Journal article
Combining heat-transfer and energy budget models to predict thermal stress in Mediterranean intertidal mussels
G Sarà, M Kearney, B Helmuth
Chemistry and Ecology | Published : 2011
Abstract
Recent studies have emphasised that organisms can experience physiological stress well within their geographic range limits. Developing methods for mechanistically predicting the presence, absence and physiological performance of organisms is therefore important because of the ongoing effects of climate change. In this study, we merged a biophysical-ecological (BE) model that estimates the aquatic (high tide) and aerial (low tide) body temperatures of Mytilus galloprovincialis with a Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) model to predict growth, reproduction and mortality of this Mediterranean mussel in both intertidal and subtidal environments. Using weather and chlorophyll-a data from three Mediterr..
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Awarded by Division Of Ocean Sciences; Directorate For Geosciences
Funding Acknowledgements
This article has been inspired and sustained by INTERMED, one of the CIRCLE Med projects funded by the French Ministry of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Territorial Planning, the Regional Ministry of Innovation and Industry of the Galician Government, the Ministry of Environment Protection of Israel, the Italian Ministry for Environment, Land and Sea, and the Foundation for Science and Technology of Portugal, in the framework of Circle ERA Net project (which is funded by the European Commission 6<SUP>th</SUP> Framework Programme). We thank two anonymous reviewers for their extensive comments and helpful input on various versions of this manuscript.