Response of fish communities to various environmental variables across multiple spatial scales

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3629-3653

  Kwon, Yong Su ^a   Li, Fengqing ^a   Chung, Namil ^a   Bae, Mi Jung ^a   Hwang, Soon Jin ^b   Byoen, Myeong Seop ^c   Park, Sang Jung ^c   Park, Young Seuk ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^c National Institute of Environmental Research   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Community patterns; Fish assemblage; Indicator species; Multiple spatial scales; Prediction; Random forest; Self organizing map; Theoretical path model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868159193     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph9103629     Document Type: Article

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