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| Sioni, Letizia; Zupa, Walter; Calculli, Crescenza; Garofalo, Germana; Hidalgo, Manuel; Jadaud, Angelique; Lefkaditou, Evgenia; Ligas, Alessandro; Peristeraki, Panagiota; Bitetto, Isabella; Capezutto, Francesca; Carlucci, Roberto; Esteban, Antonio; Follesa, Cristina; Guijarro, Beatriz; Ikica, Zdravko; Isajlovic, Igor; Lembo, Giuseppe; Manfredi, Chiara; Perez, José Luiz; Porcu, Cristina; Thasitis, Ioannis; Tserpes, George; Carbonara, Pierluigi. |
| The present study provides updated information on the occurrence, abundance and biomass distribution patterns and length frequencies of Merluccius merluccius in the Mediterranean Sea, by analysing a time series of data from the Mediterranean International Trawl Surveys (MEDITS) from 1994 to 2015. The highest values of abundance and biomass were observed in the Sardinian Seas. The use of a generalized additive model, in which standardized biomass indices (kg km–2) were analysed as a function of environmental variables, explained how ecological factors could affect the spatio-temporal distribution of European hake biomass in the basin. High biomass levels predicted by the model were observed especially at 200 m depth and between 14°C and 18°C, highlighting... |
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Palavras-chave: Merluccius merluccius; Distribution pattern; Environmental factors; MEDITS; Mediterranean Sea. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00591/70351/68419.pdf |
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