Essential Fish Habitat Mapping in the Mediterranean

Preface: European Commission’s’ scientific Support to Policies’ Action EnviEFH: Environmental Approach to Essential Fish Habitat Designation.- Modelling of essential fish habitat based on remote sensing, spatial analysis and GIS.- A comparison of approaches for modelling the occurrence of marine animals.- Atmospheric forcing on chlorophyll concentration in the Mediterranean.- A review of cephalopod—environment interactions in European Seas.- Influences of environmental variability on the population structure and distribution patterns of the short-fin squid Illex coindetii (Cephalopoda: Ommastrephidae) in the Eastern Ionian Sea.- Combining GIS and GAMs to identify potential habitats of squid Loligo vulgaris in the Northwestern Mediterranean.- Identification of deep-water pink shrimp abundance distribution patterns and nursery grounds in the eastern Mediterranean by means of generalized additive modelling.- Salinity and temperature as factors controlling the spawning and catch of Parapenaeus longirostris along the Moroccan Atlantic Ocean.- Identification of hake distribution pattern and nursery grounds in the Hellenic seas by means of generalized additive models.- Spatial patterns and GIS habitat modelling of fish in two French Mediterranean coastal areas.- Mapping abundance distribution of small pelagic species applying hydroacoustics and Co-Kriging techniques.- Identifying essential fish habitat for small pelagic species in Spanish Mediterranean waters.- European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) landings and environmental conditions on the Catalan Coast (NW Mediterranean) during 2000–2005.- Modeling and predicting potential spawning habitat of anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) and round sardinella (Sardinella aurita) based on satellite environmentalinformation.- Habitat discrimination of juvenile sardines in the Aegean Sea using remotely sensed environmental data.- Modelling the presence of anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus in the Aegean Sea during early summer, based on satellite environmental data.- Distribution of swordfish in the eastern Mediterranean, in relation to environmental factors and the species biology.- Results of a short study of interactions of cetaceans and longline fisheries in Atlantic waters: environmental correlates of catches and depredation events.- Satellite observations of main oceanographic processes to identify ecological associations in the Northern Arabian Sea for fishery resources exploration.- Modelling potential habitat of the invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi in Aegean Sea.- A GIS-based tool for storage, selection and visualization of time series 4D marine datasets.