Predicting patterns of richness, occurrence and abundance of small fish in New Zealand estuaries

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1327-1341

  Francis, Malcolm P ^a   Morrison, Mark A ^a   Leathwick, John ^a,b   Walsh, Cameron ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^c NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

boosted regression trees; predictive models.

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AIR TEMPERATURE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BODY SIZE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FIELD SURVEY; FISH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY SURVEY; FRESHWATER INPUT; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MARINE PARK; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SEAWATER; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TURBIDITY; VULNERABILITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

NEW ZEALAND;

PISCES;

EID: 80455126109     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF11067     Document Type: Article

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