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Spatial Processes and Management of Marine Populations 17th Lowell Wakefield Symposium Spatial Processes and Management of Marine Populations Gordon H. Kruse, Nicolas Bez, Anthony Booth, Martin W. Dorn, Sue Hills, Romuald N. Lipcius, Dominique Pelletier, Claude Roy, Stephen J. Smith, and David Witherell, Editors Proceedings of the Symposium on Spatial Processes and Management of Marine Populations, October 27-30, 1999, Anchorage, Alaska University of Alaska Sea Grant College Program Report No. AK-SG-01-02 2001 Price $40.00 Elmer E. Rasmuson Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data International Symposium on Spatial processes and management of marine populations (1999 : Anchorage, Alaska.) Spatial processes and management of marine populations : proceedings of the Sympo- sium on spatial processes and management of marine populations, October 27-30, 1999, An- chorage, Alaska / Gordon H. Kruse, [et al.] editors. – Fairbanks, Alaska : University of Alaska Sea Grant College Program, [2001]. 730 p. : ill. ; cm. – (University of Alaska Sea Grant College Program ; AK-SG-01-02) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Aquatic animals—Habitat—Congresses. 2. Aquatic animals—Dispersal—Congresses. 3. Fishes—Habitat—Congresses. 4. Fishes—Dispersal—Congresses. 5. Aquatic animals—Spawn- ing—Congresses. 6. Spatial ecology—Congresses. I. Title. II. Kruse, Gordon H. III. Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium (17th : 1999 : Anchorage, Alaska). IV. Series: Alaska Sea Grant College Program report ; AK-SG-01-02. SH3.I59 1999 ISBN 1-56612-068-3 Citation for this volume is: G.H. Kruse, N. Bez, A. Booth, M.W. Dorn, S. Hills, R.N. Lipcius, D. Pelletier, C. Roy, S.J. Smith, and D. Witherell (eds.). 2001. Spatial processes and management of marine populations. University of Alaska Sea Grant, AK-SG-01-02, Fairbanks. Credits This book is published by the University of Alaska Sea Grant College Program, which is coop- eratively supported by the U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA National Sea Grant Office, grant no. NA86RG-0050, project A/161-01; and by the University of Alaska Fairbanks with state funds. The University of Alaska is an affirmative action/equal opportunity institution. Sea Grant is a unique partnership with public and private sectors combining research, education, and technology transfer for public service. This national network of universities meets changing environmental and economic needs of people in our coastal, ocean, and Great Lakes regions. University of Alaska Sea Grant ATMOSPH ND ER A IC IC A P.O. Box 755040 N D A M E I C N 203 O’Neill Bldg. I O S L T A R N A T Fairbanks, Alaska 99775-5040 O I I O T N A N Toll free (888) 789-0090 U E S (907) 474-6707 Fax (907) 474-6285 C D R E E P M A M RT O http://www.uaf.alaska.edu/seagrant/ MENT OF C Contents About the Symposium ................................................................... ix About This Proceedings ................................................................. ix The Lowell Wakefield Symposium Series ........................................ x Tools for Analysis Spatial Modeling of Fish Habitat Suitability in Florida Estuaries Peter J. Rubec, Steven G. Smith, Michael S. Coyne, Mary White, Andrew Sullivan, Timothy C. MacDonald, Robert H. McMichael Jr., Douglas T. Wilder, Mark E. Monaco, and Jerald S. Ault ................................. 1 Recent Approaches Using GIS in the Spatial Analysis of Fish Populations Tom Nishida and Anthony J. Booth ............................................................. 19 Using GIS to Analyze Animal Movements in the Marine Environment Philip N. Hooge, William M. Eichenlaub, and Elizabeth K. Solomon ........... 37 Modeling Approaches A Conceptual Model for Evaluating the Impact of Spatial Management Measures on the Dynamics of a Mixed Fishery Dominique Pelletier, Stéphanie Mahévas, Benjamin Poussin, Joël Bayon, Pascal André, and Jean-Claude Royer...................................... 53 Evaluating the Scientific Benefits of Spatially Explicit Experimental Manipulations of Common Coral Trout (Plectropomus leopardus) Populations on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia Andre E. Punt, Anthony D.M. Smith, Adam J. Davidson, Bruce D. Mapstone, and Campbell R. Davies .............................................. 67 Spatial Modeling of Atlantic Yellowfin Tuna Population Dynamics: Application of a Habitat-Based Advection- Diffusion-Reaction Model to the Study of Local Overfishing Olivier Maury, Didier Gascuel, and Alain Fonteneau ................................ 105 iii Contents Integrated Tagging and Catch-at-Age Analysis (ITCAAN): Model Development and Simulation Testing Mark N. Maunder ...................................................................................... 123 Toward an Environmental Analysis System to Forecast Spawning Probability in the Gulf of California Sardine S.E. Lluch-Cota, D. Kiefer, A. Parés-Sierra, D.B. Lluch-Cota, J. Berwald, and D. Lluch-Belda .................................................................. 147 Patterns in Life History and Population Parameters Ocean Current Patterns and Aspects of Life History of Some Northwestern Pacific Scorpaenids Alexei M. Orlov .......................................................................................... 161 Comparative Spawning Habitats of Anchovy (Engraulis capensis) and Sardine (Sardinops sagax) in the Southern Benguela Upwelling Ecosystem C.D. van der Lingen, L. Hutchings, D. Merkle, J.J. van der Westhuizen, and J. Nelson ...................................................... 185 Spatially Specific Growth Rates for Sea Scallops (Placopecten magellanicus) Stephen J. Smith, Ellen L. Kenchington, Mark J. Lundy, Ginette Robert, and Dale Roddick ............................................................. 211 Spatial Distribution and Recruitment Patterns of Snow Crabs in the Eastern Bering Sea Jie Zheng, Gordon H. Kruse, and David R. Ackley .................................... 233 Yelloweye Rockfish (Sebastes ruberrimus) Life History Parameters Assessed from Areas with Contrasting Fishing Histories Allen Robert Kronlund and Kae Lynne Yamanaka .................................... 257 Spatial Distributions of Populations Distribution Patterns and Survey Design Considerations of Pacific Ocean Perch (Sebastes alutus) in the Gulf of Alaska Chris Lunsford, Lewis Haldorson, Jeffrey T. Fujioka, and Terrance J. Quinn II ................................................................................... 281 Spatial Inferences from Adaptive Cluster Sampling of Gulf of Alaska Rockfish Dana H. Hanselman, Terrance J. Quinn II, Jonathan Heifetz, David Clausen, and Chris Lunsford .......................................................... 303 iv Contents Evaluating Changes in Spatial Distribution of Blue King Crab near St. Matthew Island Ivan Vining, S. Forrest Blau, and Doug Pengilly ....................................... 327 Density-Dependent Ocean Growth of Some Bristol Bay Sockeye Salmon Stocks Ole A. Mathisen and Norma Jean Sands ................................................... 349 Evidence of Biophysical Coupling from Shifts in Abundance of Natural Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotopes in Prince William Sound, Alaska Thomas C. Kline Jr..................................................................................... 363 Relationships with the Physical Environment Classification of Marine Habitats Using Submersible and Acoustic Seabed Techniques John T. Anderson ....................................................................................... 377 Environmental Factors, Spatial Density, and Size Distributions of 0-Group Fish Boonchai K. Stensholt and Odd Nakken .................................................... 395 Spatial Distribution of Atlantic Salmon Postsmolts: Association between Genetic Differences in Trypsin Isozymes and Environmental Variables Krisna Rungruangsak-Torrissen and Boonchai K. Stensholt ..................... 415 Critical Habitat for Ovigerous Dungeness Crabs Karen Scheding, Thomas Shirley, Charles E. O’Clair, and S. James Taggart ....................................................................................... 431 Large-Scale Long-Term Variability of Small Pelagic Fish in the California Current System Rubén Rodríguez-Sánchez, Daniel Lluch-Belda, Héctor Villalobos-Ortiz, and Sofia Ortega-García ..................................... 447 Spatial Distribution and Selected Habitat Preferences of Weathervane Scallops (Patinopecten caurinus) in Alaska Teresa A. Turk ........................................................................................... 463 Species Interactions Spatial Dynamics of Cod-Capelin Associations off Newfoundland Richard L. O’Driscoll and George A. Rose ................................................. 479 v Contents Spatial Patterns of Pacific Hake (Merluccius productus) Shoals and Euphausiid Patches in the California Current Ecosystem Gordon Swartzman ................................................................................... 495 Spatial Patterns in Species Composition in the Northeast United States Continental Shelf Fish Community during 1966-1999 Lance P. Garrison ...................................................................................... 513 Patterns in Fisheries An Empirical Analysis of Fishing Strategies Derived from Trawl Logbooks David B. Sampson ..................................................................................... 539 Distributing Fishing Mortality in Time and Space to Prevent Overfishing Ross Claytor and Allen Clay ...................................................................... 543 In-Season Spatial Modeling
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