Mapping world-wide distributions of marine mammal species using a relative environmental suitability (RES) model

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 316, Issue , 2006, Pages 285-310

  Kaschner, K ^a,b   Watson, R ^a   Trites, A W ^a   Pauly, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Forschungs und Technologiezentrum Westkuste   (Germany)

Author keywords

Distribution; GIS; Global; Habitat suitability modeling; Marine mammals; Niche model; Relative environmental suitability

Indexed keywords

CETACEAN; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; HABITAT USE; MAPPING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PINNIPED; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RANGE EXPANSION; TAXONOMY;

BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS; BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; CALLORHINUS URSINUS; CETACEA; LAGENORHYNCHUS CRUCIGER; MAMMALIA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; ORCINUS ORCA; PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; PHOCOENIDAE; PHYSETER CATODON; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 33646228665     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps316285     Document Type: Article

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