Table 1.1 Environmental
variables of the Doubs data set
used in this book and their
units
Variable
Code
Units
Distance from the source
dfs
km
Elevation
ele
m a.s.l.
Slope
slo
‰
Mean minimum discharge
dis
m
3
Ás
À1
pH of water
pH
–
Hardness (Ca concentration)
har
mgÁL
À1
Phosphate concentration
pho
mgÁL
À1
Nitrate concentration
nit
mgÁL
À1
Ammonium concentration
amm
mgÁL
À1
Dissolved oxygen
oxy
mgÁL
À1
Biological oxygen demand
bod
mgÁL
À1
Table 1.2 Labels, Latin names, family and English names of the fish species of the Doubs dataset
Label
Latin name
Family
English name
Cogo
Cottus gobio
Cottidae
Bullhead
Satr
Salmo trutta fario
Salmonidae
Brown trout
Phph
Phoxinus phoxinus
Cyprinidae
Eurasian minnow
Babl
Barbatula barbatula
Nemacheilidae
Stone loach
Thth
Thymallus thymallus
Salmonidae
Grayling
Teso
Telestes souffia
Cyprinidae
Vairone
Chna
Chondrostoma nasus
Cyprinidae
Common nase
Pato
Parachondrostoma toxostoma
Cyprinidae
South-west European nase
Lele
Leuciscus leuciscus
Cyprinidae
Common dace
Sqce
Squalius cephalus
Cyprinidae
European chub
Baba
Barbus barbus
Cyprinidae
Barbel
Albi
Alburnoides bipunctatus
Cyprinidae
Schneider
Gogo
Gobio gobio
Cyprinidae
Gudgeon
Eslu
Esox lucius
Esocidae
Northern pike
Pefl
Perca fluviatilis
Percidae
European perch
Rham
Rhodeus amarus
Cyprinidae
European bitterling
Legi
Lepomis gibbosus
Centrarchidae
Pumpkinseed
Scer
Scardinius erythrophtalmus
Cyprinidae
Rudd
Cyca
Cyprinus carpio
Cyprinidae
Common carp
Titi
Tinca tinca
Cyprinidae
Tench
Abbr
Abramis brama
Cyprinidae
Freshwater bream
Icme
Ameiurus melas
Ictaluridae
Black bullhead
Gyce
Gymnocephalus cernua
Percidae
Ruffe
Ruru
Rutilus rutilus
Cyprinidae
Roach
Blbj
Blicca bjoerkna
Cyprinidae
White bream
Alal
Alburnus alburnus
Cyprinidae
Bleak
Anan
Anguilla anguilla
Anguillidae
European eel
Latin names after fishbase.org (Froese and Pauly 2017)
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1 Introduction