role of unfavourable 46 environmental conditions on low recruitment in specific years (i.e. 2011). The ENM outputs 47 particularly agree spatially with biomass data of recruits, although processes such as fishing 48 and natural mortality are not accounted for. The seasonal mapping of suitable habitats 49 provides information on potential nurseries and recruitment carrying capacity which are 50 relevant for spatial fisheries management of hake in the Mediterranean Sea. PY 2015 PD JAN SO Progress In Oceanography SN 0079-6611 PU Pergamon-elsevier Science Ltd VL 130 UT 000349059800013 BP 188 EP 204 DI 10.1016/j.pocean.2014.11.005 ID 33947 ER EF