Effects of extreme climate events on the macrobenthic communities' structure and functioning of a temperate estuary

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 303-311

  Grilo, T F ^a   Cardoso, P G ^b   Dolbeth, M ^a   Bordalo, M D ^a   Pardal, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Climate change; Droughts; Floods; Heat waves; Macrobenthos; Recovery

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EVENT; CLIMATE IMPACTS; DEPOSIT FEEDER; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; FUNCTIONAL MODIFICATION; HEAT WAVES; MACROBENTHIC COMMUNITY; MACROBENTHOS; MUDFLATS; PORTUGAL; RESTORATION PROJECT; SEAGRASSES; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUSPENSION FEEDER; TROPHIC LEVEL; WEATHER EXTREMES;

DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEMS; EUTROPHICATION; FLOODS; RECOVERY; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE EFFECT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD; MACROBENTHOS; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CRUSTACEA; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; ESTUARY; FLOODING; MACROBENTHOS; MACROFAUNA; NONHUMAN; SEAGRASS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; EXTREME COLD; EXTREME HEAT; FLOODS; FOOD CHAIN; FRESH WATER; INVERTEBRATES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PORTUGAL; SEASONS; SEAWATER;

COIMBRA [PORTUGAL]; MONDEGO ESTUARY; PORTUGAL;

BIVALVIA; CRUSTACEA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA);

EID: 79751531488     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.10.010     Document Type: Article

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