Nursery/Recruitment Habitats

The map shows the area where recruitment of species concentrate (nursery areas). Recruits were considered as those specimens that have settled on the bottom, becoming available to the fishing gear in well-defined habitats at the end of their larval—pelagic stage and which remain in these habitats before dispersing or migrating. Due to the lack of specific studies on the dispersal behaviour of juveniles, it was assumed that the first separable modal component of the age group 0 was composed of specimens recently settled on the bottom sharing similar habitat preferences. Nursery areas have been assessed in the framework of MAREA-MEDISEH Project through habitat suitability modeling, relating abundance information from surveys with environmental variables.

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Original title
Original abstract
Topic category
  • biological_characteristics
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Resource language English
Domain area
  • Adriatic Sea
Owner MEDISEH
Provider ADRIPLAN
Data portal ADRIPLAN
Presentation form Map (map represented in raster or vector form)
Spatial representation Vector - polygon
Coordinate reference system
    Web services
    • OGC-WMS
    • OGC-WFS
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    Temporal extent
    Spatial extent
    Data accessibility Data are freely accessible
    Validation level Official data
    Additional information
    Metadata completeness Complete
    Notes

    Additional info - MSP - Environment

    Species, habitats, ecosystems, pressures

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    MSFD Classes
    MSFD Descriptors/Criteria
    Non MSFD Classes
    WFD

    Additional info - MSP - Oceanographic and CC

    Physics, biochemistry, EOV, ECV

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    Variables

    Additional info - MSP - Conservation

    Protected areas, OECM, IBA, EBSA, CCH, IMMA, ...

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    Zonation

    Additional info - MSP - Maritime activities

    Aquaculture, fishing, transport, energy, ...

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    Activity types

    Additional info - MSP - Coastal & Land use and planning

    Land use, land cover, planning (strategic, coordination, operational)

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    Additional info - MSP - Socio-economic

    Living and non-living resources, shipping, tourism, energy, ...

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    Value types
    Categories

    Additional info - MSP - Ecosystem Services

    Provisioning, regulation & maintenance, cultural

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    CICES classes

    Additional info - MSP - Legal, Governance & Planning

    Strategic, legislation, planning, administrative, enforcement

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    Functions
    Who is in charge?

    Additional info - MSP - Relevance

    Relevance of the dataset / resource in supporting the MSP process at different spatial scales and temporal frames

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    Relevance (spatial and temporal)