Seasonal abundance of non-commercial demersal fish in the eastern Mediterranean Sea in relation to hydrographic and sediment characteristics

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 107-118

  Damalas, Dimitrios ^a   Maravelias, Christos D ^a   Katsanevakis, Stelios ^a   Karageorgis, Aristomenis P ^a   Papaconstantinou, Costas ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aegean Sea; Demersal fisheries; Habitat; Mediterranean Sea; Salinity; Substrate preferences; Temperature; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CARBONATE; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEMERSAL FISH; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HYDROGRAPHY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SALINITY; SAND AND GRAVEL; SEASONALITY; SUBSTRATE PREFERENCE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMOCLINE; TRAWLING; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 77954660344     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. Bigelow K.A., Boggs C.H., He X. Environmental effects on swordfish and blue shark catch rates in the US North Pacific longline fishery. Fisheries Oceanography 1999, 8(3):178-198.
2. Burnham K.P., Anderson D.R. Model Selection and Multimodel Inference: A Practical Information-theoretic Approach 2002, Springer, New York, 488pp. second ed.
3. Caddy J.F. Practical issues in choosing a framework for resource assessment and management of Mediterranean and Black Sea fisheries. Mediterranean Marine Science 2009, 10(1):83-119.
4. Caddy J.F., Csirke J., Garcia S.M., Grainger R.J.L. How pervasive is " Fishing down marine food webs" Science 1998, 282:1383-1384.
5. Castro, J.I., Woodley, C.M., Brudek, R.L., 1999. A preliminary evaluation of the status of shark species. FAO Fisheries Technical Papers, 380, FAO, Rome.
6. Demestre M., Sánchez P., Abelló P. Demersal fish assemblages and habitat characteristics on the continental shelf and upper slope of the north-western Mediterranean. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2000, 80:981-988.
7. European Commission Concerning management measures for the sustainable exploitation of fishery resources in the Mediterranean Sea, amending Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1626/94. Council Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 of 21 December 2006. OJ L 30.12.2006, 409:11-85. (ES, CS, DE, ET, EL, EN, LV, HU, MT, PL, PT, SK, FI, SV).
8. European Commission A Policy to Reduce Unwanted by-catches and Eliminate Discards in European Fisheries 2007, Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament {SEC(2007) 380}{SEC(2007) 381} /*COM/2007/0136 final*/, Available at:. http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do%3Furi%3DCELEX:52007DC0136:EN:HTML.
9. European Commission The Role of CFP in Implementing an Ecosystem Approach to Marine Management 2008, Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament [SEC(2008) 449] /*COM/2008/0187 final*/, Available at:. http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do%3Furi%3DCELEX:52008DC0187:EN:HTML.
10. Ferraris J., Pelletier D., Kulbicki M., Chauvet C. Assessing the impact of removing reserve status on the Abore Reef fish assemblage in New Caledonia. Marine Ecology Progress Series 2005, 292:271-286.
11. Fischer, W., Bauchot, M.L., Schneider, M. (Eds.), 1987. Fiches FAO d'identification des espèces pour les besoins de la pêche (Révision 1). Méditerranée et mer Noire. Zone de pêche 37. Volume II. Vertébrés. Publication préparée par la FAO, résultat d'un accord entre la FAO et la Commission des Communautés Européennes (Projet GCP/INT/422/EEC) financée conjointement par ces deux organisations. Rome, FAO, vo1.2, pp. 761-1530.
12. FishBase 2009, World Wide Web electronic publication, version 11/2009. http://www.fishbase.org, R. Froese, D. Pauly (Eds.).
13. Gaertner J.C., Mazouni N., Sabatier R., Millet B. Spatial structure and habitat associations of demersal assemblages in the Gulf of Lions: a multicompartmental approach. Marine Biology 1999, 135:199-208.
14. Grassle J.F., Maciolek N.J. Deep-sea species richness: regional and local diversity estimates from quantitative bottom samples. American Naturalist 1992, 139(2):313-341.
15. Guisan A., Edwards T.C., Hastie T. Generalized linear and generalized additive models in studies of species distributions: setting the scene. Ecological Modelling 2002, 157:89-100.
16. Hall M.A., Alverson D.L., Metuzals K.I. By-catch: problems and solutions. Marine Pollution Bulletin 2000, 41:204-219.
17. Hastie T.J., Tibshirani R.J. Generalized Additive Models 1990, Chapman and Hall, London, 352 pp.
18. Kaiser M.J., Spencer B.E. Survival of by-catch from a beam trawl. Marine Ecology Progress Series 1995, 126:31-38.
19. Karageorgis A.P., Perissoratis C., Anagnostou Ch Characteristics of surface sediments. State of the Hellenic Marine Environment 2005, 34-42. HCMR, Athens. E. Papathanassiou, A. Zenetos (Eds.).
20. Katsanevakis S., Maravelias C.D. Bathymetric distribution of sixteen demersal fish in the Aegean and Ionian Seas, based on generalized additive modelling. Fisheries Science 2009, 75(1):13-23.
21. Katsanevakis S., Maravelias C.D., Damalas D., Karageorgis A.P., Tsitsika E.V., Anagnostou C., Papaconstantinou C. Spatiotemporal distribution and habitat use of commercial demersal species in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Fisheries Oceanography 2009, 18(6):439-457.
22. Kontoyiannis H., Krestenitis I., Petihakis G., Tsirtsis G. III.1. Coastal areas: circulation and hydrological features. State of the Hellenic Marine Environment 2005, 95-103. HCMR, Athens. E. Papathanassiou, A. Zenetos (Eds.).
23. Machias A., Vassilopoulou V., Vatsos D., Bekas P., Kallianiotis A., Papaconstantinou C., Tsimenides N. Bottom trawl discards in the northeastern Mediterranean Sea. Fisheries Research 2001, 53:181-195.
24. Maravelias C.D. Habitat selection and clustering of a pelagic fish: effects of topography and bathymetry on species dynamics. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science 1999, 56(3):437-450.
25. Maravelias C.D., Reid D.G. Identifying the effects of oceanographic features and zooplankton on pre-spawning herring abundance using generalized additive models. Marine Ecology Progress Series 1997, 147:1-9.
26. Maravelias C., Tsitsika E., Papaconstantinou C. Evidence of Morocco dentex (Dentex maroccanus) distribution in the NE Mediterranean and relationships with environmental factors determined by generalized additive modelling. Fisheries Oceanography 2007, 16:294-302.
27. Maravelias C., Tsitsika E., Papaconstantinou C. Seasonal dynamics, environmental preferences and habitat selection of John Dory (Zeus faber). Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 2007, 72:703-710.
28. Moranta J., Stefanescu C., Massutí E., Morales-Nin B., Lloris D. Fish community structure and depth-related trends on the continental slope of the Balearic Islands (Algerian basin, western Mediterranean). Marine Ecology Progress Series 1998, 171:247-259.
29. Pauly D., Christensen V., Dalsgaard J., Froese R., Torres F. Fishing down marine food webs. Science 1998, 279:860-863.
30. Pehlivanoglou K. Lithology and mineralogy of surface sediments in the vicinity of the Kafireas Strait (Aegean Sea). Geo-Marine Letters 2001, 21:75-85.
31. Perry R.I., Stocker M., Fargo J. Environmental effects on the distribution of groundfish in Hecate Strait, British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science 1994, 51:1401-1409.
32. R Development Core Team R: A Language and Environment for Statistical Computing 2008, R Foundation for Statistical Computing, R version 2.8.0 (2008-10-20), The R Foundation for Statistical Computing. http://www.R-project.org.
33. Rubec P.J., Bexley J.C., Norris H., Coyne M.S., Monaco M.E., Smith S.G., Ault J.S. Suitability modeling to delineate habitat essential to sustainable fisheries. American Fisheries Society Symposium 1999, 22,108-22,133.
34. Sabatés A. Larval development and spawning of Citharus linguatula (Linnaeus, 1758) in the western Mediterranean. Journal of Plankton Research 1988, 10(6):1131-1140.
35. Sanders H.L., Hessler R.R. Ecology of the deep-sea benthos. Science 1969, 163(3874):1419-1424.
36. Serena, F., 2005. Field identification guide to the sharks and rays of the Mediterranean and Black Sea. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes 97 pp.
37. Stergiou K.I., Karpouzi V.S. Feeding habits and trophic levels of Mediterranean fish. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 2002, 11:217-254.
38. Stergiou, K.I., Koulouris, M., 2000. Fishing down the marine food webs in the Hellenic seas. In: Durand, F. (Ed.), Fishing Down the Mediterranean Food Webs? Proc. CIESM Workshop, Kerkyra. CIESM Workshop Series No 12, pp. 73-78. Monaco.
39. Valavanis V.D., Pierce G.J., Zuur A.F., Palialexis A., Saveliev A., Katara I., Wang J. Modelling of essential fish habitat based on remote sensing, spatial analysis and GIS. Hydrobiologia 2008, 612:5-20.
40. Venables W.N., Dichmont C.M. GLMs, GAMs and GLMMs: an overview of theory for applications in fisheries research. Fisheries Research 2004, 70:319-337.
41. Walker T.I. Can shark resources be harvested sustainably? A question revisited with a review of shark fisheries. Marine and Freshwater Research 1998, 49(7):553-572.
42. Wood S.N. Modelling and smoothing parameter estimation with multiple quadratic penalties. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society 2000, B62:413-428.
43. Wood S.N. Generalized Additive Models: An Introduction with R 2006, CRC/Chapman & Hall, Florida, 391 pp.
44. Zervakis V., Theocharis A., Georgopoulos D. III.2. Circulation and hydrography of the open seas. State of the Hellenic Marine Environment 2005, 104-111. HCMR, Athens. E. Papathanassiou, A. Zenetos (Eds.).