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Abstract
Context
Climate change reportedly affects global fisheries, including the highly valuable swimming crabs, an important benthic species in Asian waters.
Aims
The aim of this study was to determine the effects of El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events on catch rates and habitat suitability of Portunus pelagicus, Portunus sanguinolentus and Charybdis feriatus in the Taiwan Strait.
Methods
We combined marine remote sensing data with Taiwanese trap vessel data to develop a weighted habitat suitability index modelling and analyse the recruitment dynamics of swimming crabs in different ENSO events.
Key results
Our results suggest that Increasing salinity (>33.5 PSU) and sea temperature (>18.6°C) during La Niña events had a positive effect on stock recruitment and habitat suitability index of P. pelagicus and C. feriatus. By contrast, P. sanguinolentus were not affected by ENSO events. The low catch rates for P. sanguinolentus in normal years and for C. feriatus and P. pelagicus in normal and El Niño years were highly consistent with the significant shrinkage of the habitat suitability index.
Conclusions
Monitoring climate change and environmental factors is essential for understanding their effects on marine ecosystems.
Implications
This research can help implement sustainable crab fisheries.
期刊介绍:
Marine and Freshwater Research is an international and interdisciplinary journal publishing contributions on all aquatic environments. The journal’s content addresses broad conceptual questions and investigations about the ecology and management of aquatic environments. Environments range from groundwaters, wetlands and streams to estuaries, rocky shores, reefs and the open ocean. Subject areas include, but are not limited to: aquatic ecosystem processes, such as nutrient cycling; biology; ecology; biogeochemistry; biogeography and phylogeography; hydrology; limnology; oceanography; toxicology; conservation and management; and ecosystem services. Contributions that are interdisciplinary and of wide interest and consider the social-ecological and institutional issues associated with managing marine and freshwater ecosystems are welcomed.
Marine and Freshwater Research is a valuable resource for researchers in industry and academia, resource managers, environmental consultants, students and amateurs who are interested in any aspect of the aquatic sciences.
Marine and Freshwater Research is published with the endorsement of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the Australian Academy of Science.