The Use of a Predictive Habitat Model and a Fuzzy Logic Approach for Marine Management and Planning

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Hattab, Tarek ^a,b   Ben Rais Lasram, Frida ^a   Albouy, Camille ^c   Sammari, Chérif ^d   Romdhane, Mohamed Salah ^a   Cury, Philippe ^b   Leprieur, Fabien ^e   Le Loc'h, François ^b  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL AGRONOMIQUE DE TUNISIE   (Tunisia)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^d INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LA MER   (Tunisia)

^e UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FUZZY LOGIC; HABITAT SELECTION; KRIGING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; SAMPLING; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION;

AREA UNDER CURVE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FUZZY LOGIC; GEOGRAPHY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEAWATER; SHIPS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84885409351     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076430     Document Type: Article

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