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dc.contributor.author | Marques, Sónia Cotrim | - |
dc.contributor.author | Azeiteiro, Ulisses Miranda | - |
dc.contributor.author | Martinho, Filipe | - |
dc.contributor.author | Pardal, Miguel Ângelo | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2008-09-01T15:40:20Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2008-09-01T15:40:20Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2007 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 73:3-4 (2007) 725-734 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10316/5326 | - |
dc.description.abstract | As a consequence of climate change, flood and drought events are increasing in frequency throughout the world. Nevertheless, knowledge of the effects on zooplankton estuarine communities is still scarce. The present study aimed to examine zooplankton ecology over two contrasting environmental conditions: regular years and extreme dry years, in a shallow temperate southern European estuary, the Mondego Estuary (Portugal). Monthly samples were carried out during three consecutive years: 2003 characterized as a regular temperate year concerning precipitation and river flow, and an extremely dry period during 2004-2005. The spatial and temporal structure of the biological data was evaluated by a three-mode principal component analysis (PCA), which allowed us to distinguish three distinct ecological areas based on their biological composition and their relationship with hydrologic parameters. The severe drought in 2004-2005 was responsible for spatial shifts in the estuary regarding zooplankton community and interannual variability, with an increase in abundance and diversity during the period of low freshwater flow. This freshwater flow regime influenced the composition of the zooplankton community at the most upstream section of Mondego estuary (zone 3), with a replacement of the freshwater community by one predominantly dominated by estuarine organisms. The occurrence of such estuarine community contributed to the increase in zooplankton abundance which is ascribed to the estuarine species Acartia tonsa. The comparison with previous data obtained for this estuarine ecosystem, demonstrated the occurrence of a different scenario at times of high freshwater flow, being defined the existence of two sub-estuarine systems, the north and south arm, presenting the south one the highest values of abundance. | en_US |
dc.description.uri | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6WDV-4NK47BF-2/1/047e1282ba1db2540c1f3e42933c735b | en_US |
dc.format.mimetype | aplication/PDF | en |
dc.language.iso | eng | eng |
dc.rights | openAccess | eng |
dc.subject | mesozooplankton community | en_US |
dc.subject | interannual variability | en_US |
dc.subject | extreme events | en_US |
dc.subject | three-mode principal component analysis (PCA) | en_US |
dc.subject | estuary | en_US |
dc.title | Climate variability and planktonic communities: The effect of an extreme event (severe drought) in a southern European estuary | en_US |
dc.type | article | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.03.010 | - |
item.fulltext | Com Texto completo | - |
item.grantfulltext | open | - |
item.languageiso639-1 | en | - |
item.cerifentitytype | Publications | - |
item.openairetype | article | - |
item.openairecristype | http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_18cf | - |
crisitem.author.researchunit | CFE - Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People & the Planet | - |
crisitem.author.researchunit | CFE - Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People & the Planet | - |
crisitem.author.orcid | 0000-0002-9467-3825 | - |
crisitem.author.orcid | 0000-0002-5252-1700 | - |
crisitem.author.orcid | 0000-0001-8358-8329 | - |
crisitem.author.orcid | 0000-0001-6048-7007 | - |
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