Performance of predictive models in marine benthic environments based on predictions of sponge distribution on the Australian continental shelf

Ecological Informatics

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 205-216

  Huang, Zhi ^a   Brooke, Brendan ^a   Li, Jin ^a  

^a Marine and Coastal Environment Group   (Australia)

Author keywords

Broad scale; Machine learning; Marine; Predictive modelling; Pseudo absence; Sponge

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DATA SET; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE RESOURCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPONGE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79955898633     PISSN: 15749541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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