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Impacts of Aggregation Methods and Trophospecies Number on the Structure and Function of Marine Food Webs
Aggregation of species with similar ecological properties is one of the effective methods to simplify food web researches. However, species aggregation will affect not only the complexity of modeling process b...
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Effect of sampling design on estimation of phylogenetic diversity metrics of fish community
Phylogenetic diversity has been widely used to explore diversity patterns and assess processes governing the species composition in community. The estimates of many metrics depend on high-quality data collecte...
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Performance evaluation of fixed-station sampling design for a fishery-independent survey with multiple objectives
Fixed-station sampling design was widely used in fishery-independent surveys because of its characteristics of convenient sampling station setting, but the non-probabilistic (fixed) nature made it more uncerta...
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Varying growth rates of a marine eel, the whitespotted conger (Conger myriaster), are explained by the interaction between seasonal temperature and prey availability
Whitespotted conger (Conger myriaster) is a commercially important species in East Asia; however, the fisheries stock has drastically declined in recent years. Environmental changes are assumed to have profound i...
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Spatio-temporal distribution of Konosirus punctatus spawning and nursing ground in the South Yellow Sea
In recent years, Konosirus punctatus has accounted for a large portion in catch composition and become important economic species in the South Yellow Sea. However, the distribution of K. punctatus early life stag...
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Feeding ecology of Japanese Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus niphonius) along the eastern coastal waters of China
Feeding activities provide necessary nutrition and energy to support the reproduction and development of fish populations. The feeding ecology and dietary plasticity of fish are important factors determining t...
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Evaluating the effect of input variables on quantifying the spatial distribution of croaker Johnius belangerii in Haizhou Bay, China
A habitat model has been widely used to manage marine species and analyze relationship between species distribution and environmental factors. The predictive skill in habitat model depends on whether the model...
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Combining otolith elemental signatures with multivariate analytical models to verify the migratory pattern of Japanese Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus niphonius) in the southern Yellow Sea
Japanese Spanish mackerel, Scomberomorus niphonius, is a commercially important, highly migratory species that is widely distributed throughout the northwestern Pacific region. However, its life history and migra...
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Impacts of sample size for stomach content analysis on the estimation of ecosystem indices
This study used Ecopath model of the Jiaozhou Bay as an example to evaluate the effect of stomach sample size of three fish species on the projection of this model. The derived ecosystem indices were classifie...
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Open AccessImproving prediction of rare species’ distribution from community data
Species distribution models (SDMs) have been increasingly used to predict the geographic distribution of a wide range of organisms; however, relatively fewer research efforts have concentrated on rare species ...
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Performances of Clustering Methods Considering Data Transformation and Sample Size: An Evaluation with Fisheries Survey Data
Clustering is a group of unsupervised statistical techniques commonly used in many disciplines. Considering their applications to fish abundance data, many technical details need to be considered to ensure rea...
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Optimization of environmental variables in habitat suitability modeling for mantis shrimp Oratosquilla oratoria in the Haizhou Bay and adjacent waters
Habitat suitability index (HSI) models have been widely used to analyze the relationship between species abundance and environmental factors, and ultimately inform management of marine species. The response of...
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Stock Structure Analysis of the Japanese Spanish Mackerel Scomberomorus niphonius (Cuvier, 1832) Along the China Coast Based on Truss Network
The Japanese Spanish mackerel Scomberomorus niphonius (Cuvier, 1832) is widely distributed in the subtropical and temperate waters of the northwestern Pacific Ocean, supporting one of the most important commercia...
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Spatio-Temporal Variations in Co-Occurrence Patterns of Fish Communities in Haizhou Bay, China: Null Model Analysis
Co-occurrence pattern of fish species plays an important role in understanding the spatio-temporal structure and the stability of fish community. Species coexistence may vary with time and space. The co-occurr...
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Fishery biology of whitespotted conger Conger myriaster (Brevoort, 1856) in the Yellow Sea and East China Sea
Whitespotted conger Conger myriaster is a commercially important species in the seas around China, Korea and Japan. The coastal waters of China serve as an important feeding ground for congers, but the spatio-tem...
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The impact of natural mortality variations on the performance of management procedures for Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus niphonius) in the Yellow Sea, China
Natural mortality rate (M) is one of the essential parameters in fishery stock assessment, however, the estimation of M is commonly rough and the changes of M due to natural and anthropogenic impacts have long be...
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Optimization of stratification scheme for a fishery-independent survey with multiple objectives
Fishery-independent surveys are often used for collecting high quality biological and ecological data to support fisheries management. A careful optimization of fishery-independent survey design is necessary t...
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Distribution of polychaete assemblage in relation to natural environmental variation and anthropogenic stress
Polychaete are diverse species of the soft-bottom community, and are often used as indicators in environment monitoring programs. However, the effects of anthropogenic activities and natural environmental vari...
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Optimization of sampling effort for a fishery-independent survey with multiple goals
Fishery-independent surveys are essential for collecting high quality data to support fisheries management. For fish populations with low abundance and aggregated distribution in a coastal ecosystem, high inte...
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Annual variations of biogenic element contents of manila clam (Ruditapes philippinarum) bottom-cultivated in Jiaozhou Bay, China
Manila clam (Ruditapes philippinarum) was monthly sampled from its benthic aquaculture area in Jiaozhou Bay from May 2009 to June 2010. The annual variations of major elemental composition, organic content, fatne...
