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MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout the JournalEditorsTheme Sections MEPS 469:263-278 (2012) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps10026 Spatio-temporal variations in invertebrate−cod−environment relationships on the Newfoundland–Labrador Shelf, 1995−2009 Matthew J. S. Windle1,*, George A. Rose1, Rodolphe Devillers2,3, Marie-Josée Fortin4 1Centre for Fisheries Ecosystems Research, Marine Institute, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador A1C 5R3, Canada 2Department of Geography, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador A1B 3X9, Canada 3ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reefs Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia 4Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Ontario M5S 3B2, Canada *Email: matthew.windle@gmail.com ABSTRACT: We examined spatial and temporal relationships between snow crab Chionocetes opilio, shrimp Pandalus spp., Atlantic cod Gadus morhua and the environment (depth, temperature and salinity) on the Newfoundland–Labrador Shelf from 1995 to 2009 using autumn multispecies trawl survey data. First, the core habitat of snow crab and shrimp was determined based on cumulative distribution functions of species abundance over depth and bottom temperature. On average, this method predicted the presence of crab and shrimp at 95 and 99% of trawl locations, respectively, and indicated 90% of crab and shrimp inhabited temperature ranges of −1 to 4 and 0 to 4°C and depths of 100 to 500 and 150 to 450 m, respectively. Then geographically weighted regressions, based on trawl stations where species presence was predicted, indicated spatial non-stationarity between invertebrates and explanatory variables at scales <200 km. Snow crab abundance was best predicted by environmental variables, suggesting bottom-up influences are important, whereas shrimp abundance was influenced by both the environment and cod (predator) abundance. We discuss how averaged ecological relationships within large marine ecosystems central to fisheries management mask processes operating at smaller scales, with reference to the northern cod ecosystem under present conditions of warming waters and increasing cod. KEY WORDS: Spatial ecology · Gadus morhua · Chionoecetes opilio · Pandalus borealis · Northwest Atlantic · Geographically weighted regression · Species interactions Full text in pdf format PreviousNextCite this article as: Windle MJS, Rose GA, Devillers R, Fortin MJ (2012) Spatio-temporal variations in invertebrate−cod−environment relationships on the Newfoundland–Labrador Shelf, 1995−2009. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 469:263-278. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps10026 Export citation RSS - Facebook - Tweet - linkedIn Cited by Published in MEPS Vol. 469. Online publication date: November 26, 2012 Print ISSN: 0171-8630; Online ISSN: 1616-1599 Copyright © 2012 Inter-Research.
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