New quantitative approaches for classifying and predicting local-scale habitats in estuaries

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 645-664

  Valesini, Fiona J ^a   Hourston, Mathew ^a   Wildsmith, Michelle D ^a   Coen, Natasha J ^a   Potter, Ian C ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

classification systems; estuaries; habitat; LINKTREE; prediction; SIMPROF

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; CORRELATION; HABITAT TYPE; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; INVERTEBRATE; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SALINITY;

AUSTRALIA;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 74749108099     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.11.032     Document Type: Article

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