Optimisation of a fuzzy physical habitat model for spawning European grayling (Thymallus thymallus L.) in the Aare river (Thun, Switzerland)

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 215, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 122-132

  Mouton, Ans M ^a   Schneider, Matthias ^b   Peter, Armin ^c   Holzer, Georg ^c   Müller, Rudolf ^c   Goethals, Peter L M ^a   De Pauw, Niels ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Data mining; Fish; Fuzzy logic; Habitat suitability; Hill climbing; Hybrid models; Stream

Indexed keywords

DATA MINING; ECOLOGY; FUZZY LOGIC; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION;

ECOLOGICAL MODELS; HABITAT SUITABILITY; HILL CLIMBING; HYBRID MODELS;

OCEAN HABITATS;

DATA MINING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; HABITAT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; RIVER WATER; SALMONID; SPAWNING;

AARE RIVER; BERN [SWITZERLAND]; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND; THUN;

THYMALLUS THYMALLUS;

EID: 44649187780     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2008.02.028     Document Type: Article

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