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R. Mifsud

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Planktonic stages of small pelagic fishes (Sardinella aurita and Engraulis encrasicolus) in the central Mediterranean Sea: The key role of physical f…

2018

Abstract Multidisciplinary studies are recently aiming to define diagnostic tools for fishery sustainability by coupling ichthyoplanktonic datasets, physical and bio-geochemical oceanographic measurements, and ocean modelling. The main goal of these efforts is to understand those processes that control the dispersion and fate of fish larvae and eggs, and thus tuning the inter-annual variability of the biomass of small pelagic fish species. In this paper we analyse the distribution of eggs and larvae as well as the biological features of the two species of pelagic fish, Engraulis encrasicolus and Sardinella aurita in the north-eastern sector of the Sicily Channel (Mediterranean Sea) from ich…

0106 biological sciencesSardinella aurita010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciencesEngraulis encrasicolusSicily ChannelWind stressAquatic Science01 natural sciencesPotential vorticityEngraulisMediterranean seaEngraulis encrasicolus Ichthyoplankton Lagrangian simulations Mediterranean Sea Potential vorticity Remote sensing Sardinella aurita Sicily Channel Surface temperature and Chlorophyll-a.Mediterranean SeaSardinella0105 earth and related environmental sciencesbiology010604 marine biology & hydrobiologyGeologyPelagic zoneIchthyoplanktonPlanktonRemote sensingbiology.organism_classificationLagrangian simulationsSea surface temperatureOceanographySurface temperature and Chlorophyll-aIchthyoplanktonEnvironmental science
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Predictive distribution models of European hake in the south-central Mediterranean Sea

2017

The effective management and conservation of fishery resources requires knowledge of their spatial distribution and notably of their critical life history stages. Predictive modelling of the European hake (Merluccius merluccius L., 1758) distribution was developed in the south-central Mediterranean Sea by means of historical fisheries-independent databases available in the region. The study area included the international waters of the south-central Mediterranean Sea and the territorial waters of Italy, Malta, Tunisia and Libya. Distribution maps of predicted population abundance index, and probabilistic occurrence of recruits and large adults were obtained by means of generalized additive …

0106 biological sciencesMediterranean climateGeneralized additive modelAquatic ScienceSpatial distribution010603 evolutionary biology01 natural sciencesGeneralized additive modelsSeafloor geophysical featureMediterranean seaHakeSeafloor geophysical featuresMerluccius merlucciusSpecies distribution modelling14. Life underwaterLarge adults habitatSettore MAT/07 - Fisica Matematicabiology010604 marine biology & hydrobiologyGeneralized additive modelMerluccius merlucciusbiology.organism_classificationRecruits habitatEnvironmental niche modellingFisheryStrait of SicilyGeographyMerluccius merlucciuPredictive modelling
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