Spatial prediction of demersal fish distributions: Enhancing our understanding of species-environment relationships

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2068-2075

  Moore, Cordelia H ^a   Harvey, Euan S ^a   Van Niel, Kimberly P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Classification trees; Generalized additive models; Spatial ecology; Species distribution models

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; CLASSIFICATION; DEMERSAL FISH; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MAPPING METHOD; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE PARK; MODELING; PREDICTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CAPE HOWE MARINE PARK; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 70149098288     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsp205     Document Type: Conference Paper

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