The use of artificial neural networks to assess fish abundance and spatial occupancy in the littoral zone of a mesotrophic lake

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 120, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 299-311

  Brosse, Sébastien ^a   Guegan, Jean François ^a   Tourenq, Jean Nöel ^a   Lek, Sovan ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Fish ecology; Lake; Multiple linear regression; Population assemblage; Principal component analysis

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ICHTHYOFAUNA; LAKE; POPULATION MODELING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ICHTHYOFAUNA;

EID: 0033578382     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(99)00110-6     Document Type: Article

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