A self-organizing radial basis network for estimating riverine fish diversity

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 476, Issue , 2013, Pages 280-289

  Chang, Fi John ^a   Tsai, Wen Ping ^a   Chen, Hung Kwai ^b   Yam, Rita Sau Wai ^a   Herricks, Edwin E ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS   (Taiwan)

^c University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish communities; Moving average; River ecosystems; Self organizing radial basis network (SORBN); Taiwan Eco hydrologic Indicator System (TEIS)

Indexed keywords

FISH COMMUNITIES; INDICATOR SYSTEM; MOVING AVERAGES; RADIAL BASIS NETWORKS; RIVER ECOSYSTEM;

CONFORMAL MAPPING; ECOSYSTEMS; ESTIMATION; FISH; RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION NETWORKS; SELF ORGANIZING MAPS; STREAM FLOW;

DATA FLOW ANALYSIS;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ASSESSMENT METHOD; DATA SET; ECOHYDROLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FISH; HABITAT TYPE; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUSTAINABILITY;

TAIWAN;

EID: 84871004558     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.10.038     Document Type: Article

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