Use of fish distribution modelling for river management

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 230, Issue , 2012, Pages 44-49

  Zarkami, Rahmat ^a   Sadeghi, Roghayeh ^b   Goethals, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUILAN   (Iran)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Decision tree methods (J48); Flanders; Physical chemical variables; Pike (Esox lucius); Stream basins; Structural habitat variables

Indexed keywords

DECISION TREE METHOD; FLANDERS; PHYSICAL-CHEMICAL VARIABLES; PIKE (ESOX LUCIUS); STREAM BASINS; STRUCTURAL-HABITAT VARIABLES;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORECASTING; WATER QUALITY;

DECISION TREES;

ABUNDANCE; ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; BIOMASS; DECIDUOUS TREE; FISH; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MODEL VALIDATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RIVER MANAGEMENT; SAMPLING; WATER QUALITY;

BELGIUM; FLANDERS;

ESOCIDAE; ESOX LUCIUS;

EID: 84857703010     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.01.011     Document Type: Article

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