Predicting the distribution and ecological niche of unexploited snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) Populations in alaskan waters: A first open-access ensemble model

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 608-622

  Hardy, Sarah M ^a   Lindgren, Michael ^a   Konakanchi, Hanumantharao ^a   Huettmann, Falk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARCTIC; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; BRACHYURA; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BIOMASS; BRACHYURA; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

CHIONOECETES OPILIO;

EID: 80053220774     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icr102     Document Type: Conference Paper

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