Using fractal geometry to make rapid field measurements of riverbed topography at ecologically useful spatial scales

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 999-1003

  Robson, B J ^a   Chester, E T ^a   Barmuta, L A ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fractal dimension; Habitat architecture; Habitat structure; Hard benthos

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; HABITAT TYPE; RIVER BED; ROUGHNESS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036914725     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF01222     Document Type: Article

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