First steps in the development of a water temperature model framework for refining the ecological Reserve in South African rivers

Water SA

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 585-595

  Rivers Moore, N A ^a   Hughes, D A ^a   Mantel, S ^a   Hill, T R ^b  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Conservation planning; Management; Water temperature modelling; Water temperatures

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; MANAGEMENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENTS; ECOLOGICAL RESERVES; HEAT EXCHANGE COEFFICIENTS; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; SPECIES DISTRIBUTIONS; WATER TEMPERATURES;

RIVERS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELING; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NATURE RESERVE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVER MANAGEMENT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 55249117025     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: 18167950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wsa.v34i5.180656     Document Type: Article

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