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Modelling the presence of anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus in the Aegean Sea during early summer, based on satellite environmental data

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Essential Fish Habitat Mapping in the Mediterranean

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Acoustic and satellite environmental data as well as bathymetry data were used to model the presence of anchovy, Engraulis encrasicolus during early summer in the northern Aegean Sea (Eastern Mediterranean). Generalized Additive Models (GAMs) were used for modelling and subsequently applied in a predictive mode to identify those areas in the Greek Seas and the entire Mediterranean basin that could support species’ presence. Model results were evaluated with the estimation of Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC)-plots as well as qualitatively, based on (a) acoustic data from concurrent studies in certain areas of the northern Aegean Sea that were not included in the estimation of the GAM model and (b) historical acoustic data from the central Aegean and Ionian Seas. Mapping the estimated environmental conditions in the Mediterranean basin indicated areas that generally agree with the known distribution grounds of anchovy, such as the straits of Sicily and coastal waters of Tunisia, areas in the Tyrrhenian Sea, the Adriatic Sea, the Gulf of Lions and the Catalan Sea.

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  1. Institute of Marine Biological Resources, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Thalassocosmos, 71003, Heraklion Crete, Greece

    Marianna Giannoulaki, Konstantinos Tsagarakis & Stylianos Somarakis

  2. Marine GIS Laboratory, Institute of Marine Biological Resources, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Thalassocosmos, 71003, Heraklion Crete, Greece

    Vasilis D. Valavanis & Andreas Palialexis

  3. Department of Biology, University of Crete, Vassilika Vouton, P.O. Box 2208, 71409, Heraklion Crete, Greece

    Andreas Palialexis & Konstantinos Tsagarakis

  4. Institute of Marine Biological Resources, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Aghios Kosmas, 16777, Helliniko, Greece

    Athanassios Machias & Costas Papaconstantinou

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Giannoulaki, M. et al. (2008). Modelling the presence of anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus in the Aegean Sea during early summer, based on satellite environmental data. In: Valavanis, V.D. (eds) Essential Fish Habitat Mapping in the Mediterranean. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 203. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9141-4_17

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