Intercalibration of benthic flux chambers I. Accuracy of flux measurements and influence of chamber hydrodynamics

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-28

  Tengberg, A ^a   Stahl, H ^a   Gust, G ^b   Muller V ^b   Arning, U ^b   Andersson, H ^a   Hall, P O J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benthic flux chambers, hydrodynamic properties, intercalibration, accuracy of flux measurements, repeatability of flux measurements, porewater solute distributions, calculated solute fluxes, evaluation of procedures, Sweden, G teborg

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MIXING; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; POROSITY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SEDIMENTS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); WATER;

BENTHIC FLUX CHAMBERS I; CHAMBER HYDRODYNAMICS; HOMOGENEITY;

FLUXES;

BENTHIC FLUX; CALIBRATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

EID: 1842538881     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2003.12.001     Document Type: Review

References (74)

1. Aller R.C. The effect of macrobenthos on chemical properties of marine sediment and overlying water. McCall P.L., Tevesz M.J.S. Animal-sediment relations. 1982;53-102 Plenum, New York.
2. Aller R.C., Aller J.Y. Meiofauna and solute transport in marine muds. Limnology and Oceanography. 37:1992;1018-1033.
3. Aller R.C., Aller J.Y. The effects of biogenic irrigation intensity and solute exchange on diagenetic reaction rates in marine sediments. Journal of Marine Research. 56(4):1998;905-936.
4. Andersson, J. H., Wijsman, J. W. M., Herman, P. M. J., Middelburg, J. J., Soetaert, K., & Heip, C. (2002). Respiration patterns in the ocean. Global Biogeochemical Cycles (submitted)
5. Archer D., Devol A. Benthic oxygen fluxes on the Washington shelf and slope: A comparison of in-situ microelectrode and chamber flux measurements. Limnology and Oceanography. 37:1992;614-629.
6. Berelson W.M., Hammond D.E., Cutter G.A. In situ measurements of calcium carbonate dissolution rates in deep-sea sediments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 54:1990;3013-3020.
7. Berelson W.M., Hammond D.E., O'Neill X-M., Xu C., Zukin J. Benthic fluxes and pore water studies from sediments of the central equatorial north Pacific: Nutrient diagenesis. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 54:1990;3001-3012.
8. Berg P., Risgaard-Petersen N., Rysgaard S. Interpretation of measured concentration profiles in sediment pore water. Limnology and Oceanography. 43:1998;1500-1510.
9. Blackburn T.H., Hall P., Hulth S., Landén A. Organic-N loss by efflux and burial associated with a low efflux of inorganic-N and with nitrate assimilation in Arctic sediments (Svalbard). Marine Ecology Progress Series. 141:1996;283-293.
10. Booij K., Helder W., Sundby B. Rapid redistribution of oxygen in sandy sediment induced by changes in the flow velocity of the overlying water. Netherlands Journal of Sea Research. 28:1991;149-165.
11. Booij K., Sundby B., Helder W. Measuring the flux of oxygen to a muddy sediment with a cylindrical microcosm. Netherlands Journal of Sea Research. 32:1994;1-11.
12. Boudreau B.P. Diagenetic models and their implementation: Modelling transport and reactions in aquatic sediments. (414 pp):1997;Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York.
13. Boudreau B.P., Guinasso N.L. Jr. The influence of a diffusive sublayer on accretion, dissolution, and diagenesis at the sea floor. Fanning K.A., Manheim F.T. The dynamic environment at the ocean floor. 1982;115-145. Lexington, MA.
14. Boudreau B.P., Scott M.R. A model for the diffusion controlled growth of deep-sea manganese nodules. American Journal of Science. 278:1978;903-929.
15. Bouldin D.R. Models for describing the diffusion of oxygen and other mobile constituents across the mud-water interface. Journal of Ecology. 56:1968;77-87.
16. Broecker W.S., Peng T.-H. Gas exchange rates between air and sea. Tellus. 26:1974;21-35.
17. Broström G., Nilsson J. A theoretical investigation of the diffusive boundary layer in benthic flux chamber experiments. Journal of Sea Research. 42:1999;179-189.
18. Buchhholtz-ten-Brink M.R., Gust G., Chavis C. Calibration and performance of a stirred benthic chamber. Deep-Sea Research. 36:1989;1083-1101.
19. Cai W.-J., Sayles F.L. Oxygen penetration depths and fluxes in marine sediments. Marine Chemistry. 52:1996;123-131.
20. Canfield D.E. Organic matter oxidation in marine sediments. Wollast R., MacKenzie V., Chou L. Interactions of C, N, P and S biogeochemical cycles and global change. NATO ASI Series. 14:1993;333-363 Springer, Berlin.
21. Dickinson, W., & Sayles, F. L. (1992). A benthic chamber with electric stirrer mixing. Technical Report WHOI-92-09, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA, 17 pp
22. Elberling B., Damgaard L.R. Microscale measurements of oxygen diffusion and consumption in subaqueous sulfide tailings. Geochimia et Cosmochimia Acta. 65:2001;1897-1905.
23. Epping E.H.G., Helder W. Oxygen budgets calculated from in situ oxygen microprofiles for Northern Adriatic sediments. Continental Shelf Research. 17:1997;1737-1764.
24. Glud R.N., Blackburn N. The effects of chamber size on benthic oxygen uptake measurements: A simulation study. Ophelia. 56:2002;23-31.
25. Glud R.N., Forster S., Huettel M. Influence of radial pressure gradients on solute exchange in stirred benthic chambers. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 141:1996;303-311.
26. Glud R.N., Gundersen J.K., Revsbech N.P., Jørgensen B.B., Huettel M. Calibration and performance of the stirred flux chamber from the benthic lander ELINOR. Deep-Sea Research. 42:1995;1021-1092.
27. Glud R.N., Gundersen J.K., Jørgensen B.B., Revsbech N.P., Schulz H.D. Diffusive and total oxygen uptake of deep-sea sediments in the eastern South Atlantic Ocean: In situ and laboratory measurements. Deep-Sea Research. 41:1994;1767-1788.
28. 2 optode measurements at benthic interfaces. Limnology and Oceanography. 46:2001;2073-2080.
29. Gust G. Skin friction probes for field applications. Journal of Geophysical Research. 93:1988;121-132.
30. Gust, G. (1990). Method of generating precisely-defined wall shearing stresses. US Patent Number: 4,973,165,1990
31. Gust, G., & Müller, V. (1997). Interfacial hydrodynamics and entrainment functions of currently used erosion devices. In N. Burt, R. Parker, & J. Watts (Eds.), Cohesive sediments - Proc. 4th nearshore and estuarine cohesive sediment transport conference INTERCOH '94, Wallingford, 1994. (pp. 149-174). Chichester, UK: Wiley
32. Gust G., Weatherly G.L. Velocities, turbulence, and skin friction in a deep-sea logarithmic layer. Journal of Geophysical Research. 90:1985;4779-4792.
33. Hall P.O.J., Anderson L.G., Rutgers van der Loeff M.M., Sundby B., Westerlund S.F.G. Oxygen uptake kinetics in the benthic boundary layer. Limnology and Oceanography. 34:1989;734-746.
34. Hall P.O.J., Hulth S., Hulthe G., Landén A., Tengberg A. Benthic nutrient fluxes on a basin-wide scale in the Skagerrak (north-eastern North Sea). Journal of Sea Research. 35:1996;123-137.
35. Hall, P. O. J., Hulth, S., Troell, M., & Faganeli, J. (1991). Input and recycling of biogenic debris at the sediment-water interface in the Gullmar Fjord, western Sweden. In P. Wassman, A.-S. Heiskanen, & O. Lindahl (Eds.), Sediment trap studies in the Nordic countries (Vol. 2, pp. 235-254). Numiprint, Nurmijärvi, Finland
36. Huettel M., Gust G. Solute release mechanisms from confined sediment cores in stirred benthic chambers and flume flows. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 82:1992;187-197.
37. Huettel M., Gust G. Impact of bioroughness on interfacial solute exchange in permeable sediments. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 89:1992;253-267.
38. Huettel M., Ziebis W., Forster S. Flow-induced uptake of particulate matter in permeable sediments. Limnology and Oceanography. 41:1996;309-322.
39. Hulth S., Blackburn T.H., Hall P.O.J. Arctic sediments (Svalbard): Consumption and microdistribution of oxygen. Marine Chemistry. 46:1994;293-316.
40. Hulthe G., Hulth S., Hall P.O.J. Effect of oxygen on degradation rate of refractory and labile organic matter in continental margin sediments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 62:1998;1319-1328.
41. Jumars, P. A. (1993). Concepts in biological oceanography. An interdisciplinary primer. Oxford University Press: Oxford
42. Junglewitz, A., Müller, V., & Gust, G. (1997). Calibration of a hot film sensor for application in turbulent ship model testing. In 1997 ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting (FED SM97), paper 3468 (CD-Rom), Vancouver, Canada
43. Jørgensen B.B., Des Marais D.J. The diffusive boundary layer of sediments: Oxygen microgradients over a microbial mat. Limnology and Oceanography. 35:1990;1343-1355.
44. Jørgensen B.B., Revsbech N.P. Diffusive boundary layers and the oxygen uptake of sediments and detritus. Limnology and Oceanography. 30:1985;111-122.
45. Kristensen E., Ahmed S.I., Devol A.H. Aerobic and anaerobic decomposition of organic matter in marine sediment: Which is fastest. Limnology and Oceanography. 40:1995;1430-1437.
46. Landén A., Hall P. Seasonal variation of dissolved and adsorbed amino acids and ammonium in a near-shore marine sediment. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 170:1998;67-84.
47. Li Y.-H., Gregory S. Diffusion of ions in sea water and in deep-sea sediments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 38:1974;703-714.
48. McIntyre A.D., Warwick K.M. Meiofauna techniques. Holme N.A., McIntyre A.D. Methods for the study of marine benthos. 1984;217-244 Blackwell, Oxford.
49. Nicholson G.J., Longmore A.R., Berelson W.M. Nutrient fluxes measured by two types of benthic chamber. Marine & Freshwater Research. 50:1999;567-572.
50. Opdyke B.N., Gust G., Ledwell J.R. Mass transfer from smooth alabaster surfaces in turbulent flows. Geophysical Research Letters. 14:1987;1131-1134.
51. Rabouille C., Stahl H., Bassinot F., Tengberg A., Brunnegard J., Hall P., Kiriakoulakis K., Reyss J.-L., Dezileau L., Crassous P., Roos P., Lampitt R.S. Imbalance in the carbonate budget of surficial sediments in the North Atlantic Ocean: variations over the last millenium? Progress in Oceanography. 50:2001;201-221.
52. Ragueneau O., Gallinari M., Corrin L., Grandel S., Hall P., Hauvespre A., Lampitt R.S., Rickert D., Stahl H., Tengberg A., Witbaard R. The benthic silica cycle in the Northeast Atlantic: Annual mass balance, seasonality, and importance of non-steady-state processes for the early diagenesis of biogenic opal in deep-sea sediments. Progress in Oceanography. 50:2001;171-200.
53. Rasmussen H., Jørgensen B.B. Microelectrode studies of seasonal oxygen uptake in a coastal sediment: Role of molecular diffusion. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 81:1992;289-303.
54. Reimers C.E., Jahnke R.A., Thomsen L. In-situ boundary layer measurements. Boudreau, Jørgensen The benthic boundary layer. 2001;245-268 Oxford University Press, Oxford.
55. Revsbech N.P. An oxygen microsensor with a guard cathode. Limnology and Oceanography. 34:1989;474-478.
56. Revsbech N.P., Jørgensen B.B. Microelectrodes: Their use in microbial ecology. Advances in Microbial Ecology. 9:1986;293-352.
57. Revsbech N.P., Madsen B., Jørgensen B.B. Oxygen production and consumption in sediments determined at high spatial resolution by computer simulation of oxygen microelectrode data. Limnology and Oceanography. 31:1986;293-304.
58. Rutgers van der Loeff M.M., Anderson L.G., Hall P.O.J., Iverfeldt Å., Josefson A.B., Sundby B., Westerlund S.F.G. The asphyxiation technique: An approach to distinguishing between molecular diffusion and biologically mediated transport at the sediment-water interface. Limnology and Oceanography. 29:1984;675-686.
59. Santschi P.H., Andersson R.F., Fleisher M.Q., Bowles W. Measurements of diffusive sublayer thickness in the ocean by alabaster dissolution, and their implications for the measurements of benthic fluxes. Journal of Geophysical Research. 96:1991;10641-10657.
60. Santschi P.H., Bower P., Nyffeler U.P., Azevedo A., Broecker W.S. Estimates of the resistance to chemical transport posed by the deep-sea boundary layer. Limnology and Oceanography. 28:1983;899-912.
61. Santschi P.H., Nyffeler U.P., ÓHara P., Buchhholtz-Ten-Brink M.R., Broecker W.S. Radiotracer uptake on the sea floor: Results from the MANOP chamber deployments in the eastern Pacific. Deep-Sea Research. 31:1984;451-468.
62. 2D lander: A benthic lander for the study of exchange across the sediment-water interface. Deep-Sea Research. 38:1991;505-529.
63. Silverberg N., Sundby B., Mucci A., Zhong S., Arakaki T., Hall P., Landén A., Tengberg A. Remineralization of organic carbon in eastern Canadian continental margin sediments. Deep-Sea Research. 47:2000;699-731.
64. Smith K.L. Jr., Glatts R.C., Baldwin R.J., Beaulieu S.E., Uhlman A.H., Horn R.C., Reimers C.E. An autonomous, bottom-transecting vehicle for making long time-series measurements of sediment community oxygen consumption to abyssal depths. Limnology and Oceanography. 42:1997;1601-1612.
65. Strickland J.D.N., Parsons T.R. A practical hand-book of seawater analysis. Bulletin of Fish Research Border Canada. 167:1968;311.
66. Sundby B., Anderson L., Hall P., Iverfeldt Å., Rutgers van der Loeff M., Westerlund S. The effect of oxygen on release and uptake of cobalt, manganese, iron and phosphate at the sediment-water interface. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 50:1986;1281-1288.
67. Tengberg A., Almroth E., Hall P. Resuspension and its effect on organic carbon recycling and nutrient exchange in coastal sediments: In-situ measurements using new sensor technology. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 285-286:2003;119-142.
68. Tengberg, A. (1997). Free-vehicle benthic lander technology for the study of biogeochemical processes in marine sediments. Ph.D. thesis, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden, pp. 48 and 6 appendices
69. Tengberg A., de Bovée F., Hall P., Berelson W., Chadwick B., Ciceri G., Crassous P., Devol A., Emerson S., Gage J., Glud R., Graziottin F., Gundersen J., Hammond D., Helder W., Hinga K., Holby O., Jahnke R., Khripounoff A., Lieberman H., Nuppenau V., Pfannkuche O., Reimers C., Rowe G., Sahami A., Sayles F., Schurter M., Smallman D., Wehrli B., de Wilde P. Benthic chamber and profiling landers in oceanography - A review of design, technical solutions and functioning. Progress in Oceanography. 35:1995;253-294.
70. Thomsen L., Gust G. Sediment stability and characteristics of resuspended aggregates of the western European continental margin. Deep-Sea Research. 47:2000;1881-1897.
71. Ullman W.J., Aller R.C. Diffusion coefficients in near shore marine sediments. Limnology and Oceanography. 27:1982;552-556.
72. Underwood A.J. Experiments in ecology, their logical design and interpretation using analysis of variance. 1997;Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
73. Vershinin A.V., Gornizkij A.B., Egorov A.V., Rozanov A.G. The method of investigation of chemical exchange across the water-sediment interface in open sea-bottom systems. Okeanologia. 34:1994;139-145.
74. Vogel S. Life in moving fluids: the physical biology of flow. 1981;Willard Grant, Boston, USA.