A new software system for the PIROP database: Data flow an approach for a seabird-depth analysis

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 518-523

  Huttmann F ^a   Lock, A R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bathymetry; CART; Classification and regression tree; Data entry mask; Fulmarus glacialis; Geographical information system; GIS; PIROP database; Seabird; Software; Sula bassana

Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; SEA DEPTH; SEABIRD; SOFTWARE SYSTEM;

ATLANTIC COAST; CANADA;

FULMARUS GLACIALIS; SULA BASSANA;

EID: 0031200755     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.1997.0260     Document Type: Conference Paper

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