Two-zone model for stream and river ecosystems

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 638, Issue , 2010, Pages 85-107

  Abdul Aziz, Omar I ^a,b   Wilson, Bruce N ^b   Gulliver, John S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Food web; Management; River and stream ecosystems; Two zone model

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES; CALIBRATED MODEL; ECOLOGICAL SCIENCE; EVALUATION; FLOW PROCESS; FOOD WEB MODEL; FOOD WEBS; FOOD-WEB DYNAMICS; GENERAL TRENDS; GRAVEL BED; HIERARCHICAL LEVEL; INPUT PARAMETER; MODEL CALIBRATION; MODEL PARAMETERS; MOMENT-BASED MEASURES; OBSERVED DATA; RELATIVE SENSITIVITY; RESEARCH TOOLS; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; STATE VARIABLES; STREAM ECOSYSTEMS; STREAM GEOMORPHOLOGY; TROPHIC LEVEL; TURBULENT DIFFUSION; TWO-ZONE MODEL;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ANIMALS; HYDRAULICS; HYDROLOGY; LANDFORMS; RIVERS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUN; VEGETATION; WATER;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOTOPE; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CALIBRATION; CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DETRITUS; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FOOD WEB; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GRAVEL BED STREAM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLAR RADIATION; TURBULENT DIFFUSION; WATER COLUMN; WATERSHED;

GERMANY; NECKAR RIVER;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 74249109043     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-0011-7     Document Type: Article

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