Abundance Of Seamounts In The Azores And Their Effect On Aggregating Visiting Species ...
No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.It has been suggested that seamounts hold higher abundances of some “visiting” animals, such as tuna, sharks, billfishes, marine mammals, sea-turtles and even seabirds, but this has been based on sparse records, warranting further ex...
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ftdatacite:10.17895/ices.pub.25243504 2024-03-31T07:54:17+00:00 Abundance Of Seamounts In The Azores And Their Effect On Aggregating Visiting Species ... Morato, T. Machete, M. Kitchingman, A. Tempera, F. Lai, S. Menezes, G. Varkey, D.A. Dâmaso, C. Santos, M. Prieto, R. Santos, R.S. Pitcher, T.J. 2024 https://dx.doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.25243504 https://ices-library.figshare.com/articles/conference_contribution/Abundance_Of_Seamounts_In_The_Azores_And_Their_Effect_On_Aggregating_Visiting_Species/25243504 unknown ASC 2008 - Theme session C https://ices-library.figshare.com/ICES-ASC-2008/groups ICES Custom Licence https://www.ices.dk/Pages/library_policies.aspx Ecosystem observation, processes and dynamics Pressures, impacts, conservation, and management Conference contribution article CreativeWork Other 2024 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.25243504 2024-03-04T14:11:39Z No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.It has been suggested that seamounts hold higher abundances of some “visiting” animals, such as tuna, sharks, billfishes, marine mammals, sea-turtles and even seabirds, but this has been based on sparse records, warranting further examination. In this paper we (1) characterized the seamount distribution of the Economic Exclusive Zone of the Azores and (2) examine whether the predicted higher abundances of tuna, marine mammals, sea turtles and seabirds actually occur around those mapped seamounts. Our algorithm showed that peaks and seamounts are common features in this region of the North Atlantic. Sixty three large and 398 small seamount-like features are mapped and described in the Azorean EEZ. Our results indicate that some marine predators (skipjack and bigeye tuna, common dolphin and Cory's shearwater) were significantly more abundant in the vicinity of some mapped shallow-water seamount summits. Our methodology, however, failed to ... Conference Object North Atlantic DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) |
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No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.It has been suggested that seamounts hold higher abundances of some “visiting” animals, such as tuna, sharks, billfishes, marine mammals, sea-turtles and even seabirds, but this has been based on sparse records, warranting further examination. In this paper we (1) characterized the seamount distribution of the Economic Exclusive Zone of the Azores and (2) examine whether the predicted higher abundances of tuna, marine mammals, sea turtles and seabirds actually occur around those mapped seamounts. Our algorithm showed that peaks and seamounts are common features in this region of the North Atlantic. Sixty three large and 398 small seamount-like features are mapped and described in the Azorean EEZ. Our results indicate that some marine predators (skipjack and bigeye tuna, common dolphin and Cory's shearwater) were significantly more abundant in the vicinity of some mapped shallow-water seamount summits. Our methodology, however, failed to ... |
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