Modelling the spatial distribution of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica along the North African coast: Implications for the assessment of Good Environmental Status

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 61, Issue , 2016, Pages 1011-1023

  Zucchetta, M ^a   Venier, C ^b   Taji, M A ^c,d   Mangin, A ^e   Pastres, R ^a  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES AIN CHOCK   (Morocco)

^d ACRI EC   (Morocco)

^e ACRI ST   (France)

Author keywords

Ecosystem approach; MERIS; Posidonia oceanica; Remote sensing; Species Distribution Model

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COASTAL ZONES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PLANTS (BOTANY); REMOTE SENSING; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE WATERS; TRANSPARENCY;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; GOOD ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS; MERIS; MODEL SELECTION PROCEDURES; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SPECIES DISTRIBUTION MODELING;

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; ENDEMIC SPECIES; MERIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEAGRASS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

GULF OF GABES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 84949725856     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.10.059     Document Type: Article

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