Spatial Predictive Modeling of Fish Distributions Incorporating Habitat Utilization and Behavior in the Context of Marine Protection
This research focused on improving species distribution models (SDMs) of targeted reef fishes by incorporating fish behavior. Results show that 1) fishing patterns are critical inputs for SDMs, 2) fish wariness provides a proxy for spear fishing pressure, and 3) accuracy of SDMs increase when fish w...
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Curtin University
2018
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/70499 |
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| author | Stamoulis, Kostantinos |
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| description | This research focused on improving species distribution models (SDMs) of targeted reef fishes by incorporating fish behavior. Results show that 1) fishing patterns are critical inputs for SDMs, 2) fish wariness provides a proxy for spear fishing pressure, and 3) accuracy of SDMs increase when fish wariness is included as a predictor of targeted fish biomass. Fish wariness could be used to refine measures of fish assemblages and SDMs, improving management of coastal fisheries. |
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| institution | Curtin University Malaysia |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-704992018-11-25T23:40:43Z Spatial Predictive Modeling of Fish Distributions Incorporating Habitat Utilization and Behavior in the Context of Marine Protection Stamoulis, Kostantinos This research focused on improving species distribution models (SDMs) of targeted reef fishes by incorporating fish behavior. Results show that 1) fishing patterns are critical inputs for SDMs, 2) fish wariness provides a proxy for spear fishing pressure, and 3) accuracy of SDMs increase when fish wariness is included as a predictor of targeted fish biomass. Fish wariness could be used to refine measures of fish assemblages and SDMs, improving management of coastal fisheries. 2018 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/70499 Curtin University fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Stamoulis, Kostantinos Spatial Predictive Modeling of Fish Distributions Incorporating Habitat Utilization and Behavior in the Context of Marine Protection |
| title | Spatial Predictive Modeling of Fish Distributions Incorporating Habitat Utilization and Behavior in the Context of Marine Protection |
| title_full | Spatial Predictive Modeling of Fish Distributions Incorporating Habitat Utilization and Behavior in the Context of Marine Protection |
| title_fullStr | Spatial Predictive Modeling of Fish Distributions Incorporating Habitat Utilization and Behavior in the Context of Marine Protection |
| title_full_unstemmed | Spatial Predictive Modeling of Fish Distributions Incorporating Habitat Utilization and Behavior in the Context of Marine Protection |
| title_short | Spatial Predictive Modeling of Fish Distributions Incorporating Habitat Utilization and Behavior in the Context of Marine Protection |
| title_sort | spatial predictive modeling of fish distributions incorporating habitat utilization and behavior in the context of marine protection |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/70499 |