Fish assemblages in the large lowland Narew River system (Poland): Application of the self-organizing map algorithm

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 203, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 45-61

  Kruk, A ^a   Lek, S ^b   Park, Y S ^c   Penczak, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^c Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diversity indices; Fish assemblage structure; Habitat variables; Kohonen self organizing map; Relative fish biomass; The Narew River system

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISHERIES; RIVERS; SELF ORGANIZING MAPS;

DIVERSITY INDICES; FISH ASSEMBLAGE STRUCTURE; HABITAT VARIABLES; KOHONEN SELF ORGANIZING MAP; RELATIVE FISH BIOMASS; THE NAREW RIVER SYSTEM;

FISH;

ALGORITHM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIVERSITY INDEX; FISH; RIVER SYSTEM; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NAREW RIVER; POLAND;

COBITIDAE; GOBIO; LOTA; PETROMYZONTIDAE;

EID: 34047214561     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2005.10.044     Document Type: Article

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