Modelization of the Current and Future Habitat Suitability of Rhododendron ferrugineum Using Potential Snow Accumulation

Bycatch remains a global problem in managing sustainable fisheries. A critical aspect of management is understanding the timing and spatial extent of bycatch. Fisheries management often relies on observed bycatch data, which are not always available due to a lack of reporting or observer coverage. Alternatively, analyzing the overlap in suitable habitat for the target and non-target species can provide a spatial management tool to understand where bycatch interactions are likely to occur. Potential bycatch hotspots based on suitable habitat were predicted for cusk Brosme brosme incidentally caught in the Gulf of Maine American lobster Homarus americanus fishery. Data from multiple fisheries-independent surveys were combined in a delta-generalized linear mixed model to generate spatially explicit density estimates for use in an independent habitat suitability index. The habitat suitability indices for American lobster and cusk were then compared to predict potential bycatch hotspot locations. Suitable habitat for American lobster has increased between 1980 and 2013 while suitable habitat for cusk decreased throughout most of the Gulf of Maine, except for Georges Basin and the Great South Channel. The proportion of overlap in suitable habitat varied interannually but decreased slightly in the spring and remained relatively stable in the fall over the time series. As Gulf of Maine temperatures continue to increase, the interactions between American lobster and cusk are predicted to decline as cusk habitat continues to constrict. This framework can contribute to fisheries managers’ understanding of changes in habitat overlap as climate conditions continue to change and alter where bycatch interactions could occur.

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The Development of Habitat Suitability Index Model of Class I Endangered Wildlife, Sedirea japonica - A Case Study of Korea National Park of Dadohaehaesang -

The Journal of Korean Island ◽

10.26840/jki.32.1.153 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 32 (1) ◽

pp. 153-172

Author(s):

Yun-Jin Shim ◽

Yong-Su Park ◽

Rae-Ha Jang ◽

Young-Jun Yoon ◽

Sun- Ryoung Kim ◽

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Keyword(s):

Habitat Suitability ◽

National Park ◽

Class I ◽

Habitat Suitability Index ◽

Index Model ◽

Suitability Index

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Landscape-level habitat suitability models for twelve species in southern Missouri

10.2737/nc-gtr-233 ◽

2003 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

Michael A. Larson ◽

William D. Dijak ◽

Frank R. III Thompson ◽

Joshua J. Millspaugh

Keyword(s):

Habitat Suitability ◽

Habitat Suitability Models ◽

Landscape Level

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Seasonal variations in the properties and structural composition of sea ice and snow cover in the Bellingshausen and Amundsen Seas, Antarctica

Journal of Glaciology ◽

10.3189/s0022143000002902 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 43 (143) ◽

pp. 138-151 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

M. O. Jeffries ◽

K. Morris ◽

W.F. Weeks ◽

A. P. Worby

Keyword(s):

Sea Ice ◽

Isotopic Composition ◽

Snow Cover ◽

Sea Water ◽

Ice Cores ◽

Ice Cover ◽

Snow Accumulation ◽

Ice Formation ◽

Frazil Ice ◽

Core Sets

AbstractSixty-three ice cores were collected in the Bellingshausen and Amundsen Seas in August and September 1993 during a cruise of the R.V. Nathaniel B. Palmer. The structure and stable-isotopic composition (18O/16O) of the cores were investigated in order to understand the growth conditions and to identify the key growth processes, particularly the contribution of snow to sea-ice formation. The structure and isotopic composition of a set of 12 cores that was collected for the same purpose in the Bellingshausen Sea in March 1992 are reassessed. Frazil ice and congelation ice contribute 44% and 26%, respectively, to the composition of both the winter and summer ice-core sets, evidence that the relatively calm conditions that favour congelation-ice formation are neither as common nor as prolonged as the more turbulent conditions that favour frazil-ice growth and pancake-ice formation. Both frazil- and congelation-ice layers have an av erage thickness of 0.12 m in winter, evidence that congelation ice and pancake ice thicken primarily by dynamic processes. The thermodynamic development of the ice cover relies heavily on the formation of snow ice at the surface of floes after sea water has flooded the snow cover. Snow-ice layers have a mean thickness of 0.20 and 0.28 m in the winter and summer cores, respectively, and the contribution of snow ice to the winter (24%) and summer (16%) core sets exceeds most quantities that have been reported previously in other Antarctic pack-ice zones. The thickness and quantity of snow ice may be due to a combination of high snow-accumulation rates and snow loads, environmental conditions that favour a warm ice cover in which brine convection between the bottom and top of the ice introduces sea water to the snow/ice interface, and bottom melting losses being compensated by snow-ice formation. Layers of superimposed ice at the top of each of the summer cores make up 4.6% of the ice that was examined and they increase by a factor of 3 the quantity of snow entrained in the ice. The accumulation of superimposed ice is evidence that melting in the snow cover on Antarctic sea-ice floes ran reach an advanced stage and contribute a significant amount of snow to the total ice mass.

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Abrupt decrease in recent snow accumulation at Mount Qomolangma (Everest), Himalaya

Journal of Glaciology ◽

10.3189/s0022143000001465 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 45 (151) ◽

pp. 585-586

Author(s):

Hou Shugui ◽

Qin Dahe ◽

Cameron P. Wake ◽

Paul A. Mayewski

Keyword(s):

Snow Accumulation ◽

Abrupt Decrease

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Can the mass balance of the entire glacier area of the Tien Shan be estimated?

Annals of Glaciology ◽

10.3189/1992aog16-1-173-179 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 16 ◽

pp. 173-179

Author(s):

M.B. Dyurgerov ◽

M.G. Kunakhovitch ◽

V.N. Mikhalenko ◽

A. M. Sokalskaya ◽

V. A. Kuzmichenok

Keyword(s):

Mass Balance ◽

Vertical Profile ◽

River Basins ◽

Annual Runoff ◽

Snow Accumulation ◽

Tien Shan ◽

Exponential Dependence ◽

Glacier Area ◽

Equilibrium Line Altitude ◽

Boundary Area

The total area of glacierization of the Tien Shan in the boundary area of the USSR is about 8000 km2. The computation of mass balance was determined for this area in 12 river basins.In computation procedure, the vertical profile of snow accumulation in these regions and exponential dependence of variation of ablation with altitude are used. Thus the mass balance in each basin, bn, was calculated on the basis of these curves and represented in its relation with the equilibrium line altitude (ELA). It is shown that the relation ELA = f(bn) is linear when the range of bn values is close to zero, and in all altitude intervals this relation can be described by hypsographic curves, in all basins bn positive up to an ELA elevation of 3450 to 3500 m a.s.l. For average annual altitude of ELA, bn is negative for all regions. So the glaciers of these mountains add about 4 km3 of water to the total annual runoff.

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Faculty Opinions recommendation of Integrating landscape connectivity and habitat suitability to guide offensive and defensive invasive species management.

Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature ◽

10.3410/f.725375732.793504656 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Mark Lonsdale ◽

Hazel Ruth Parry

Keyword(s):

Invasive Species ◽

Habitat Suitability ◽

Landscape Connectivity ◽

Invasive Species Management ◽

Species Management

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Modeling the Water and Energy Balance of Vegetated Areas with Snow Accumulation

Vadose Zone Journal ◽

10.2136/vzj2008.0183 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 8 (4) ◽

pp. 1013-1030 ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

T. J. Kelleners ◽

D. G. Chandler ◽

J. P. McNamara ◽

M. M. Gribb ◽

M. S. Seyfried

Keyword(s):

Energy Balance ◽

Snow Accumulation

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Estimating the exposure of carnivorous plants to rapid climatic change

10.1093/oso/9780198779841.003.0028 ◽

2018 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Matthew C. Fitzpatrick ◽

Aaron M. Ellison

Keyword(s):

Climatic Change ◽

Habitat Suitability ◽

Species Distributions ◽

Dispersal Limitation ◽

Small Population ◽

Carnivorous Plant ◽

Carnivorous Plants ◽

Habitat Specialization ◽

Population Sizes ◽

Suitable Habitats

Climatic change likely will exacerbate current threats to carnivorous plants. However, estimating the severity of climatic change is challenged by the unique ecology of carnivorous plants, including habitat specialization, dispersal limitation, small ranges, and small population sizes. We discuss and apply methods for modeling species distributions to overcome these challenges and quantify the vulnerability of carnivorous plants to rapid climatic change. Results suggest that climatic change will reduce habitat suitability for most carnivorous plants. Models also project increases in habitat suitability for many species, but the extent to which these increases may offset habitat losses will depend on whether individuals can disperse to and establish in newly suitable habitats outside of their current distribution. Reducing existing stressors and protecting habitats where numerous carnivorous plant species occur may ameliorate impacts of climatic change on this unique group of plants.

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