Use of predictive habitat modelling to assess the distribution and extent of the current protection of 'listed' deep-sea habitats

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 433-445

  Ross, Rebecca E ^a   Howell, Kerry L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deep sea; Habitat modelling; Marine conservation; Marine protected areas; MaxEnt; NE Atlantic

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; CORAL; CORAL REEF; DEEP SEA; FORAMINIFERA; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MARINE PARK; MODEL VALIDATION; SPONGE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANTHOZOA; LOPHELIA PERTUSA; PHERONEMA CARPENTERI; SYRINGAMMINA FRAGILISSIMA;

EID: 84875061779     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12010     Document Type: Article

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