Utility of a spatial habitat classification system as a surrogate of marine benthic community structure for the Australian margin

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1954-1962

  Przeslawski, Rachel ^a   Currie, David R ^b   Sorokin, Shirley J ^b   Ward, Tim M ^b   Althaus, Franziska ^c   Williams, Alan ^c  

^a GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

benthic invertebrates; continental margin; interpolation; seascapes; sponge; surrogacy

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DATA SET; HABITAT TYPE; HOME RANGE; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEAFLOOR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA;

INVERTEBRATA; PORIFERA;

EID: 80051964028     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsr106     Document Type: Article

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