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| Lelievre, Stephanie; Vaz, Sandrine; Martin, C. S.; Loots, Christophe. |
| The functional value of spawning habitats makes them critically important for the completion of fish life cycles and spawning grounds are now considered to be “essential habitats”. Inter-annual fluctuations in spawning ground distributions of dab (Limanda Limanda), plaice (Pleuronectes platessa), cod (Gadus morhua) and whiting (Merlangius merlangus) were investigated in the southern North Sea and eastern English Channel, from 2006 to 2009. The preferential spawning habitats of these species were modelled using generalised linear models, with egg distribution being used as proxy of spawners’ location. Egg spatial and temporal distributions were explored based on six environmental variables: sea surface temperature and salinity, chlorophyll a concentration,... |
| Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Egg Distribution; Spawning Grounds; North Sea; Temporal Variability; Habitat Modelling; GLM. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00185/29674/28046.pdf |
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