Deep-sea bio-physical variables as surrogates for biological assemblages, an example from the Lord Howe Rise

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 979-991

  Anderson, Tara J ^a   Nichol, Scott L ^a   Syms, Craig ^b   Przeslawski, Rachel ^a   Harris, Peter T ^a  

^a Marine and Coastal Environment Group   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Deep sea; Geomorphology; Habitat mapping; Surrogacy

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCE; ASSEMBLAGE COMPOSITION; BIO-PHYSICAL VARIABLES; BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES; BIOLOGICAL VARIABLES; BIOTURBATION; CLASSIFICATION SCHEME; COLD-WATER CORALS; COMBINED WATER; CORAL SEA; DEEP SEA; HABITAT MAPPING; MANAGEMENT TOOL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE RESOURCES; MULTI-BEAM; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PHYSICAL DATA; PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS; PHYSICAL HABITAT; PHYSICAL MAPPING; PHYSICAL VARIABLES; PREDICTIVE ABILITIES; PREDICTIVE POWER; ROCKY OUTCROPS; SPATIAL FEATURES; STUDY AREAS; SURROGACY; SUSPENSION FEEDING; VIDEO STATION;

ANIMALS; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIODIVERSITY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; IGNEOUS ROCKS; LANDFORMS; MAPPING; MARINE BIOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SURVEYS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; BIOACOUSTICS; BIOPHYSICS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; DEEP SEA; DISTURBANCE; EPIFAUNA; FISH; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; HABITAT TYPE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INVERTEBRATE; MAPPING METHOD; MARINE RESOURCE; OUTCROP; PHOTOGRAPH; SAMPLING; SEAFLOOR; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBSTRATE; WATER DEPTH;

CORAL SEA; LORD HOWE RISE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANTHOZOA; CTENOPHORA (COELENTERATES); INVERTEBRATA; OPHIUROIDEA; PELMATOZOA; PISCES;

EID: 79952818181     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.10.053     Document Type: Article

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