Assessing the impact of a downscaled climate change simulation on the fish fauna in an Inner-Alpine River

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 127-137

  Matulla, C ^a,b   Schmutz, S ^c   Melcher, A ^c   Gerersdorfer, T ^c   Haas, P ^c  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Climate change; European alps; Fish fauna; River; Scenarios

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FISH; GERMANY; PHYSIOLOGY; RIVER;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CLIMATE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FISHES; GERMANY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RIVERS;

CYPRINIDAE; HUCHO HUCHO; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE; THYMALLUS THYMALLUS;

EID: 36448981797     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-007-0107-6     Document Type: Article

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