Abstract
We developed habitat suitability models for eight threatened goby species inhabiting tidal flats in the estuary of Kuma River in Kyushu Island, Japan. The best models selected several environmental factors, which were supported by area under the curve (AUC) values ranging from 0.793 to 0.976. The habitat suitability curves for each variable demonstrated various slopes, suggesting interspecific differences in habitat suitability for each environmental factor. The results suggested that the range of environmental gradients in tidal flats influences the richness of the threatened goby species.
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The authors wish to thank the students of Kyushu University for their generous research assistance. We are grateful to the two anonymous reviewers for their useful advices. Parts of this study were funded by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research-A (15H02456) and B (24310174), challenging Exploratory Research (25660148), JSPS Fellows (236229), and Program for Leading Graduate Schools (Graduate Education and Research Training Program in Decision Science for a Sustainable Society) of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and Research Institute of Marine Invertebrates (201415IKU-2, Tokyo).
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Koyama, A., Inui, R., Iyooka, H. et al. Habitat suitability of eight threatened gobies inhabiting tidal flats in temperate estuaries: model developments in the estuary of the Kuma River in Kyushu Island, Japan. Ichthyol Res 63, 307–314 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-015-0490-7
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