and the resulting codes have been used to match experimentally measured effluent pollutant concentrations, while giving little attention to the results on bacteria abundance, distribution and interrelations. Moreover, to study the temporal dynamics of bacterial groups from modelling results, long-term simulations are required and BIO_PORE is, to our knowledge, the only model able to run long-term simulations of continuously fed SSF CWs. Besides, one of the most useful features of BIO_PORE is that it allows for exploratory research, as each inhibitory/limiting term affecting the growth of the different bacteria groups can be studied individually and its relative impact on bacteria dynamics can be pinpointed. In our previous work, the equations of the BIO_PORE model were presented, the model was calibrated and the main hypotheses, assumptions and limitations were discussed