Concept and application of the usable volume for modelling the physical habitat of riverine organisms

River Research and Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 545-558

  Mouton, Ans ^a   Meixner, Harald ^b   Goethals, Peter L M ^a   De Pauw, Niels ^a   Mader, Helmut ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

(Weighted) usable area; (Weighted) usable volume; 3D physical habitat modelling; Fish; PHABSIM; Rivers; Streams

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FIELD METHOD; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT USE; LABORATORY METHOD; RIVER BED; RIVER DISCHARGE; SPECIES CONCEPT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

AUSTRIA; BELGIUM; BENELUX; CENTRAL EUROPE; EAST FLANDERS; EURASIA; EUROPE; LOWER AUSTRIA; SCHWECHAT RIVER; WESTERN EUROPE; ZWALM BASIN;

EID: 34347354120     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.998     Document Type: Article

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