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TI Habitat Suitability Modeling to Identify the Potential Nursery Grounds of the Atlantic Mackerel and Its Relation to Oceanographic Conditions in the Mediterranean Sea
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AF Giannoulaki, Marianna
   Pyrounaki, Maria M.
   Bourdeix, Jean-Herve
   Ben Abdallah, Lotfi
   Bonanno, Angelo
   Basilone, Gualtiero
   Iglesias, Magdalena
   Ventero, Ana
   De Felice, Andrea
   Leonori, Iole
   Valavanis, Vasilis D.
   Machias, Athanassios
   Saraux, Claire
AS 1:1;2:1;3:2;4:3;5:4;6:4;7:5;8:5;9:6;10:6;11:1;12:1;13:2;
FF 1:;2:;3:PDG-RBE-MARBEC-LHM;4:;5:;6:;7:;8:;9:;10:;11:;12:;13:PDG-RBE-MARBEC-LHM;
C1 Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Inland Waters, Iraklion, Greece
   IFREMER, Sete, France
   Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer, La Goulette, Centre de la Goulette, Port de Pêche la Goulette, La Goulette, Tunisia
   Istituto per l'Ambiente Marino Costiero, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Campobello di Mazara, Italy
   Instituto Espanol de Oceanografia, Centro Oceanografico de Baleares, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
   Istituto di Scienze Marine, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Ancona, Italy
C2 HELLEN CTR MARINE RES, GREECE
   IFREMER, FRANCE
   INSTM, TUNISIA
   CNR, ITALY
   IEO, SPAIN
   CNR ISMAR, ITALY
SI SETE
SE PDG-RBE-MARBEC-LHM
UM MARBEC
IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018
   DOAJ
   copubli-europe
   copubli-int-hors-europe
   copubli-sud
IF 5.247
TC 16
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00395/50657/51347.pdf
LA English
DT Article
DE ;habitat suitability modeling;Atlantic mackerel;nursery grounds;Mediterranean Sea;generalized additive models;acoustic surveys
AB Our knowledge for the distribution of Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus) in the Mediterranean Sea is limited and fragmented. In the current work habitat suitability modeling was applied to summer acoustic surveys data of Atlantic mackerel juveniles derived from the north part of the Mediterranean (i.e., acoustic data from the Gulf of Lions, pelagic trawls held during acoustic surveys in Spanish Mediterranean waters, south Adriatic Sea, Strait of Sicily, and North Aegean Sea) using generalized additive models (GAMs) along with satellite environmental and bathymetry data. Bathymetry along with sea surface temperature and circulation patterns, expressed through sea level anomaly and the zonal component of the absolute geostrophic velocity, were the environmental variables best to describe nursery grounds. The selected model was used to produce maps presenting the potential nursery grounds of Atlantic mackerel throughout the Mediterranean Sea as a measure of habitat adequacy. However, the assessed potential nursery grounds were generally marked as “occasional,” implying that although there are areas presenting high probability to encounter Atlantic mackerel, this picture can largely vary from year to year stressing the high susceptibility of the species to environmental conditions. In a further step and toward a spatial management perspective, we have estimated and visualized the overlap between Atlantic mackerel and anchovy/ sardine juvenile grounds throughout the basin. Results showed that although the degree of overlapping was generally low, not exceeding 15% in general, this varied at a regional level going up to 30%. The potential of the output of this work for management purposes like the implementation of spatially-explicit management tools is discussed. 
PY 2017
SO Frontiers In Marine Science
SN 2296-7745
PU Frontiers Media SA
VL 4
IS 230
UT 000457690600228
DI 10.3389/fmars.2017.00230
ID 50657
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