Does the North Atlantic current affect spatial distribution of whiting? Testing environmental hypotheses using statistical and GIS techniques

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 239-253

  Zheng, X ^a   Pierce, G J ^a   Reid, D G ^b   Jolliffe, I T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depth; GAM; GIS; Northern Atlantic current; Sea surface temperature; Spatial patterns; Whiting

Indexed keywords

CURRENT; DEPTH; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GIS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

(NORTH); NORTH SEA;

MERLANGIUS MERLANGUS;

EID: 0036526086     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.2001.1131     Document Type: Article

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