Species distribution modelling of marine benthos: A North Sea case study

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 442, Issue , 2011, Pages 71-86

  Reiss, Henning ^a,c   Cunze, Henning ^b   König, Konstantin ^b,d   Neumann, Konstantin ^a,b   Kröncke, Ingrid ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

^c NORD UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^d EMBRAPA AMAZÔNIA ORIENTAL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Benthic communities; Habitat suitability modelling; Macrofauna; Marine ecosystems; Niche modelling; North Sea

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BENTHOS; BOTTOM WATER; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NICHE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 82955193290     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09391     Document Type: Article

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