Habitat preferences of selected demersal fish species in the Bay of Biscay and Celtic Sea, North‐East Atlantic

• Published in: Fisheries Oceanography
• Main Authors: PERSOHN, CECILE, LORANCE, PASCAL, TRENKEL, VERENA M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2009
• Subjects: Hake; North East Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2419.2009.00515.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1365-2419.2009.00515.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-2419.2009.00515.x

Abstract According to the Ideal Free Distribution theory, individual fish are distributed where environmental conditions are optimal, and the occupied area may vary with population abundance. Thus, observed distributions are a combination of habitat suitability and density‐dependent effects. Data fr...