Predictive models of coral and sponge distribution, abundance and diversity in bottom trawl surveys of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 503, Issue , 2014, Pages 157-176

  Rooper, Christopher N ^a   Zimmermann, Mark ^a   Prescott, Megan M ^b   Hermann, Albert J ^c  

^a NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center   (United States)

^b Ocean Associates Inc   (United States)

^c Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Deap sea sponge; Deep sea coral; Distribution modelling; General additive models; Habitat; Spatial management

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BOTTOM TRAWLING; CORAL; DEEP-SEA ORGANISM; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FISHING EFFORT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; PREDICTION; SPONGE; TIDAL CURRENT; VULNERABILITY;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901207740     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10710     Document Type: Article

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