Modelled distributions of ten demersal elasmobranchs of the eastern English Channel in relation to the environment

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 418-419, Issue , 2012, Pages 91-103

  Martin, C S ^a,c   Vaz, S ^a   Ellis, J R ^b   Lauria, V ^a,d   Coppin, F ^a   Carpentier, A ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Channel ground fish survey; Chondrichthyes; Elasmobranchii; GLM; Grande ouverture verticale; Trawl survey

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; DEMERSAL FISH; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GIS; HABITAT TYPE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LINEARITY; ONTOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SALINITY; SHARK; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TIDAL CURRENT; TRAWLING;

ENGLISH CHANNEL;

CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII; RAJA CLAVATA; RAJIDAE; SCYLIORHINUS CANICULA;

EID: 84860540078     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2012.03.010     Document Type: Article

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