A first step towards modelling confinement of paralic ecosystems

E. Frénod and E. Goubert

Ecological Modelling, 2007, vol. 200, issue 1, 139-148

Abstract: This paper deals with the concept of confinement of paralic ecosystems. It presents a modelling procedure in order to compute the confinement field of a lagoon without tide. Then it realizes an improvement in this concept allowing it to be used for tide-influenced lagoons. This improvement consists essentially in including the tide wave into the confinement computation. Finally, using a simplified model of benthic population dynamics, this improved version shows that confinement may explain benthic population distribution even in paralic ecosystems with strong tide.

Keywords: Confinement; Paralic ecosystems; Tide; Benthic species; Lagoon ecological factors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2006.07.009

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