Online cetacean habitat modeling system for the US East Coast and Gulf of Mexico

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-15

  Best, Benjamin D ^a,b   Halpin, Patrick N ^a,b   Read, Andrew J ^a   Fujioka, Ei ^b   Good, Caroline P ^a   LaBrecque, Erin A ^a,b   Schick, Robert S ^b   Roberts, Jason J ^b   Hazen, Lucie J ^b   Qian, Song S ^c   Palka, Debra L ^d   Garrison, Lance P ^e   McLellan, William A ^f  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^d NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic ocean; Cetacea; Generalized additive model; Gulf of Mexico; Habitat; Spatial decision support system; Species distribution mode

Indexed keywords

CETACEAN; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; MODELING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865194374     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00430     Document Type: Article

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