TY - BOOK AU - Stephenson,F. AU - Goetz,K.T. AU - Mouton,T. AU - Beets,F. AU - Hailes,Sarah F. AU - Roberts,Jim AU - Pinkerton,Matt H. AU - MacDiarmid,Alison ED - New Zealand. ED - Fisheries New Zealand (Government agency) TI - Spatial distribution modelling of New Zealand cetacean species / T2 - New Zealand aquatic environment and biodiversity report, SN - 9781990025020 PY - 2020/// CY - Wellington PB - Fisheries New Zealand, Tini a Tangaroa KW - MARINE MAMMALS KW - CETACEANS KW - CETACEA POPULATIONS KW - GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION KW - ESTIMATES KW - MATHEMATICAL MODELS KW - FISH STOCK ASSESSMENT KW - NEW ZEALAND N1 - "May 2020."; Includes bibliographical references N2 - Opportunistic sighting records (n=14207) of 31 cetacean species complexes, species and subspecies, and 14 spatially comprehensive environmental data layers were combined to derive habitat preference models, and, for a select number of species with sufficient data, to derive relative density using a two-step hurdle model. Predicted distributions were consistent with known distributions and the respective species sighting and stranding records, although uncertainty remains for rarely sighted taxa UR - https://fs.fish.govt.nz/Page.aspx?pk=113&dk=24896 UR - https://docs.niwa.co.nz/library/public/NZAEBR-240.pdf ER -