Essential Fish Habitat Mapping in the Mediterranean

Front Matter....Pages i-vi
Preface: European Commission’s’ scientific Support to Policies’ Action EnviEFH: Environmental Approach to Essential Fish Habitat Designation....Pages 1-3
Modelling of essential fish habitat based on remote sensing, spatial analysis and GIS....Pages 5-20
A comparison of approaches for modelling the occurrence of marine animals....Pages 21-32
Atmospheric forcing on chlorophyll concentration in the Mediterranean....Pages 33-48
A review of cephalopod—environment interactions in European Seas....Pages 49-70
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....Pages 71-90
Combining GIS and GAMs to identify potential habitats of squid Loligo vulgaris in the Northwestern Mediterranean....Pages 91-98
Identification of deep-water pink shrimp abundance distribution patterns and nursery grounds in the eastern Mediterranean by means of generalized additive modelling....Pages 99-107
Salinity and temperature as factors controlling the spawning and catch of Parapenaeus longirostris along the Moroccan Atlantic Ocean....Pages 109-123
Identification of hake distribution pattern and nursery grounds in the Hellenic seas by means of generalized additive models....Pages 125-133
Spatial patterns and GIS habitat modelling of fish in two French Mediterranean coastal areas....Pages 135-153
Mapping abundance distribution of small pelagic species applying hydroacoustics and Co-Kriging techniques....Pages 155-169
Identifying essential fish habitat for small pelagic species in Spanish Mediterranean waters....Pages 171-184
European anchovy ( Engraulis encrasicolus ) landings and environmental conditions on the Catalan Coast (NW Mediterranean) during 2000–2005....Pages 185-199
Modeling and predicting potential spawning habitat of anchovy ( Engraulis encrasicolus ) and round sardinella ( Sardinella aurita ) based on satellite environmental information....Pages 201-214
Habitat discrimination of juvenile sardines in the Aegean Sea using remotely sensed environmental data....Pages 215-223
Modelling the presence of anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus in the Aegean Sea during early summer, based on satellite environmental data....Pages 225-240
Distribution of swordfish in the eastern Mediterranean, in relation to environmental factors and the species biology....Pages 241-250
Results of a short study of interactions of cetaceans and longline fisheries in Atlantic waters: environmental correlates of catches and depredation events....Pages 251-268
Satellite observations of main oceanographic processes to identify ecological associations in the Northern Arabian Sea for fishery resources exploration....Pages 269-279
Modelling potential habitat of the invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi in Aegean Sea....Pages 281-295
A GIS-based tool for storage, selection and visualization of time series 4D marine datasets....Pages 297-300