00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.556380 CaOODSP 20221107133903 cr ||||||||||| 150406s2014 nscdo o f000 0 eng d 978-1-100-23689-6 CaOODSP eng eng fre n-cn--- Fs97-6/3088E-PDF Gomez, Catalina. Assessing cetacean distribution in the Scotian Shelf bioregion using habitat suitability models [electronic resource] / by Catalina Gómez-Salazar and Hilary B. Moors-Murphy. Dartmouth, N.S. : Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 2014. iv, 49 p. : fig., maps, photographs, tables. Canadian technical report of fisheries and aquatic sciences, 1488-5379 ; 3088 Includes bibliographical references (p. 29-33). The potential of using Habitat suitability models (HSMs) to investigate cetacean distribution on the Scotian Shelf was explored by conducting a scientific literature review of HSMs used for cetaceans, compiling and evaluating cetacean and environmental data available for the Scotian Shelf, and applying chosen HSMs to selected species. Maximum Entropy (MaxEnt) models were performed for northern bottlenose and Sowerby’s beaked whales using five environmental variables: ocean depth, seafloor slope, seafloor aspect, sea surface temperature and Chlorophyll-a concentration. This work highlights the potential effectiveness of HSMs to predict key areas for cetacean conservation within the Scotian Shelf Bioregion; however, further refinement is needed before results can be more broadly applied. gccst Whales gccst Population distribution gccst Oceanography gccst Fisheries management Moors-Murphy, Hilary B. Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Canadian technical report of fisheries and aquatic sciences, 1488-5379 ; 3088 (CaOODSP)9.504449 PDF 1.92 MB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2015/mpo-dfo/Fs97-6-3088-eng.pdf