A review of modeling approaches for understanding and monitoring the environmental effects of marine renewable energy

KE Buenau, L Garavelli, LG Hemery… - Journal of Marine …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Understanding the environmental effects of marine energy (ME) devices is fundamental for
their sustainable development and efficient regulation. However, measuring effects is …

[HTML][HTML] Spatially varying coefficients can improve parsimony and descriptive power for species distribution models

JT Thorson, CL Barnes, ST Friedman, JL Morano… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Species distribution models (SDMs) are widely used to relate species occurrence and
density to local environmental conditions, and often include a spatially correlated variable to …

[HTML][HTML] Towards a scientific community consensus on designating Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems from imagery

AR Baco, R Ross, F Althaus, D Amon, AEH Bridges… - PeerJ, 2023 - peerj.com
Towards a scientific community consensus on designating Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems from
imagery [PeerJ] Related research Download Share X Facebook Email PEER-REVIEWED Towards …

Assessing habitat suitability models for the deep sea: is our ability to predict the distributions of seafloor fauna improving?

DA Bowden, OF Anderson, AA Rowden… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Methods that predict the distributions of species and habitats by developing statistical
relationships between observed occurrences and environmental gradients have become …

[HTML][HTML] Deep learning-assisted high resolution mapping of vulnerable habitats within the Capbreton Canyon System, Bay of Biscay

A Abad-Uribarren, E Prado, S Sierra, A Cobo… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Capbreton Canyon System is an area currently under study for its proposal as
a Site of Community Importance under the EU Habitats Directive in the context of the LIFE IP …

Presence-only habitat suitability models for vulnerable marine ecosystem indicator taxa in the South Pacific have reached their predictive limit

F Stephenson, AA Rowden… - ICES Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs) are typically fragile and slow to recover, making
them likely to be substantially altered by disturbance. In the High Seas, regional fishery …

The modeled distribution of corals and sponges surrounding the Salas y Gómez and Nazca ridges with implications for high seas conservation

S Georgian, L Morgan, D Wagner - PeerJ, 2021 - peerj.com
The Salas y Gómez and Nazca ridges are two adjacent seamount chains off the west coast
of South America that collectively contain more than 110 seamounts. The ridges support an …

Environmental drivers and the distribution of cold-water corals in the global ocean

R Tong, AJ Davies, C Yesson, J Yu, Y Luo… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Species distribution models (SDMs) are useful tools for describing and predicting the
distribution of marine species in data-limited environments. Outputs from SDMs have been …

Modeling nearshore fish habitats using Alaska as a regional case study

A Grüss, JL Pirtle, JT Thorson, MR Lindeberg, AD Neff… - Fisheries …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nearshore areas represent important habitats for many species, at least for part of their life
cycle. Therefore, modeling and mapping nearshore habitats is essential for natural resource …

Distribution of vulnerable marine ecosystems at the south Sandwich islands: results from the blue belt discovery expedition 99 deep-water camera surveys

AL Downie, RP Vieira, OT Hogg… - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The South Sandwich Islands (SSI) are a chain of volcanic islands located to the east of the
Scotia Sea, approximately 700 km south-east of South Georgia. To date, knowledge of the …