Dealing with uncertainty when assessing fish passage through culvert road crossings

Environmental Management

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 462-477

  Anderson, Gregory B ^a,b   Freeman, Mary C ^a   Freeman, Byron J ^a   Straight, Carrie A ^a   Hagler, Megan M ^a   Peterson, James T ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian belief network; Culvert; Fish passage; Imperiled fishes; Stream habitat

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ASSESSMENT APPROACHES; BASEFLOWS; FISH PASSAGE; FISH SPECIES; PRIORITIZATION; REMEDIATION DECISION; RIVER SYSTEMS; ROAD CROSSING; STATE AGENCIES; STREAM HABITATS; STREAM NETWORKS; WATER VELOCITIES;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; DECISION THEORY; ECOSYSTEMS; FISH; FISHWAYS; POLLUTION; ROADS AND STREETS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CULVERTS;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIOREMEDIATION; CULVERT; HABITAT RESTORATION; PRIORITIZATION; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER; STREAM; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FISH; FLOW RATE; PROBABILITY; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SPECIES HABITAT; STREAM (RIVER); UNITED STATES; WATER FLOW;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FISHES; FORECASTING; RIVERS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; UNCERTAINTY; WATER MOVEMENTS;

COOSA RIVER; UNITED STATES;

PISCES;

EID: 84866528555     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-012-9886-6     Document Type: Article

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