Biotope map of the German Baltic Sea

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 127-135

  Schiele, Kerstin S ^a   Darr, Alexander ^a   Zettler, Michael L ^a   Friedland, René ^a   Tauber, Franz ^a   von Weber, Mario ^b   Voss, Joachim ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b Nature Conservation and Geology Mecklenburg Vorpommern   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Biotope map; HELCOM Underwater biotope and habitat classification system HUB; Macrozoobenthos; Random forests; Species distribution modelling

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); CONSERVATION; DECISION TREES; ECOSYSTEMS; RANDOM FORESTS;

BALTIC SEA; HABITAT CLASSIFICATION; LIGHT PENETRATION DEPTH; MACROZOOBENTHOS; MARINE SPATIAL PLANNING; SPATIAL INFORMATIONS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION MODELLING; SUBSTRATE CHARACTERISTICS;

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; BIOTOPE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MAPPING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOBENTHOS;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BALTIC SEA; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; BIOTOPE; BIOTOPE MAP; BIVALVE; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; GERMANY; HABITAT; NONHUMAN; POLYCHAETA; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TARGET ORGANISM; BALTIC STATES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES; SEA;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; GERMANY;

BALTIC STATES; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GERMANY; OCEANS AND SEAS;

EID: 84931568098     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.05.038     Document Type: Article

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