Comparing California current cetacean-habitat models developed using in situ and remotely sensed sea surface temperature data

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 413, Issue , 2010, Pages 163-183

  Becker, E A ^a   Forney, K A ^a   Ferguson, M C ^a   Foley, D G ^a,b   Smith, R C ^c   Barlow, J ^a   Redfern, J V ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California current; Cetacean density; Dolphin; GAM; GLM; Habitat modeling; Porpoise; Remote sensing; Whale

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; CETACEAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA INTERPRETATION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FIELD SURVEY; HABITAT CORRIDOR; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER DEPTH;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CETACEA; PHOCOENIDAE;

EID: 77957350916     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08696     Document Type: Article

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