Integrating hydraulic, physicochemical and ecological models to assess the effectiveness of water quality management strategies for the River Cuenca in Ecuador

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 254, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-14

  Holguin Gonzalez, Javier E ^a   Boets, Pieter ^a   Alvarado, Andres ^a,b   Cisneros, Felipe ^b   Carrasco, María C ^c   Wyseure, Guido ^d   Nopens, Ingmar ^a   Goethals, Peter L M ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE CUENCA   (Ecuador)

^c ETAPA   (Ecuador)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Habitat suitability modelling; Integrated ecological modelling; Logistic regression; Model trees; QUAL2Kw

Indexed keywords

HABITAT SUITABILITY; INTEGRATED ECOLOGICAL MODELLING; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; MODEL TREES; QUAL2KW;

CATCHMENTS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORECASTING; INVESTMENTS; LOGISTICS; POLLUTION CONTROL; RIVERS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

RIVER POLLUTION;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INDEX METHOD; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER BASIN; RIVER MANAGEMENT; RIVER WATER; SANITATION; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

AZUAY; CUENCA [AZUAY]; ECUADOR;

EID: 84873960425     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2013.01.011     Document Type: Article

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