The application of physical surrogates to predict the distribution of marine benthic organisms

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 161-179

  Post, Alexandra L ^a  

^a GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; EXTRAPOLATION; MARINE ENGINEERING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PORTS AND HARBORS;

BIOPHYSICAL RELATIONSHIPS; MARINE MANAGEMENT ZONES; PHYSICAL DATA SETS; PHYSICAL SURROGATES;

MICROORGANISMS;

BENTHOS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MARINE PARK; PREDICTION; RESERVE DESIGN; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 38849089940     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2007.04.008     Document Type: Article

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