Spatiotemporal modelling of Greenland halibut maturation across the Northwest Atlantic
Abstract Modelling life history trait variation at appropriate spatial and temporal scales is crucial for understanding population dynamics and developing effective fisheries management strategies. However, most efforts to model life history traits ignore spatial correlations and make a priori assum...
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croxfordunivpr:10.1093/icesjms/fsad112 2024-01-21T10:04:12+01:00 Spatiotemporal modelling of Greenland halibut maturation across the Northwest Atlantic Yan, Yuan Cantoni, Eva Field, Chris Treble, Margaret Benoît, Hugues P Rideout, Rick M Flemming, Joanna Mills Poos, Jan Jaap Canadian Statistical Sciences Institute Ocean Frontier Institute 2023 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsad112 https://academic.oup.com/icesjms/article-pdf/80/6/1787/51096620/fsad112.pdf en eng Oxford University Press (OUP) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ICES Journal of Marine Science volume 80, issue 6, page 1787-1801 ISSN 1054-3139 1095-9289 Ecology Aquatic Science Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Oceanography journal-article 2023 croxfordunivpr https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsad112 2023-12-22T09:32:54Z Abstract Modelling life history trait variation at appropriate spatial and temporal scales is crucial for understanding population dynamics and developing effective fisheries management strategies. However, most efforts to model life history traits ignore spatial correlations and make a priori assumptions about the spatial structuring of populations, potentially clouding the ability to recognize true spatial structure. Here we develop spatiotemporal maturation models for Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides) in the Northwest Atlantic, a species with large-scale movement patterns that can lead to uncertainty regarding effective stock boundaries. Our analysis using data from three Fisheries and Oceans Canada survey regions, Baffin Bay and Davis Strait in the eastern Canadian Arctic, Newfoundland and Labrador (NL), and the northern Gulf of St. Lawrence (GSL), is the first at such a large spatial scale. We also extend the traditional binary maturity status to a multinomial one that accounts for seasonal changes in maturation. Results show a decreasing temporal trend in size at maturity across the entire area. Spatial results regarding size at maturity provide new insight linking Greenland halibut south of Newfoundland (Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization Subdivision 3Ps) to the GSL stock rather than the NL stock. Results also highlight parts of the Davis Strait area, where size at maturity is smaller than in waters both north and south. Multinomial model results identify areas in GSL and Davis Strait that may be important for reproductive development in the summer and fall. Our analyses also reveal constraints on size at maturity that correspond with the well-known positive association between fish length and bottom depth. Broad-scale analyses of high resolution spatial patterns in life history traits, such as those performed here for Greenland halibut maturation, may identify recurrent patterns of association with environmental or habitat characteristics that might not otherwise be evident on a ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Baffin Bay Baffin Bay Baffin Davis Strait Greenland Newfoundland Northwest Atlantic Oxford University Press (via Crossref) Arctic Newfoundland Baffin Bay Canada Greenland ICES Journal of Marine Science |
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Abstract Modelling life history trait variation at appropriate spatial and temporal scales is crucial for understanding population dynamics and developing effective fisheries management strategies. However, most efforts to model life history traits ignore spatial correlations and make a priori assumptions about the spatial structuring of populations, potentially clouding the ability to recognize true spatial structure. Here we develop spatiotemporal maturation models for Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides) in the Northwest Atlantic, a species with large-scale movement patterns that can lead to uncertainty regarding effective stock boundaries. Our analysis using data from three Fisheries and Oceans Canada survey regions, Baffin Bay and Davis Strait in the eastern Canadian Arctic, Newfoundland and Labrador (NL), and the northern Gulf of St. Lawrence (GSL), is the first at such a large spatial scale. We also extend the traditional binary maturity status to a multinomial one that accounts for seasonal changes in maturation. Results show a decreasing temporal trend in size at maturity across the entire area. Spatial results regarding size at maturity provide new insight linking Greenland halibut south of Newfoundland (Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization Subdivision 3Ps) to the GSL stock rather than the NL stock. Results also highlight parts of the Davis Strait area, where size at maturity is smaller than in waters both north and south. Multinomial model results identify areas in GSL and Davis Strait that may be important for reproductive development in the summer and fall. Our analyses also reveal constraints on size at maturity that correspond with the well-known positive association between fish length and bottom depth. Broad-scale analyses of high resolution spatial patterns in life history traits, such as those performed here for Greenland halibut maturation, may identify recurrent patterns of association with environmental or habitat characteristics that might not otherwise be evident on a ... |
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Poos, Jan Jaap Canadian Statistical Sciences Institute Ocean Frontier Institute |
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Spatiotemporal modelling of Greenland halibut maturation across the Northwest Atlantic |
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Spatiotemporal modelling of Greenland halibut maturation across the Northwest Atlantic |
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Spatiotemporal modelling of Greenland halibut maturation across the Northwest Atlantic |
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Spatiotemporal modelling of Greenland halibut maturation across the Northwest Atlantic |
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Spatiotemporal modelling of Greenland halibut maturation across the Northwest Atlantic |
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spatiotemporal modelling of greenland halibut maturation across the northwest atlantic |
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Oxford University Press (OUP) |
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2023 |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsad112 https://academic.oup.com/icesjms/article-pdf/80/6/1787/51096620/fsad112.pdf |
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Arctic Newfoundland Baffin Bay Canada Greenland |
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Arctic Baffin Bay Baffin Bay Baffin Davis Strait Greenland Newfoundland Northwest Atlantic |
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Arctic Baffin Bay Baffin Bay Baffin Davis Strait Greenland Newfoundland Northwest Atlantic |
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