A modelling framework to assess the effect of pressures on river abiotic habitat conditions and biota

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Kail, Jochem ^a,c   Guse, Björn ^b   Radinger, Johannes ^a   Schröder, Maria ^c   Kiesel, Jens ^a,b   Kleinhans, Maarten ^d   Schuurman, Filip ^d   Fohrer, Nicola ^b   Hering, Daniel ^c   Wolter, Christian ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC STRESS; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CATCHMENT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ECOHYDROLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL RECOLONIZATION; FISH; GERMANY; HABITAT QUALITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MACROPHYTE; MODEL; POPULATION DISPERSAL; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOTA; PHYSIOLOGY; RIVER;

BIOTA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RIVERS;

EID: 84938634527     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0130228     Document Type: Article

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