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Essential Fish Habitat Mapping in the Mediterranean

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Editors:
  1. Vasilis D. Valavanis

    1. Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Crete, Greece

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  • presents accumulated knowledge in a growing research field
  • integrates 3 different disciplines in the process (remote sensing, GIS, statistics)
  • introduces the environmental approach to habitat mapping of marine resources

Part of the book series: Developments in Hydrobiology (DIHY, volume 203)

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Preface: European Commission’s’ scientific Support to Policies’ Action EnviEFH: Environmental Approach to Essential Fish Habitat Designation

    • Vasilis D. Valavanis
    Pages 1-3

  3. Modelling of essential fish habitat based on remote sensing, spatial analysis and GIS

    • Vasilis D. Valavanis, Graham J. Pierce, Alain F. Zuur, Andreas Palialexis, Anatoly Saveliev, Isidora Katara et al.
    Pages 5-20

  4. A comparison of approaches for modelling the occurrence of marine animals

    • Colin D. MacLeod, Laura Mandleberg, Caroline Schweder, Sarah M. Bannon, Graham J. Pierce
    Pages 21-32

  5. Atmospheric forcing on chlorophyll concentration in the Mediterranean

    • Isidora Katara, Janine Illian, Graham J. Pierce, Beth Scott, Jianjun Wang
    Pages 33-48

  6. A review of cephalopod—environment interactions in European Seas

    • Graham J. Pierce, Vasilis D. Valavanis, Angel Guerra, Patricia Jereb, Lydia Orsi-Relini, Jose M. Bellido et al.
    Pages 49-70

  7. Influences of environmental variability on the population structure and distribution patterns of the short-fin squid Illex coindetii (Cephalopoda: Ommastrephidae) in the Eastern Ionian Sea

    • Eugenia Lefkaditou, Chrissi-Yianna Politou, Andreas Palialexis, John Dokos, Panayota Cosmopoulos, Vasilis D. Valavanis
    Pages 71-90

  8. Combining GIS and GAMs to identify potential habitats of squid Loligo vulgaris in the Northwestern Mediterranean

    • Pilar Sanchez, Montserrat Demestre, Laura Recasens, Francesc Maynou, Paloma Martin
    Pages 91-98

  9. Identification of deep-water pink shrimp abundance distribution patterns and nursery grounds in the eastern Mediterranean by means of generalized additive modelling

    • Chrissi-Yianna Politou, George Tserpes, John Dokos
    Pages 99-107

  10. Salinity and temperature as factors controlling the spawning and catch of Parapenaeus longirostris along the Moroccan Atlantic Ocean

    • Said Benchoucha, Abdellatif Berraho, Hocein Bazairi, Isidora Katara, Salah Benchrifi, Vasilis D. Valavanis
    Pages 109-123

  11. Identification of hake distribution pattern and nursery grounds in the Hellenic seas by means of generalized additive models

    • George Tserpes, Chrissi-Yianna Politou, Panagiota Peristeraki, Argyris Kallianiotis, Costas Papaconstantinou
    Pages 125-133

  12. Spatial patterns and GIS habitat modelling of fish in two French Mediterranean coastal areas

    • Romain Crec’hriou, Patrick Bonhomme, Géraldine Criquet, Gwenaêl Cadiou, Philippe Lenfant, Guillaume Bernard et al.
    Pages 135-153

  13. Mapping abundance distribution of small pelagic species applying hydroacoustics and Co-Kriging techniques

    • Stratis Georgakarakos, Dimitra Kitsiou
    Pages 155-169

  14. Identifying essential fish habitat for small pelagic species in Spanish Mediterranean waters

    • Jose M. Bellido, Alex M. Brown, Vasilis D. Valavanis, Ana Giráldez, Graham J. Pierce, Magdalena Iglesias et al.
    Pages 171-184

  15. European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) landings and environmental conditions on the Catalan Coast (NW Mediterranean) during 2000–2005

    • Paloma Martín, Nixon Bahamon, Ana Sabatés, Francesc Maynou, Pilar Sánchez, Montserrat Demestre
    Pages 185-199

  16. Modeling and predicting potential spawning habitat of anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) and round sardinella (Sardinella aurita) based on satellite environmental information

    • Eudoxia Schismenou, Marianna Giannoulaki, Vasilis D. Valavanis, Stylianos Somarakis
    Pages 201-214

  17. Habitat discrimination of juvenile sardines in the Aegean Sea using remotely sensed environmental data

    • Konstantinos Tsagarakis, Athanassios Machias, Stylianos Somarakis, Marianna Giannoulaki, Andreas Palialexis, Vasilis D. Valavanis
    Pages 215-223

  18. Modelling the presence of anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus in the Aegean Sea during early summer, based on satellite environmental data

    • Marianna Giannoulaki, Vasilis D. Valavanis, Andreas Palialexis, Konstantinos Tsagarakis, Athanassios Machias, Stylianos Somarakis et al.
    Pages 225-240

  19. Distribution of swordfish in the eastern Mediterranean, in relation to environmental factors and the species biology

    • George Tserpes, Panagiota Peristeraki, Vasilis D. Valavanis
    Pages 241-250

  20. Results of a short study of interactions of cetaceans and longline fisheries in Atlantic waters: environmental correlates of catches and depredation events

    • Gema Hernandez-Milian, Sabine Goetz, Catuxa Varela-Dopico, José Rodriguez-Gutierrez, Joge Romón-Olea, José R. Fuertes-Gamundi et al.
    Pages 251-268
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About this book

Proper designation of Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) is a highly important spatial measure in any management of fishery resources. EFH is defined as those waters and substrates necessary to fish for spawning, breeding, feeding, or growth to maturity, a definition that includes the physical, chemical and biological properties of marine areas and the associated sediment and biological assemblages that sustain fish populations throughout their full life cycle.

This book presents latest advances in EFH mapping and modelling and introduces the environmental approach to EFH identification through the combined use of latest technologies and advanced techniques, such as Remote Sensing, Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Statistics.

The contents of this book include overviews and comparisons of different approaches on species habitat modelling, methods to identify teleconnection patterns between large-scale meteo-oceanic phenomena and local environmental variation, and EFH maps for cephalopod, shrimp, hake, anchovy, sardine, and swordfish resources in the Mediterranean. The aims of this book are to provide accumulated knowledge on marine species essential habitat mapping and to be a source for further developments in the important topic of marine resource management.

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  • Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Crete, Greece

    Vasilis D. Valavanis

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