FN Archimer Export Format
PT J
TI Qualitative modelling of functional relationships in marine benthic communities
BT 
AF ALEXANDRIDIS, Nikolaos
   DAMBACHER, Jeffrey M.
   JEAN, Fred
   DESROY, Nicolas
   BACHER, Cedric
AS 1:1;2:2;3:3;4:4;5:1;
FF 1:PDG-ODE-DYNECO-LEBCO;2:;3:;4:PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERBN;5:PDG-ODE-DYNECO;
C1 IFREMER, Ctr Bretagne, DYNECO LEBCO, CS 10070, F-29280 Plouzane, France.
   CSIRO, GPO Box 1538, Hobart, Tas 7001, Australia.
   Univ Brest, CNRS, Inst Univ Europeen Mer, UBO,IRD,LEMAR, F-29280 Plouzane, France.
   IFREMER, Lab Environm & Ressources Bretagne Nord, BP 70134, F-35801 Dinard, France.
C2 IFREMER, FRANCE
   CSIRO, AUSTRALIA
   UBO, FRANCE
   IFREMER, FRANCE
SI BREST
   DINARD
SE PDG-ODE-DYNECO-LEBCO
   PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERBN
   PDG-ODE-DYNECO
UM LEMAR
IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018
   copubli-france
   copubli-univ-france
   copubli-int-hors-europe
IF 2.507
TC 10
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00394/50587/51411.pdf
LA English
DT Article
DE ;Benthic macroinvertebrates;Biological traits;Biotic interactions;Community assembly;Functional groups;Qualitative modelling
AB In order to better understand and predict the dynamics of benthic macroinvertebrate communities, we need to first define the functional components of benthic biodiversity and then provide a mechanistic description of how they interact with their abiotic environment, their basic resources and each other. These interactions should be largely controlled by readily available biological traits, making trait-based modelling an ideal framework for the synthesis of relevant hypotheses from ecological theory and expert knowledge. With the help of benthic species traits, we derived a set of first principles regarding the role of organisms in processes of environmental filtering, consumption of algae/detritus, predation, use of space, biogenic habitat modification and trade-offs in the utilization and allocation of resources. These principles were incorporated into qualitative models in the form of functional relationships linking groups of benthic organisms in the Rance estuary (Brittany, France). The general stability of these models illustrates their potential to persist in time and to constitute a plausible representation of the natural world. Their structure provides insight into the role of various community assembly mechanisms and the direction that the system might take in response to perturbations. The results are expected to inform the development of quantitative models reproducing the spatial and temporal dynamics of marine benthic biodiversity in the Rance estuary. 
PY 2017
PD SEP
SO Ecological Modelling
SN 0304-3800
PU Elsevier Science Bv
VL 360
UT 000411771800028
BP 300
EP 312
DI 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2017.07.021
ID 50587
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