Sillago sihama is an important fishery species in China and plays an important role in the marine ecosystem of the Yellow Sea. Species distribution models can be used to predict its distribution by establishing the relationships between its abundance and environmental factors. However, due to high mobility of the marine animals, the relationship between their distribution and environmental factors is often nonlinear and variable with spatial locations. Based on data collected from bottom trawl survey in the Shandong coastal waters in autumn of 2016, both generalized additive model (GAM) and geographically weighted regression (GWR) model were used to analyze nonlinear and spatial nonstationary relationships between distribution of the species and environmental factors, and results from the two models were compared. Results from the GAM indicated that the main environmental factors were depth, sea bottom temperature and salinity, and depth had the largest deviance explained (23.50%). GWR model results showed that there were spatial non-stationary relationships between distribution of the species and depth and sea bottom temperature. GWR model results indicated a negative correlation between depth and biomass of the species, and a positive correlation between sea bottom temperature and biomass of species. Regarding performance of the models, GWR model showed advantages over GAM in identifying influencing factors and predicting distribution, and GWR model was recommended for use in similar applications.
| 科 Family | 属数 Number of genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) | 属 Genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae | 2 | 11 | 5.26 | 鹅膏菌属 Amanita | 10 | 4.78 |
| 小菇科 Mycenaceae | 2 | 12 | 5.74 | 丝盖伞属 Inocybe | 5 | 2.39 |
| 多孔菌科 Polyporaceae | 8 | 14 | 6.70 | 蜡蘑属 Laccaria | 5 | 2.39 |
| 红菇科 Russulaceae | 3 | 23 | 11.00 | 小皮伞属 Marasmius | 6 | 2.87 |
| 小菇属 Mycena | 11 | 5.26 | ||||
| 光柄菇属 Pluteus | 5 | 2.39 | ||||
| 红菇属 Russula | 17 | 8.13 | ||||
| 栓菌属 Trametes | 5 | 2.39 |