The main goal is to evaluate the effects of human land use on fish populations and to create indicator-based tools to detect changes in these populations.
The research will provide knowledge for the development of possible conservation measures for fish populations heavily impacted by land use. Furthermore, the socioeconomic effects are estimated. The data used include catch data, land-use raster data, and water quality data, which are modeled using linear mixed-effect models and Bayesian regression models.
