Mapping and modeling eelgrass Zostera marina distribution in the western Baltic Sea

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 522, Issue , 2015, Pages 79-95

  Schubert, Philipp R ^a   Hukriede, Wolfgang ^a   Karez, Rolf ^b   Reusch, Thorsten B H ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b State Agency for Agriculture Environment and Rural Areas   (Germany)

Author keywords

Depth limit; GAM; Habitat mapping; Habitat modeling; Patchiness; Species distribution

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; BASELINE CONDITIONS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PATCHINESS; SEAFLOOR; SEAGRASS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL PERIOD; WATER DEPTH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 84925272422     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: 16161599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps11133     Document Type: Article

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