Visualization of fish community distribution patterns using the self-organizing map: A case study of the Great Morava River system (Serbia)

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 248, Issue , 2013, Pages 20-29

  Stojkovic, Milica ^a   Simic, Vladica ^b   Milosevic, Djuradj ^a   Mancev, Dejan ^a   Penczak, Tadeusz ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Assemblage structure; Classification strength; IndVal; Landscape classification

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCE; ASSEMBLAGE STRUCTURE; BIOASSESSMENT; BIOMASS DATA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; DOWNSTREAM AREAS; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER; FISH ASSEMBLAGES; FISH COMMUNITIES; INDVAL; MISCLASSIFICATIONS; RIVER SYSTEMS; SAMPLING SITE; SPATIAL ORGANIZATION; SUB-CLUSTERS;

CONFORMAL MAPPING;

FISH;

ALTITUDE; BIOASSAY; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FISH; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; RIVER SYSTEM; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUBSTRATE; VISUALIZATION;

MORAVA RIVER; SERBIA;

EID: 84868565190     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.09.014     Document Type: Article

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