6 | | EDA 2.0 (Eel Density Analysis) is a modelling tool using a GIS based approach to predict yellow eel densities. The model is based on a hydrographical database (BD_Carthage® – a spatial referencing system for surface water in France) and (or could be based on two European hydrographical databases: ?) the CCM (Catchment Characterisation and Modelling) River and Catchment Database and the European catchments and Rivers network System (Ecrins). The level of precision of these layers differs; compared to CCM, ECRINS offers a smaller number of elementary catchments. |
7 | | This EDA 2.0 model could be/is carried out in three (more?) geographical areas: the Brittany region (Leprévost, 2007), the Loire-Brittany basin (Hoffmann, 2008) and France (Beaulaton in French EMP) (and the Rhône and Vilaine basin cf. mail-POSE model and dataset characterization matrices). The Brittany model allowed to test the obstacles grid from Pierre Steinbach. |
8 | | An analysis with a Generalized Additive Model (GAM) is performed using the electrofishing data set. GAMs, semi-parametric extensions of generalised linear models (GLM) (Hastie and Tibshirani, 1990), are flexible and allow the combination of both linear and complex additive responses within the same model. They are performed using the ‘gam’ library in the R software. The best model is selected by the Akaike’s Information Criterion (AIC). |
| 6 | EDA 2.0 (Eel Density Analysis) is a modelling tool using a GIS based approach to predict yellow eel densities. The model is based on a hydrographical database (BD_Carthage® – a spatial referencing system for surface water in France) and (or will in its next version be tested on two European hydrographical databases ) the CCM (Catchment Characterisation and Modelling) River and Catchment Database and the European catchments and Rivers network System (Ecrins). The level of precision of these layers differs; compared to CCM, ECRINS offers a smaller number of elementary catchments.[[BR]] |
| 7 | Within the POSE project, this EDA 2.0 model will be implemented in at least four geographical areas: the Brittany region (Leprévost, 2007), the Loire-Brittany basin (Hoffmann, 2008) , the Rhône and Vaccaress basins, and the Basque coutry river basins. For management purpose, it will also be implemented across all of France (Beaulaton in French EMP). The implementation of the model in Loire Brittany allowed to predict the effect of river obstacles on densities, and test the obstacles grid from Pierre Steinbach. |
| 8 | An analysis with a Generalized Additive Model (GAM) is performed using the electrofishing data set. GAMs, semi-parametric extensions of generalised linear models (GLM) (Hastie and Tibshirani, 1990), are flexible and allow the combination of both linear and complex additive responses within the same model. They are performed using the ‘gam’ library in the R software. The best model is selected by the Akaike’s Information Criterion (AIC), and Kappa when presence-absence models were used. |
19 | | For each point of the French river network (a 2 kilometres segment), the values of those different variables are calculated and allow to predict the yellow eel densities and also the densities in the pristine conditions without anthropogenic impacts (obstacles impacts and fisheries). |
20 | | With the water surface, the yellow eel densities are transformed into yellow eel quantities. |
21 | | For technical reasons, silver eel densities are unachievable and exhaustive samplings are rare, so an indirect method is used to estimate the silver eel stock from the knowledge of the yellow eel stock. The silver eel stock is obtained with a conversion rate (5%). |
| 19 | For each point of the French river network (a 2 kilometres segment), the values of those different variables are calculated and allow to predict the yellow eel densities and also the densities in the pristine conditions without anthropogenic impacts (obstacles impacts and fisheries). When multiplied by water surface, the yellow eel densities are transformed into yellow eel absolutes numbers. |
| 20 | For technical reasons, silver eel densities are unachievable and exhaustive samplings are rare, so an indirect method is used to estimate the silver eel stock from the knowledge of the yellow eel stock. The silver eel stock is obtained with a conversion rate which will be calibrated according to known silver eel productions. |