Large-scale distribution analysis of Antarctic echinoids using ecological niche modelling.

• Published in: Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Main Authors: Pierrat, Benjamin, Saucède, Thomas, Laffont, Rémi, De Ridder, Chantal, Festeau, Alain, DAVID, Bruno
• Other Authors: Biogéosciences UMR 6282 Dijon (BGS), Université de Bourgogne (UB)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Biologie marine, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Funding sources from CAML/TOTAL, ECOS project (n°C06B02) and BIANZO I and II projects (Belgian Science Policy).
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2012
• Subjects: Habitat suitability map; Sterechinus; Echinoidea; GARP; Maxent; Southern Ocean; geo; envir; Antarctic; Campbell Plateau; The Antarctic; Antarc*; antarcticus; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09842; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00736659

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