Ecological niche modelling of the distribution of cold-water coral habitat using underwater remote sensing data

Ecological Informatics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 83-92

  Guinan, Janine ^a,b   Brown, Colin ^a   Dolan, Margaret F J ^a,c   Grehan, Anthony J ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b MARINE INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ecological niche modelling; Genetic algorithm; Porcupine Bank; Rockall Trough; Terrain analysis

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; COLD WATER; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; CORAL; DEEP SEA; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ERROR ANALYSIS; GENETIC ALGORITHM; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NICHE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REMOTE SENSING; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SWATH BATHYMETRY; TERRAIN; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PORCUPINE BANK; ROCKALL TROUGH;

ANTHOZOA; LOPHELIA PERTUSA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 67349217909     PISSN: 15749541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2009.01.004     Document Type: Article

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