Role of pelletization in mineralization of fine-grained coastal sediments

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 291, Issue , 2005, Pages 23-33

  Wild, Christian ^a,c   Røy, Hans ^a   Huettel, Markus ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNESCO   (France)

Author keywords

Advective flow; Fecal pellets; Heteromastus filiformis; Organic matter degradation; Oxygen profiles; Permeability

Indexed keywords

COASTAL SEDIMENT; DEGRADATION; FECAL PELLET; MINERALIZATION; ORGANIC MATTER; PERMEABILITY;

HETEROMASTUS FILIFORMIS; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 19944381525     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps291023     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Aller RC, Yingst JY (1985) Effects of the marine deposit feeders Heteromastus filiformis (Polychaeta), Macoma balthica (Bivalvia), and Tellina texana (Bivalvia) on averaged sedimentary solute transport, reaction rates, and microbial distributions. J Mar Res 43:615-645
2. Bochdansky AB, Puskaric S, Herndl GJ (1995) Influence of zooplankton grazing on free dissolved enzymes in the sea. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 121:53-63
3. Bode A, Varela M, Barquero S, Alvarez-Ossorio T, Gonzalez N (1998) Preliminary studies on the export of organic matter during phytoplankton blooms off La Coruna (north-western Spain). J Mar Biol Assoc UK 78:1-15
4. Clough LM, Lopez GR (1993) Potential carbon sources for the head-down deposit feeding polychaete Heteromastus filiformis. J Mar Res 51:595-616
5. Conde JE, Diaz H, Sambrano A (1991) Disintegration of holothurian fecal pellets in beds of the seagrass Thalassia testudinum. J Coast Res 7:853-862
6. Damste JSS, Kok MD, Köster J, Schouten S (1998) Sulfurized carbohydrates: an important sedimentary sink for organic carbon? Earth Planet Sci Lett 164:7-13
7. Dauwe B, Middelburg J, Herman P (2001) The effect of oxygen on the degradability of organic matter in subtidal and intertidal sediments of the North Sea area. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 215:13-22
8. Ehrenhauss S, Huettel M (2004) Advective transport and decomposition of chain-forming planktonic diatoms in permeable sediments. J Sea Res 52:179-197
9. Gillet P, Gorman E (2002) Population structure and secondary production of Heteromastus filiformis (Polychaeta: Capitellidae) in the Loire estuary, France. J Mar Biol Assoc UK 82:395-402
10. Huettel M, Gust G (1992a) Solute release mechanisms from confined sediment cores in stirred benthic chambers and flume flows. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 82:187-197
11. Huettel M, Gust G (1992b) Impact of bioroughness on interfacial solute exchange in permeable sediments. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 89:253-267
12. Huettel M, Webster IT (2001) Porewater flow in permeable sediments. In: Boudreau BP, Jørgensen BB (eds) The benthic boundary-layer. Oxford University Press, Oxford
13. Huettel M, Ziebis W, Forster S, Luther GW (1998) Advective transport affecting metal and nutrient distributions and interfacial fluxes in permeable sediments. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 62:613-631
14. Klimant I, Meyer V, Kühl M (1995) Fiber-optic oxygen microsensors, a new tool in aquatic biology. Limnol Oceanogr 40:1159-1165
15. Klute A, Dirksen C (1986) Hydraulic conductivity and diffusivity: laboratory methods. In: Klute A (ed) Methods of soil analysis, Part 1. Physical and mineralogical methods, 2nd edn. American Society of Agronomy, Madison, WI
16. Marinelli RL (1992) Effects of polychaetes on silicate dynamics and fluxes in sediments - importance of species, animal activity and polychaete effects on benthic diatoms. J Mar Res 50:745-779
17. Mattingly RL (1988) Pelletization of sediment by the deposit-feeding invertebrate Ptychoptera townesi (Diptera, Ptychopteridae). Arch Hydrobiol 112:421-431
18. Minoura K, Osaka Y (1992) Sediments and sedimentary processes in Mutsu Bay, Japan - pelletization as the most important mode in depositing argillaceous sediments. Mar Geol 103:487-502
19. Neira C, Hopner T (1993) Fecal pellet production and sediment reworking potential of the polychaete Heteromastus filiformis show a tide dependent periodicity. Ophelia 37:175-185
20. Neira C, Hopner T (1994) The role of Heteromastus filiformis (Capitellidae, Polychaeta) in organic carbon cycling. Ophelia 39:55-73
21. Reimers CE (1982) Organic-matter in anoxic sediments off central Peru - relations of porosity, microbial decomposition and deformation properties. Mar Geol 46:175-197
22. Revsbech NP (1989) An oxygen microsensor with a guard cathode. Limnol Oceanogr 34:472-276
23. Rhoads DC (1973) Influence of deposit-feeding benthos on water turbidity and nutrient recycling. Am J Sci 273:1-22
24. Rhoads DC, Cande S (1971) Sediment profile camera for in situ study of organism-sediment relations. Limnol Oceanogr 16:110-114
25. Rhoads DC, Young DK (1970) Influence of deposit-feeding organisms on sediment stability and community trophic structure. J Mar Res 28:150-162
26. Rhoads DC, Gordon RB, Rimasvaisnys J (1975) Conversion of marine muds to lightweight construction aggregate. Environ Sci Technol 9:360-362
27. Risk MJ, Moffat JS (1977) Sedimentological significance of fecal pellets of Macoma balthica in Minas Basin, Bay of Fundy. J Sedim Petrol 47:1425-1436
28. Taghon GL, Nowell ARM, Jumars PA (1984) Transport and breakdown of fecal pellets: biological and sedimentological consequences. Limnol Oceanogr 29:64-72
29. Ziebis W, Huettel M, Forster S (1996) Impact of biogenic sediment topography on oxygen fluxes in permeable seabeds. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 140:227-237