Spatially based methods to assess the ecological status of European fish assemblage types

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 453-463

  Melcher, Areas ^a   Schmutz, S ^a   Haidvogl, G ^a   Moder, K ^a  

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

Author keywords

Ecological status; Europe; Metrics; Modelling; Rivers; Water framework directive

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FISH; RIVER;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

PISCES;

EID: 36549013189     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2007.00583.x     Document Type: Article

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