Spatial variability of seabird distribution associated with environmental factors: A case study of marine important bird areas in the Azores

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-40

  Amorim, Patrícia ^a   Figueiredo, Miguel ^a   Machete, Miguel ^a   Morato, Telmo ^a   Martins, Ana ^a   Serrão Santos, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Azores; Geostatistics; Marine IBAs; Regression models; Seabirds; Spatial statistics

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AUTOCORRELATION; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FISHING VESSEL; GEOSTATISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEABIRD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; VARIOGRAM;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; AZORES; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AVES; CALONECTRIS DIOMEDEA BOREALIS; LARIDAE; PROCELLARIIDAE; STERNA DOUGALLII; STERNA HIRUNDO;

EID: 58549116503     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsn175     Document Type: Conference Paper

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