The hydro-morphological index of diversity: a tool for describing habitat heterogeneity in river engineering projects

W Gostner, M Alp, AJ Schleiss, CT Robinson - Hydrobiologia, 2013 - Springer
We present a new hydro-morphological index of diversity (HMID), a tool aimed for use in
river engineering projects and firstly developed at gravel-bed streams in Switzerland, but …

Barbel habitat alterations due to hydropeaking

I Boavida, JM Santos, T Ferreira, A Pinheiro - Journal of hydro-environment …, 2015 - Elsevier
The effects of hydropeaking in the habitat of the Iberian barbel (Luciobarbus bocagei) a
native cyprinid fish species of the Iberian Peninsula, were investigated. Two study sites were …

Random forests to evaluate biotic interactions in fish distribution models

P Vezza, R Muñoz-Mas, F Martinez-Capel… - … Modelling & Software, 2015 - Elsevier
Previous research indicated that high predictive performance in species distribution
modelling can be obtained by combining both biotic and abiotic habitat variables. However …

Assessing habitat suitability for juvenile Atlantic salmon in relation to in‐stream restoration and discharge variability

S Koljonen, A Huusko, A Mäki‐Petäys… - Restoration …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
In‐stream restoration often aims at increasing the availability of the stream habitat suitable
for salmonid fishes, thus creating potential for increased fish abundance. We assessed the …

Some (fish might) like it hot: Habitat quality and fish growth from past to future climates

WJ Reeder, F Gariglio, R Carnie, C Tang… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Current expectation is that projected climate change may have adverse effects on fish
habitats and survival. The analysis leading to these concerns is typically done at large scale …

Uncertainty in predicting the fish‐response to two‐dimensional habitat modeling using field data

I Boavida, JM Santos, C Katopodis… - River Research and …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Both water managers and researchers have the same goal when it comes to fish
conservation, namely, to sustain, to improve or to restore aquatic habitat. To this aim, two …

Classification of instream ecological water demand and crucial values in a semi-arid river basin

F Liu, T Qin, D Yan, Y Wang, B Dong, J Wang… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Analyzing the instream environmental flow demand by coupling the hydrological cycle and
the hydrodynamic process with aquatic ecological processes at watershed scale remains …

Boulders as building blocks: improving habitat and river connectivity for stream fish

P Branco, I Boavida, JM Santos, A Pinheiro… - …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Fragmentation of freshwater systems is one of the more common human‐induced impacts
on the environment, and one of the most dramatic because it leads to disconnections among …

Assessment of spatial habitat heterogeneity by coupling data-driven habitat suitability models with a 2D hydrodynamic model in small-scale streams

S Fukuda, T Tanakura, K Hiramatsu, M Harada - Ecological informatics, 2015 - Elsevier
Habitat assessment considering habitat quality and quantity is a key approach in
conservation and restoration works for biodiversity and ecosystems. In this regard …

[HTML][HTML] Uncertainty in various habitat suitability models and its impact on habitat suitability estimates for fish

YP Lin, WC Lin, WY Wu - Water, 2015 - mdpi.com
Species distribution models (SDMs) are extensively used to project habitat suitability of
species in stream ecological studies. Owing to complex sources of uncertainty, such models …