Variability of mesohabitat characteristics in riffle-pool reaches: Testing an integrative evaluation concept (FGC) for MEM-application

River Research and Applications

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 403-430

  Hauer, Christoph ^a   Unfer, Günther ^a   Tritthart, Michael ^a   Formann, Erik ^a   Habersack, Helmut ^a  

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

Author keywords

Fish guild studies; Fluvial morphology; Mesohabitat evaluation model

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM STRESS; CALIBRATION; FISH; FISHING; FLOW MODELING; FLOW VELOCITY; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOSTATISTICS; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT USE; HYDRAULICS; MEANDER; POOL-RIFFLE SEQUENCE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER DEPTH;

EID: 78650676808     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1357     Document Type: Article

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