Predictive modeling of coral distribution and abundance in the Hawaiian Islands

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 481, Issue , 2013, Pages 121-132

  Franklin, Erik C ^a   Jokiel, Paul L ^a   Donahue, Megan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic cover; Boosted regression trees; Coral; Hawaiian Islands; Modeling; Species distribution

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CORAL REEF; IRRADIANCE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION MODELING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL PLANNING;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; KANEOHE BAY; KOHALA; OAHU; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877636822     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10252     Document Type: Article

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