Pierce et al. (2009) found that a variant of k-NN, the gradient nearest neighbour, generally performed better than linear regression models or classification trees in temperate marine forests but that regression performed better in the more complex forests of adjacent temperate steppe and Mediterranean forests.
Strong declines of marine forests of kelps, fucoids and other complex, canopy-forming macroalgae have occurred over the past decades around the world [15], [16], [17].
Near the ferry terminal is the entrance to Orient Beach State Park, a 342-acre spit of land with marshlands, a marine forest and rocky beaches that curves like a protective arm between Gardiners Bay and Long Beach Bay, providing the southern shore of the peninsula with a spectacular wildlife refuge.
Decide what type of animal you want, jungle stuffed animal, marine, forest or something else.
They are also amazingly versatile creatures, "equally well adapted to temperate woodlands and tropical rain forest, marine mangrove forest and long-grass Himalayan foothills, riverine thicket and the vast reed beds of western Asia's inland seas".
We tested hypotheses regarding triggers for decline as well as recovery potential of degraded marine algal forests by using a combination of historical data, quantitative in situ observations of natural recruitment patterns and experimental work.
Understanding how the progressive degradation and decline in species richness alter the structure, function and resilience of marine canopy forests should be a critical focus of future research in these systems.
We then work with island villagers and ask them what tangible thing they need such as a kindergarten, fresh water delivery system or solar energy system, in exchange for establishing a new marine or forest reserve.
Prior to that, Murdock, who later became Seacology's President, suggested continuing their work by seeking out more villages with which they could exchange projects for marine and forest reserves.
Both marine and forest ecosystems have been heavily polluted [ 3, 4], but scientific studies on biological impacts of this accident are still scarce.
But, for the marine microbial ecologist Forest Rohwer, a professor at San Diego State University, 2015 is also the Year of the Phage.
