Coastal waters classification based on physical attributes along the NE Atlantic region. An approach for rocky macroalgae potential distribution

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 112, Issue , 2012, Pages 105-114

  Ramos, Elvira ^a   Juanes, José A ^a   Galván, Cristina ^a   Neto, João M ^b   Melo, Ricardo ^c   Pedersen, Are ^d   Scanlan, Clare ^e   Wilkes, Robert ^f   van den Bergh, Erika ^g   Blomqvist, Mats ^h   Karup, Henning Peter ⁱ   Heiber, Wilfried ^j   Reitsma, Jan M ^k   Ximenes, Marie Claude ^h   Silió, Ana ^a   Méndez, Fernando ^a   González, Borja ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS INSTITUTE IH CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e SCOTTISH ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^f ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (Ireland)

^g RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^h Hafok AB ^*  (France)

ⁱ Nature Agency   (Denmark)

^j Lower Saxony Water Management Coastal Defence and Nature Conservation Agency   (Germany)

^k Bureau Waardenburg   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Biotypes; Coastal waters; North East Atlantic; Physical properties; Subtypological variants; WFD intercalibration

Indexed keywords

BIOTYPE; COASTAL WATER; HOMOGENEITY; MACROALGA; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TYPOLOGY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

EID: 84866895895     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2011.11.041     Document Type: Article

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