MesoHABSIM: An effective tool for river and watershed management;MesoHABSIM: Una herramienta eficaz para la gestión de ríos y cuencas fluviales

Tecnologia del Agua

Volumn 29, Issue 309, 2009, Pages 20-26

  Parasiewicz, Piotr ^a   Rubial, Javier Gortázar ^b,c   Sánchez, Maricruz Mateo ^a   De Jalón Lastra, Diego García ^c  

^a Rushing Rivers Institute   (Canada)

^b Ecohidráulica ^*  (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Habitat simulation; Hydromorphologic unit (HMU); Mesohabitat; Mesohabsim; Physical habitat; Scale

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC FAUNA; CATCHMENT SCALE; CUENCAS; ECOLOGICAL FLOWS; EFFECTIVE TOOL; HABITAT SIMULATIONS; IN-STREAM HABITATS; PHYSICAL HABITAT; RIVER RESTORATION; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

CATCHMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LANDFORMS; MODELS; SOIL CONSERVATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS;

CATCHMENT; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FLOW REGULATION; HABITAT TYPE; INSTREAM FLOW; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIVER MANAGEMENT; SCALE EFFECT; SIMULATION; WATERSHED;

EID: 77950997302     PISSN: 02118173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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