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The habitat suitability index (HSI), a reliable indicator of the capacity of a habitant to support selected species, has been widely used to detect and forecast fishing ground formation. In this study, the catch data of the chub mackerel and satellite-derived environmental factors were used to calculate the HSI for the chub mackerel in the South Sea, South Korea. More than 80% of the total catch was found in areas with an SST of 14.72\u201325.72 \u00b0C, chlorophyll-a of 0.30\u20130.92 mg m\u22123, and primary production of 523.7\u2013806.46 mg C m\u22122 d\u22121. Based on these results, the estimated climatological monthly HSI from 2002 to 2016 clearly showed that the wintering ground of the chub mackerel generally formed in the South Sea of South Korea, coinciding with the catch distribution during the same period. This outcome implies that our estimated HSI can yield a reliable prediction of the fishing ground for the chub mackerel in the East\/Japan Sea and South Sea of South Korea.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs10060938","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,6,13]],"date-time":"2018-06-13T10:45:35Z","timestamp":1528886735000},"page":"938","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":50,"title":["Spatio-Temporal Variability of the Habitat Suitability Index for Chub Mackerel (Scomber Japonicus) in the East\/Japan Sea and the South Sea of South Korea"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Dabin","family":"Lee","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Oceanography, Pusan National University, Geumjeong-gu, Busan 46241, Korea"}]},{"given":"SeungHyun","family":"Son","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CIRA, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3237-9794","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Wonkook","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Korea Ocean Satellite Center, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Busan 49111, Korea"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0094-7926","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Joo Myun","family":"Park","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Marine Bioscience, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Gangneung 25457, Korea"}]},{"given":"Huitae","family":"Joo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Oceanography, Pusan National University, Geumjeong-gu, Busan 46241, Korea"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2445-0690","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sang Heon","family":"Lee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Oceanography, Pusan National University, Geumjeong-gu, Busan 46241, Korea"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,6,13]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Collette, B.B., and Nauen, C.E. 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