Exploring spatial non-stationarity of fisheries survey data using geographically weighted regression (GWR): An example from the Northwest Atlantic

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 145-154

  Windle, Matthew J S ^a   Rose, George A ^a   Devillers, Rodolphe ^a   Fortin, Marie Josée ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atlantic cod; Fisheries ecology; Generalized additive models; Geographically weighted regression; Logistic regression; Non stationarity; Northwest Atlantic; Spatial modelling

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GADOID FISHERY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

CHIONOECETES OPILIO; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GADUS MORHUA; PANDALUS BOREALIS;

EID: 73549095760     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsp224     Document Type: Article

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