Habitat preference of the Yangtze finless porpoise in a minimally disturbed environment

Mei, Zhigang; Chen, Mao; Li, Yongtao; Huang, Shuqiang; Haung, Jie; Han, Yi; Zhu, Binting; Li, Chunsheng; Wang, Kexiong; Wang, Ding

doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2016.12.020

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“…Predictive species distribution modelling (SDM) may provide a valid resolution to solve these difficulties (Marshall, Glegg, & Howell, ), and SDM has been applied to some cetacean populations (Bailey & Thompson, ; Carlucci et al, ; Garaffo et al, ; Gerrodette & Eguchi, ; Mei et al, ; Pitchford et al, ; Thorne et al, ). Among the many techniques used for SDM, maxent software (Merow, Smith, & Silander Jr, ; Phillips, Dudík, & Schapire, ) has been frequently recommended for its user‐friendly interface and high accuracy in predicting likely habitats (Elith et al, ; Gomez & Cassini, ; Phillips, Anderson, & Schapire, ; Pitchford et al, ).…”

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Habitat protection actions for the Indo‐Pacific humpback dolphin: Baseline gaps, scopes, and resolutions for the Taiwanese subspecies

Huang

Wang

Yao

2018

Aquatic Conservation

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1. Information gaps resulting from incomplete data used to describe habitat configuration frequently hinder the efficacy of habitat protection action (HPA) for an animal with a wide distribution range. Such concerns are particularly important for the Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin, inhabiting disturbed coastal and estuarine habitats.2. This study inspected the likely habitat use of the Taiwanese humpback dolphin, an endemic subspecies that inhabits a highly disturbed habitat. Habitat use was evaluated using species distribution modelling with occurrence data from field surveys and remotely sensed oceanographic layers.3. Likely core habitats of the Taiwanese humpback dolphin were predicted near estuaries. The chlorophyll-a concentration was the primary factor affecting the distribution of the Taiwanese humpback dolphin. Bathymetry influenced the humpback dolphin distribution in the early 1980s, but became less important in the early 2010s. 4. Significant sea surface temperature increases in the estuarine and coastal waters and chlorophyll-a concentration decreases in the inshore waters were observed from the 1980s to the 2010s, indicating declining ecosystem productivity and shifting ecosystem functions. These oceanographic changes may be associated with adverse consequences of coastal alterations in western Taiwan. 5.We propose revising the current HPA scope by refining the HPA zoning, integrating coastal and watershed management, implementing regulatory fishery management, and designing and conducting restoration measures in compromised habitats and watershed landscapes.The need to reassess the current baselines of habitat use and HPA complex for the humpback dolphin across its natural range has been addressed.

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Habitat protection actions for the Indo‐Pacific humpback dolphin: Baseline gaps, scopes, and resolutions for the Taiwanese subspecies

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Yao

2018

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“…Filtered data were used to produce 75% and 95% kernel density estimates (KDEs) in the Geospatial Modelling Environment (www.spatialecology.com/gme/) to represent habitats frequently used by pilot whales (e.g. Cianfrani et al 2011, Pendoley et al 2014, Mei et al 2017.…”

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Movement and foraging behavior of short-finned pilot whales in the Mid-Atlantic Bight: importance of bathymetric features and implications for management

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“…, Mei et al . ) can help provide a perspective of feeding sites of the Bryde's whale over a broader spatial scale. Deploying passive acoustic devices can help to acquire Bryde's whale activities with high temporal resolution (Kerosky et al .…”

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“…To solve this question, field surveys need to be considered on a scope wider than that of the present study. Adopting techniques like deploying fix-winged drones to run transectline surveys (Hodgson et al 2013(Hodgson et al , 2017, and applying transect-based occurrence data and satellite remote-sensing data to species distribution modeling (Bailey and Thompson 2009, Pitchford et al 2016, Mei et al 2017 can help provide a perspective of feeding sites of the Bryde's whale over a broader spatial scale. Deploying passive acoustic devices can help to acquire Bryde's whale activities with high temporal resolution (Kerosky et al 2012, Rice et al 2014) though the spatial extent and resolution can be confined by the number of acoustic devices deployed.…”

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Occurrence of Bryde's whales, Balaenoptera edeni, in the northern Beibu Gulf, China

Chen

Huang

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Marine Mammal Science

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Habitat preference of the Yangtze finless porpoise in a minimally disturbed environment

Cited by 21 publications

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Habitat protection actions for the Indo‐Pacific humpback dolphin: Baseline gaps, scopes, and resolutions for the Taiwanese subspecies

Habitat protection actions for the Indo‐Pacific humpback dolphin: Baseline gaps, scopes, and resolutions for the Taiwanese subspecies

Movement and foraging behavior of short-finned pilot whales in the Mid-Atlantic Bight: importance of bathymetric features and implications for management

Occurrence of Bryde's whales, Balaenoptera edeni, in the northern Beibu Gulf, China

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