The influence of anthropogenic shoreline changes on the littoral abundance of fish species in German lowland lakes varying in depth as determined by boosted regression trees

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 724, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 293-306

  Lewin, W C ^a   Mehner, T ^b   Ritterbusch, D ^a   Bramick U ^a  

^a Institute for Inland Fisheries   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boosted regression tree; Deep lake; Littoral fish; Shallow lake; Shoreline development

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; HABITAT LOSS; ICHTHYOFAUNA; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; SHALLOW WATER; SHORELINE CHANGE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPHIC LEVEL; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

GERMANY;

EID: 84890436471     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-013-1746-8     Document Type: Article

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