Physical habitat assessment in the Taju ña river (Spain) by means of the MesoHABSIM approach

Limnetica

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 379-392

  Azar, Javier Gort' ^a   Parasiewicz, Piotr ^b   Alonso González, Carlos ^c   De Jalón, Diego García ^a  

^a Ecohidráulica SL C/ Rodríguez ^*  (Spain)

^b Technical University of Madrid   (Spain)

^c Rushing Rivers Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown trout; Hydromorphologic unit (HMU); Mesohabitat; MesoHABSIM; Physical habitat; Restoration

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIODEGRADATION; ELECTROFISHING; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT RESTORATION; HABITAT TYPE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; JUVENILE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SALMONID; VELOCITY;

SPAIN; TAJUNA RIVER;

SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 84866372950     PISSN: 02138409     EISSN: 19891806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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