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Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology ›› 2018, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (1): 293-299.doi: 10.13287/j.1001-9332.201801.032

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Habitat suitability index of larval Japanese Halfbeak (Hyporhamphus sajori) in Bohai Sea based on geographically weighted regression.

ZHAO Yang1, ZHANG Xue-qing1*, BIAN Xiao-dong2   

  1. 1Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Marine Environment and Ecology, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, Shandong, China;
    2Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Qingdao 266071, Shandong, China
  • Received:2017-07-07 Online:2018-01-18 Published:2018-01-18
  • Contact: * E-mail: zxq@ouc.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    The work was supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (2015CB453301) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41506168 ).

Abstract: To investigate the early supplementary processes of fishre sources in the Bohai Sea, the geographically weighted regression (GWR) was introduced to the habitat suitability index (HSI) model. The Bohai Sea larval Japanese Halfbeak HSIGWR model was established with four environmental variables, including sea surface temperature (SST), sea surface salinity (SSS), water depth (DEP), and chlorophyll a concentration (Chl a). Results of the simulation showed that the four variables had different performances in August 2015. SST and Chl a were global variables, and had little impacts on HSI, with the regression coefficients of -0.027 and 0.006, respectively. SSS and DEP were local variables, and had larger impacts on HSI, while the average values of absolute values of their regression coefficients were 0.075 and 0.129, respectively. In the central Bohai Sea, SSS showed a negative correlation with HSI, and the most negative correlation coefficient was -0.3. In contrast, SSS was correlated positively but weakly with HSI in the three bays of Bohai Sea, and the largest correlation coefficient was 0.1. In particular, DEP and HSI were negatively correlated in the entire Bohai Sea, while they were more negatively correlated in the three bays of Bohai than in the central Bohai Sea, and the most negative correlation coefficient was -0.16 in the three bays. The Poisson regression coefficient of the HSIGWR model was 0.705, consistent with field measurements. Therefore, it could provide a new method for the research on fish habitats in the future.