Modelling the impacts of environmental variation on the habitat suitability of swordfish, Xiphias gladius, in the equatorial Atlantic Ocean

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1000-1012

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

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change; equatorial Atlantic Ocean; habitat suitability index; longline fisheries; Xiphias gladius

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY MODELING; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT TYPE; PATCH USE; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 84883290515     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fss190     Document Type: Article

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