Ordinary kriging vs inverse distance weighting: spatial interpolation of the sessile community of Madagascar reef, Gulf of Mexico

Information about the distribution and abundance of the habitat-forming sessile organisms in marine ecosystems is of great importance for conservation and natural resource managers. Spatial interpolation methodologies can be useful to generate this information from in situ sampling points, especiall...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Salvador Zarco-Perello, Nuno Simões
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2017-11-01
Series:PeerJ
Subjects:
GIS
Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/4078.pdf