Predicted deep-sea coral habitat suitability for the U.S. West Coast

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Guinotte, John M ^a   Davies, Andrew J ^b  

^a Marine Conservation Institute   (United States)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CORAL; CORAL REEF; DEEP SEA; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MISCELLANEOUS NAMED GROUPS; NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PROBABILITY; SALINITY; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES HABITAT; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CALIFORNIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; OREGON; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84899760093     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093918     Document Type: Article

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