Modeling the distribution of Geodia sponges and sponge grounds in the Northwest Atlantic

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Knudby, Anders ^a   Kenchington, Ellen ^b   Murillo, Francisco Javier ^b,c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^c Instituto Español de Oceanografía   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GEODIA; NONHUMAN; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; OCEANOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; SALINITY; SALT TOLERANCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; AREA UNDER CURVE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CHLOROPHYLL; GEODIA; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROBABILITY; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84891776280     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082306     Document Type: Article

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