Fish habitat modelling as a tool for river management

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 305-315

  Mouton, Ans M ^a   Schneider, Matthias ^b   Depestele, Jochen ^a   Goethals, Peter L M ^a   De Pauw, Niels ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bullhead (Cottus gobio L.); CASiMiR; Expert knowledge; Fuzzy logic; Physical fish habitat modelling; Restoration; River restoration; Weir impact assessment

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FISHERIES; FUZZY SETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WEIRS;

EXPERT KNOWLEDGE; PHYSICAL FISH HABITAT MODELING; RIVER RESTORATION; WEIR IMPACT ASSESSMENT;

WATER RESOURCES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FISHERIES; FUZZY SETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WATER RESOURCES; WEIRS;

DAM REMOVAL; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERT SYSTEM; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT RESTORATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER MANAGEMENT; TELEOST;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

COTTUS GOBIO;

EID: 33847033327     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2006.11.002     Document Type: Article

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