Using watershed-scale hydrological models to predict the impacts of increasing urbanization on freshwater fish assemblages

Ecohydrology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 273-285

  Knouft, Jason H ^a,b   Chu, Ma Librada ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Saint Louis University   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish species richness; Hydrology; MIKE SHE; Stream flow; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FISH; FORECASTING; HYDROLOGY; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW; URBAN GROWTH; WATER;

ASSEMBLAGE COMPOSITION; COMPENSATORY EFFECTS; FISH SPECIES RICHNESS; FRESHWATER BIODIVERSITY; LAND-COVER CLASSIFICATION; MIKE SHE; NATURAL FLOW REGIME; URBANIZATION;

WATERSHEDS;

CENTRARCHIDAE; CYPRINIDAE;

EID: 84925290332     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.1506     Document Type: Article

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