Modelling the effects of extreme events on the dynamics of the amphipod Corophium orientale

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 221, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 459-466

  Gamito, Sofia ^a   Chainho, Paula ^b   Costa, José Lino ^b   Medeiros, João Paulo ^b   Costa, Maria José ^b   Marques, João Carlos ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Corophium orientale population dynamics; Droughts; Extreme events; Floods; Mira estuary; Stella modelling

Indexed keywords

AFFECTED AREA; BRACKISH WATER; COROPHIUM ORIENTALE; COROPHIUM ORIENTALE POPULATION DYNAMICS; EXTREME EVENTS; FAST RECOVERY; FIELD DATA; MACROINVERTEBRATES; MIRA ESTUARY; MODEL CONSTRUCTION; MODEL SIMULATION; PORTUGAL; REFUGE AREAS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; FLOODS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SIMULATORS;

ESTUARIES;

AMPHIPOD; BENTHOS; BRACKISH WATER; COHORT ANALYSIS; DROUGHT; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECOLONIZATION;

BEJA [PORTUGAL]; EURASIA; EUROPE; MIRA ESTUARY; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

COROPHIUM ORIENTALE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 72049083965     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.10.031     Document Type: Article

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