Costa, B., Kendall, M., McKagan, S. 2018. Managers, Modelers, and Measuring the Impact of Species Distribution Model Uncertainty on Marine Zoning Decisions. PLoS ONE. 13, 10.

GIS, Management, Modeling, Planning, Zoning, Desktop assessment, Decision-making

This study developed maps to make species distribution models more easily understandable and usable for natural resource managers. It describes the various impacts of model uncertainty on marine zoning decision-making. The paper also includes a case study of Saipan Lagoon (Northern Mariana Islands).