Modelling the impacts of environmental variation on the distribution of blue marlin, Makaira nigricans, in the Pacific Ocean

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1072-1080

  Su, Nan Jay ^a   Sun, Chi Lu ^a   Punt, André E ^b   Yeh, Su Zan ^a   Dinardo, Gerard ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change; generalized additive model; longline fisheries; oceanographic variables; spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; CATCH STATISTICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; EL NINO; LONGLINING; PERCIFORM; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THERMOCLINE; VULNERABILITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

MAKAIRA NIGRICANS;

EID: 79959529867     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsr028     Document Type: Article

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