Development of an ecologic marine classification in the New Zealand region

Environmental Management

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 12-29

  Snelder, Ton H ^a   Leathwick, John R ^a   Dey, Katie L ^a   Rowden, Ashley A ^a   Weatherhead, Mark A ^a   Fenwick, Graham D ^a   Francis, Malcolm P ^a   Gorman, Richard M ^a   Grieve, Janet M ^a   Hadfield, Mark G ^a   Hewitt, Judi E ^a   Richardson, Ken M ^a   Uddstrom, Michael J ^a   Zeldis, John R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ecologic classification; Ecoregions; Environmental; Marine; Ocean

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGIC CLASSIFICATION; ECOREGIONS; MULTIVARIATE CLASSIFICATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; NUMERICAL METHODS; SOLAR RADIATION; VELOCITY CONTROL;

MARINE ENGINEERING;

CHLOROPHYLL A;

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; DEVELOPMENT LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHOD; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NEW ZEALAND; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEA SURFACE WATERS; SOLAR RADIATION; SYNECOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

CLASSIFICATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MARINE BIOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANS AND SEAS;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33845474526     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-005-0206-2     Document Type: Article

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