Two-dimensional habitat modeling of Chinese sturgeon spawning sites

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 221, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 864-875

  Yi, Yujun ^a,b   Wang, Zhaoyin ^b   Yang, Zhifeng ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese sturgeon; Habitat suitability index model; Reservoir management; Three Gorges Project; Two dimensional mathematic model; Yangtze River

Indexed keywords

CHINESE STURGEON; HABITAT SUITABILITY INDEX; MATHEMATIC MODEL; THREE GORGES PROJECT; YANGTZE RIVER;

CONCRETE DAMS; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

ECOLOGY;

ECOSYSTEM MODELING; MIGRATION ROUTE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPAWNING; TELEOST; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER DEPTH; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CHINA; THREE GORGES; YANGTZE RIVER;

ACIPENSER SINENSIS;

EID: 74549161462     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.11.018     Document Type: Article

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