Artificial neural networks as an indicator search engine: The visualization of natural and man-caused taxa variability

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 61, Issue , 2016, Pages 777-789

  Milošević, Djuradj ^a   Čerba, Dubravka ^b   Szekeres, József ^c   Csányi, Bela ^c   Tubić, Bojana ^d   Simić, Vladica ^e   Paunović, Momir ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

^b JOSIP JURAJ STROSSMAYER UNIVERSITY OF OSIJEK   (Croatia)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Bioassessment; Chironomidae larvae; Geo SOM method; Large river

Indexed keywords

CONFORMAL MAPPING; ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; NEURAL NETWORKS; SEARCH ENGINES; SELF ORGANIZING MAPS; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCE; BIOASSESSMENT; BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS; CHIRONOMIDAE LARVAE; GEO-SOM METHOD; LARGE RIVERS; LONGITUDINAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

RIVERS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BIOINDICATOR; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; LARVA; TAXONOMY; VISUALIZATION;

DANUBE BASIN;

CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 84949724540     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.10.029     Document Type: Article

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