Ecological niche models and species distribution models in marine environments: A literature review and spatial analysis of evidence

SM Melo-Merino, H Reyes-Bonilla, A Lira-Noriega - Ecological Modelling, 2020 - Elsevier
In recent years, the use of ecological niche models (ENMs) and species distribution models
(SDMs) to explore the patterns and processes behind observed distribution of species has …

On the use of maps and models in conservation and resource management (warning: results may vary)

V Lecours - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Conservation planning and management typically require accurate and spatially explicit
data at scales that are relevant for conservation objectives. In marine conservation, these …

Modelling the biogeographic boundary shift of Calanus finmarchicus reveals drivers of Arctic Atlantification by subarctic zooplankton

JJ Freer, M Daase, GA Tarling - Global Change Biology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Biological communities in the Arctic are changing through the climate‐driven encroachment
of subarctic species. This “Atlantification” extends to keystone Calanoid copepods, as the …

Methods and approaches to advance soil macroecology

HJ White, L León‐Sánchez, VJ Burton… - Global Ecology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Motivation and aim Soil biodiversity is central to ecosystem function and services. It
represents most of terrestrial biodiversity and at least a quarter of all biodiversity on Earth …

Predicting future distributions of lanternfish, a significant ecological resource within the Southern Ocean

JJ Freer, GA Tarling, MA Collins… - Diversity and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Aim Lanternfish (Myctophidae) are one of the most abundant and ecologically
important families of pelagic teleosts, yet how these species will respond to climate change …

Climate change paves the way for a new inter‐ocean fish interchange

E Azzurro, M D'Amen - Frontiers in Ecology and the …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
For over 150 years, Indo‐Pacific species have been colonizing the Mediterranean Sea via
the Suez Canal, with increasing ecological and socioeconomic impacts. Using an ensemble …

Environmental matching reveals non-uniform range-shift patterns in benthic marine Crustacea

MVP Simões, H Saeedi, ME Cobos, A Brandt - Climatic Change, 2021 - Springer
Empirical and theoretical studies suggest that marine species respond to ocean warming by
shifting ranges poleward and/or into deeper depths. However, future distributional patterns …

Optical observations and spatio-temporal projections of gelatinous zooplankton in the Fram Strait, a gateway to a changing Arctic Ocean

D Pantiukhin, G Verhaegen, C Kraan… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Global warming causes profound environmental shifts in the Arctic Ocean, altering the
composition and structure of communities. In the Fram Strait, a transitional zone between the …

Drivers behind the diversity and distribution of a widespread midwater narcomedusa

G Verhaegen, MN Sangekar, B Bentlage… - Limnology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Narcomedusae play a key role as top‐down regulators in the midwater, the largest and most
understudied biome on Earth. Here, we used ecological niche modeling in three …

Pan‐Arctic distribution modeling reveals climate‐change‐driven poleward shifts of major gelatinous zooplankton species

D Pantiukhin, G Verhaegen… - Limnology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Anthropogenic activities, including climate change, are hypothesized to cause increases in
gelatinous zooplankton population sizes and blooms. In the most rapidly changing …