Field validation of habitat suitability models for vulnerable marine ecosystems in the South Pacific Ocean: Implications for the use of broad-scale models in fisheries management

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 120, Issue , 2016, Pages 110-126

  Anderson, Owen F ^a   Guinotte, John M ^b   Rowden, Ashley A ^a   Clark, Malcolm R ^a   Mormede, Sophie ^a   Davies, Andrew J ^c   Bowden, David A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b Marine Conservation Institute   (United States)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boosted Regression Trees; Deep sea corals; Habitat suitability models; Louisville Seamount Chain; MaxEnt; Scleractinia; Vulnerable marine ecosystems

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CONSERVATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ECOLOGY; FISHERIES; FORECASTING; FORESTRY; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORGANIC CARBON; REEFS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; SURVEYS;

BOOSTED REGRESSION TREES; DEEP-SEA CORALS; HABITAT SUITABILITY MODEL; MAXENT; SCLERACTINIA; SEAMOUNT CHAINS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CORAL; DEEP SEA; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MAXIMUM ENTROPY ANALYSIS;

LOUISVILLE SEAMOUNT CHAIN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

ANTHOZOA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 84949676661     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2015.11.025     Document Type: Article

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