Defining minimum environmental flows at regional scale: Application of mesoscale habitat models and catchments classification

River Research and Applications

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 717-730

  Vezza, P ^a   Parasiewicz, P ^b   Rosso, M ^a   Comoglio, C ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b Rushing Rivers Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental flows; GIS; Leuciscus; Mesohabitat; MesoHABSIM; Regional scale; Regression trees; Salmo

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; CATCHMENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; GIS; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE;

ITALY; PIEDMONT [ITALY];

LEUCISCUS; SALMO;

EID: 84863849077     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1571     Document Type: Article

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