Morphodynamic effects on the habitat of juvenile cyprinids (Chondrostoma nasus) in a restored Austrian lowland river

Environmental Management

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 279-296

  Hauer, Christoph ^a   Unfer, Günther ^a   Schmutz, Stefan ^a   Habersack, Helmut ^a  

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

Author keywords

Aggradation; Chondrostoma nasus; Habitat modeling; Juvenile fish habitats; Restoration measures; River monitoring

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; BANK ANGLES; CHANNEL WIDENING; CHONDROSTOMA NASUS; ECOLOGICAL METHODS; FISH SPECIES; FLOOD PROTECTION; HABITAT MODELING; HABITAT QUALITY; JUVENILE FISH HABITATS; LOWLAND RIVERS; MODELING RESULTS; MONITORING PROGRAMS; MORPHOLOGICAL MODIFICATIONS; PHYSICAL HABITAT; RESTORATION MEASURES; RIVER BEDS; RIVER MONITORING; SEDIMENT-TRANSPORT CAPACITY; SIDE CHANNELS;

AQUACULTURE; ECOLOGY; EROSION; FISHERIES; FLOOD CONTROL; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; FORESTRY; MODELS; OCEAN HABITATS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL MECHANICS; SURVEYS;

RIVERS;

AGE CLASS; AGGRADATION; CHANNELIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYPRINID; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EMBANKMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; EROSION; FISHERY SURVEY; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOW VELOCITY; HABITAT QUALITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; JUVENILE; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MEANDER; MONITORING; MORPHODYNAMICS; RIVER; RIVER BED; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CYPRINIFORMES; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; FLOW RATE; HABITAT QUALITY; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SPECIES HABITAT;

ANIMALS; AUSTRIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CYPRINIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; RIVERS; WATER;

ECOLOGY; EROSION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; FORESTRY; MONITORING; RESTORATION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL MECHANICS; SURVEYS;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; STYRIA; SULM RIVER;

CHONDROSTOMA NASUS; CYPRINIDAE;

EID: 49849101187     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-008-9118-2     Document Type: Article

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