Essential Fish Habitat Mapping in the Mediterranean - Valavanis, Vasilis D.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2008)
Preface: European Commission's' scientific Support to Policies' Action EnviEFH: Environmental Approach to Essential Fish Habitat Designation -- Modelling of essential fish habitat based on remote sensing, spatial analysis and GIS -- A comparison of approaches for modelling the occurrence of marine animals -- Atmospheric forcing on chlorophyll concentration in the Mediterranean -- A review of cephalopod-environment interactions in European Seas -- 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 -- Combining GIS and GAMs to identify potential habitats of squid Loligo vulgaris in the Northwestern Mediterranean -- Identification of deep-water pink shrimp abundance distribution patterns and nursery grounds in the eastern Mediterranean by means of generalized additive modelling -- Salinity and temperature as factors controlling the spawning and catch of Parapenaeus longirostris along the Moroccan Atlantic Ocean -- Identification of hake distribution pattern and nursery grounds in the Hellenic seas by means of generalized additive models -- Spatial patterns and GIS habitat modelling of fish in two French Mediterranean coastal areas -- Mapping abundance distribution of small pelagic species applying hydroacoustics and Co-Kriging techniques -- Identifying essential fish habitat for small pelagic species in Spanish Mediterranean waters -- European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) landings and environmental conditions on the Catalan Coast (NW Mediterranean) during 2000-2005 -- Modeling and predicting potential spawning habitat of anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) and round sardinella (Sardinella aurita) based on satellite environmental information -- Habitat discrimination of juvenile sardines in the Aegean Sea using remotely sensed environmental data -- Modelling the presence of anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus in the Aegean Sea during early summer, based on satellite environmental data -- Distribution of swordfish in the eastern Mediterranean, in relation to environmental factors and the species biology -- Results of a short study of interactions of cetaceans and longline fisheries in Atlantic waters: environmental correlates of catches and depredation events -- Satellite observations of main oceanographic processes to identify ecological associations in the Northern Arabian Sea for fishery resources exploration -- Modelling potential habitat of the invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi in Aegean Sea -- A GIS-based tool for storage, selection and visualization of time series 4D marine datasets.
Keywords: Aquatic ecology .; Wildlife; Fish; Bioinformatics; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management; Bioinformatics