Habitat suitability analysis and identification of potential fishing grounds for swordfish, Xiphias gladius, in the South Atlantic Ocean

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 33, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 7523-7541

  Chang, Yi Jay ^a   Sun, Chi Lu ^a   Chen, Yong ^b   Yeh, Su Zan ^a   Dinardo, Gerard ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FISHERIES; INFORMATION THEORY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE WATERS;

CATCH PER UNIT EFFORTS; CHLOROPHYLL-A CONCENTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; HABITAT SUITABILITY INDEX; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SEA-SURFACE HEIGHT ANOMALIES; SPATIOTEMPORAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ABUNDANCE; BYCATCH; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FISH; FISHING; HABITAT TYPE; LONGLINING; MIGRATORY SPECIES; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

SCOMBRIDAE; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 84863837222     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2012.685980     Document Type: Article

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