Exploring macroinvertebrate species distributions at regional and local scales across a sandy beach geographic continuum

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Rodil, Iván F ^a,b   Compton, Tanya J ^b   Lastra, Mariano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MACHINE LEARNING; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROBABILITY; SANDY SOIL; SEASHORE; SPAIN; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMALS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INVERTEBRATES; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84862683312     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039609     Document Type: Article

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