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SUBMITTER: Gruss A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5981459 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Grüss Arnaud A Biggs Christopher C Heyman William D WD Erisman Brad B
Scientific reports 20180531 1
In the U.S. Gulf of Mexico (U.S. GOM), the identification and characterization of transient fish spawning aggregation (FSA) sites is recognized as a regional priority for conservation, but progress is hindered by a lack of understanding of FSA distributions for most exploited species. We employed information compiled in regional databases on FSAs and monitoring for the U.S. GOM to fit species distribution models and produce maps showing the areas likely to host single- and multi-species transien ...[more]