A Systematic Review of Marine-Based Species Distribution Models (SDMs) with Recommendations for Best Practice.

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Robinson, Nestor M.
Nelson, Wendy A.
Costello, Mark J.
Sutherland, Judy E.
Lundquist, Carolyn J.
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In the marine environment Species Distribution Models (SDMs) have been used in
hundreds of papers for predicting the present and future geographic range and
environmental niche of species. We have analyzed ways in which SDMs are being
applied to marine species in order to recommend best practice in future studies. This
systematic review was registered as a protocol on the Open Science Framework: https://
osf.io/tngs6/. The literature reviewed (236 papers) was published between 1992 and
July 2016. The number of papers significantly increased through time (R2
= 0.92,
p < 0.05). The studies were predominantly carried out in the Temperate Northern Atlantic
(45%) followed by studies of global scale (11%) and studies in Temperate Australasia
(10%). The majority of studies reviewed focused on theoretical ecology (37%) including
investigations of biological invasions by non-native organisms, conservation planning
(19%), and climate change predictions (17%). Most of the studies were.....
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Frontiers in Marine ScienceVolume
4Issue
Article 421Page Range
11pp.Document Language
enSustainable Development Goals (SDG)
14AEssential Ocean Variables (EOV)
Phytoplankton biomass and diversity; Zooplankton biomass and diversityZooplankton biomass and diversity
Marine turtles, birds, mammals abundance and distribution
Benthic invertebrate abundance and distribution
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https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2017.00421Citation
Robinson, N.M .; Nelson, W.A.; Costello, M.J.; Sutherland, J.E. and Lundquist. C.J. (2017) A Systematic Review of Marine-Based Species Distribution Models (SDMs) with recommendations for Best Practice. Frontiers in Marine Science.,4:421. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2017.00421Collections
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