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Meiofauna increases bacterial denitrification in marine sediments
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- Bonaglia, Stefano (author)
- Stockholms universitet,Institutionen för geologiska vetenskaper
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- Nascimento, Francisco J. A. (author)
- Stockholms universitet,Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och botanik
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Bartoli, M. (author)
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- Klawonn, Isabell (author)
- Stockholms universitet,Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och botanik
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- Bruchert, Volker (author)
- Stockholms universitet,Institutionen för geologiska vetenskaper
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- 2014-10-16
- 2014
- English.
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In: Nature Communications. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 2041-1723. ; 5, s. 5133-
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- Denitrification is a critical process that can alleviate the effects of excessive nitrogen availability in aquatic ecosystems subject to eutrophication. An important part of denitrification occurs in benthic systems where bioturbation by meiofauna (invertebrates <1mm) and its effect on element cycling are still not well understood. Here we study the quantitative impact of meiofauna populations of different abundance and diversity, in the presence and absence of macrofauna, on nitrate reduction, carbon mineralization and methane fluxes. In sediments with abundant and diverse meiofauna, denitrification is double that in sediments with low meiofauna, suggesting that meiofauna bioturbation has a stimulating effect on nitrifying and denitrifying bacteria. However, high meiofauna densities in the presence of bivalves do not stimulate denitrification, while dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium rate and methane efflux are significantly enhanced. We demonstrate that the ecological interactions between meio-, macrofauna and bacteria are important in regulating nitrogen cycling in soft-sediment ecosystems.
Subject headings
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- geokemi
- Geochemistry
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- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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