A review on the aquatics species distribution modelling and its most important methods

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1 Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran

2 Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran.

3 Department of Forestry and Forest Economics, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran

Abstract

Proper recognition of species distribution patterns in aquatic ecosystems and their spatial and temporal changes during the past, and predictions for the future is one of the essential compartments of ecosystem-based fisheries management for aquatics stocks. Over the last decades, innovation and usage of different statistical and classification techniques in species distribution studies have been of high importance. Using modelling approaches has provided critical information for fisheries managers in understanding the impacts of changes in environmental conditions on fluctuations in aquatics populations and finding latent probable relationships between them and the most influencing environmental factors. The present study comprehensively reviewed the basics of species distribution modelling and its usage in fisheries assessment of aquatic species populations. Based on the conducted studies, the most important related developed modelling techniques under their methodological frameworks and their advantages and disadvantages for fisheries distribution modelling analysis are described. The presented topics could improve generally available knowledge about the practical incorporation of different species distribution modelling especially with fisheries importance.

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Journal of Utilization and Cultivation of Aquatics

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 03 June 2025

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