Predicting intertidal organism temperatures with modified land surface models

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 222, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 3568-3576

  Wethey, David S ^a   Brin, Lindsay D ^a,b   Helmuth, Brian ^a   Mislan, K A S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biophysics; Forecasting; Intertidal; Meteorology; Mussel; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICAL MODEL; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHANGING CLIMATE; COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS; ECOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE; ECOLOGICAL PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; INTERTIDAL; INTERTIDAL ZONES; KEY CHARACTERISTICS; LAND SURFACE MODELS; LIMITED SPACE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MODEL PREDICTION; MODEL RESULTS; MODULAR APPROACH; MODULAR MODELING; MORTALITY RISK; MUSSEL; MYTILUS CALIFORNIANUS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; RAPID TEMPERATURE; SENSITIVE INDICATOR; SESSILE ORGANISMS; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; WASHINGTON; WEST COAST;

BIOMIMETICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; ECOLOGY; FORECASTING; PHYSIOLOGY; SHELLFISH; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOINDICATOR; BIOPHYSICS; BIVALVE; BODY TEMPERATURE; COASTAL ZONE; CRUSTACEAN; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LAND SURFACE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; METEOROLOGY; MODEL VALIDATION; MORTALITY RISK; MUDFLAT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; ROCKY SHORE; SALTMARSH; SESSILE SPECIES;

CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; HYMENACHNE; MYTILUS; MYTILUS CALIFORNIANUS; POACEAE; THORACICA;

EID: 80053361580     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.08.019     Document Type: Article

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