Using an integrated modelling approach for risk assessment of the 'killer shrimp' Dikerogammarus villosus

River Research and Applications

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 403-412

  Boets, P ^a   Pauwels, I S ^a   Lock, K ^a   Goethals, P L M ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aquatic invasive species; Habitat suitability; Migration; Network analyst tool; Regression trees; Water quality model

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HABITAT QUALITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; MODELING; NETWORK ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER QUALITY;

BELGIUM; FLANDERS;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DIKEROGAMMARUS VILLOSUS;

EID: 84899078708     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.2658     Document Type: Article

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