Recognizing the importance of scale in the ecology and management of riverine fish

River Research and Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1143-1152

  Durance, Isabelle ^a,c   Lepichon, Céline ^b   Ormerod, S J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catchment; Fractals; Rivers; Scale hierarchy; Spatial variance; Streams; Variograms; Watershed

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; FISH; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; RIVER MANAGEMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; VARIOGRAM; WATERSHED;

PISCES; SALMO TRUTTA;

EID: 33845776662     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.965     Document Type: Article

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