Classification of Fiordland marine environments and their use as surrogates measures of biodiversity

Published:  

2005
This report documents a finer resolution terrestrial, freshwater and marine environment classification developed for Fiordland. The results of the statistical modelling were used to develop a multivariate classification ofphysical environmental types.

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Part one: pages 1-14 (PDF, 580K)

  • Disclaimer
  • Introduction
  • Part one: Statistical relationships between biological response variables and physical environmental factors and ground-truthing of predictive modelling
  • Data sources and methodology
  • Modelling results

Part two: pages 15-31 (PDF, 492K)

  • Part one continued
  • Ground truthing results
  • Discussion
  • Part two: Multivariate classification of coastal environment types and test of classification groupings using biological data
  • Methodology and approach

Part three: pages 32-33 (PDF, 789K)

  • Part two continued

Part four: pages 34-40 (PDF, 145K)

  • Part two continued
  • Discussion
  • General conclusions and recommendations
  • References

Publication information

Prepared by Franz Smith in collaboration with Steve Wing and Hamish Bowman.

This report is made available on the DOC website but has not been published under the Department of Conservation's usual processes. Users should refer to the author of the report for any conditions relating to its use and any disclaimers.

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