Development of habitat models for Nephtys species (Polychaeta: Nephtyidae) in the German Bight (North Sea)

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 276-291

  Meißner, Karin ^a   Darr, Alexander ^b   Rachor, Eike ^c  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b Institute for Applied Ecology Ltd   (Germany)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benthos Ecology; German Bight; Habitat Model; Habitat Suitability; MARS; Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines; Nephtys; North Sea

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HABITAT SELECTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYCHAETE; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GERMAN BIGHT; NORTH SEA;

NEPHTYIDAE; NEPHTYS; NEPHTYS ASSIMILIS; NEPHTYS CAECA; NEPHTYS CIRROSA; NEPHTYS HOMBERGII; NEPHTYS INCISA; NEPHTYS LONGOSETOSA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 56649083537     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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