Proper designation of Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) is a highly important spatial measure in any management of fishery resources. EFH is defined as those waters and substrates necessary to fish for spawning, breeding, feeding, or growth to maturity, a definition that includes the physical, chemical and biological properties of marine areas and the associated sediment and biological assemblages that sustain fish populations throughout their full life cycle.
This book presents latest advances in EFH mapping and modelling and introduces the environmental approach to EFH identification through the combined use of latest technologies and advanced techniques, such as Remote Sensing, Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Statistics.
The contents of this book include overviews and comparisons of different approaches on species habitat modelling, methods to identify teleconnection patterns between large-scale meteo-oceanic phenomena and local environmental variation, and EFH maps for cephalopod, shrimp, hake, anchovy, sardine, and swordfish resources in the Mediterranean. The aims of this book are to provide accumulated knowledge on marine species essential habitat mapping and to be a source for further developments in the important topic of marine resource management.
Edited by:
Vasilis D. Valavanis Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Country of Publication: United States [Currently unable to ship to USA: see Shipping Info] Edition: 2008 ed. Volume: 203 Dimensions:
Height: 276mm,
Width: 203mm,
Spine: 20mm
Weight: 1.071kg ISBN:9781402091407 ISBN 10: 1402091400 Series:Developments in Hydrobiology Pages: 300 Publication Date:11 September 2008 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active