Animal activity rhythms, especially expressed as periodic displacement in the case of motile megafauna, can affect the detection of species in a certain spot during a short sampling window, and thus affect our perception of local biodiversity. However, this temporal aspect of animal behavior is rarely included in the data collection strategies of ecological monitoring programs, potentially leading to biased scientific outcomes...

N. norvegicus supports one of the most commercially-important fisheries in the Mediterranean, and there is considerable interest in developing non-invasive sampling stock assessment methods. Currently, stock assessments are conducted via trawling or by UnderWater TeleVision (UWTV) surveys with limited capacity to provide direct population data due to the burrowing behavior of the species. Here, we used acoustic telemetry to ch...

The spatial distribution patterns of Merluccius capensis in the Namibian waters were investigated and related to average environmental conditions during 1996–2020. Fisheries‐independent data and simultaneously collected water temperature and dissolved oxygen data were used from austral summer surveys. A geostatistical kriging approach was employed to evaluate the spatial structure of hakes. Links to environmental conditions we...