Habitat modeling in high-gradient streams: The mesoscale approach and application

Ecological Applications

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 844-861

  Vezza, Paolo ^a,b   Parasiewicz, Piotr ^c,d   Spairani, Michele ^e   Comoglio, Claudio ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^c Rushing Rivers Institute   (United States)

^d S Sakowicz Inland Fisheries Institute   (Poland)

^e FLUME srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brown trout; Environmental flows; GIS; High gradient streams; Hydropower; Marble trout; Mesohabitat; Mesoscale; Mountain streams; Salmo; Small dams

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERN; GIS; HABITAT TYPE; SIMULATION; STREAMWATER;

ITALY; LIGURIA; PIEDMONT [ITALY]; VALLE D'AOSTA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; RIVER; TROUT;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RIVERS; TROUT;

EID: 84903514890     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-2066.1     Document Type: Article

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