Effects of mussel (Perna canaliculus) biodeposit decomposition on benthic respiration and nutrient fluxes

Marine Biology

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 261-271

  Giles, Hilke ^a   Pilditch, Conrad A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; BIVALVE; DECOMPOSITION; DEPOSIT FEEDING; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FECES; FLUX MEASUREMENT; NUTRIENT; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RESPIRATION; SHELLFISH CULTURE;

BIVALVIA; PERNA CANALICULUS;

EID: 37849187432     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-006-0348-7     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Arar EJ, Collins GB (1997) In vitro determination of chlorophyll a and pheophytin a in marine and freshwater algae by fluorescence. National Exposure Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
2. Bacher C, Bioteau H, Chapelle A (1995) Modelling the impact of a cultured oyster population on the nitrogen dynamics: the Thau Lagoon case (France). Ophelia 42:29-54
3. Chapelle A, Menesguen A, Deslous-Paoli J-M, Souchu P, Mazouni N, Vaquer A, Millet B (2000) Modelling nitrogen, primary production and oxygen in a Mediterranean lagoon. Impact of oysters farming and inputs from the watershed. Ecol Model 127:161-181
4. Christensen PB, Glud RN, Dalsgaard T, Gillespie P (2003) Impacts of longline mussel farming on oxygen and nitrogen dynamics and biological communities of coastal sediments. Aquaculture 218:567-588
5. van Duyl FC, van Raaphorst W, Kop AJ (1993) Benthic bacterial production and nutrient sediment-water exchange in sandy North Sea sediments. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 100:85-95
6. Enoksson V (1993) Nutrient recycling by coastal sediments: effects of added algal material. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 92:245-254
7. Fabiano M, Danovaro R, Olivari E, Misic C (1994) Decomposition of faecal matter and somatic tissue of Mytilus galloprovincialis: changes in organic matter composition and microbial succession. Mar Biol 119:375-384
8. 15N tracer study of the short-term fate of particulate organic nitrogen at the surface of coastal marine sediments. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 16:89-104
9. Giles H, Pilditch CA (2004) Effects of diet on sinking rates and erosion thresholds of mussel Perna canaliculus biodeposits. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 282:205-219
10. Graf G, Bengtsson W, Diesner U, Schulz R, Theede H (1982) Benthic response to sedimentation of a spring phytoplankton bloom: process and budget. Mar Biol 67:201-208
11. Grenz C, Hermin M-N, Baudinet D, Daumas R (1990) In situ biochemical and bacterial variation of sediments enriched with mussel biodeposits. Hydrobiologia 207:153-160
12. Hansen B, Fotel FL, Jensen NJ, Madsen SD (1996) Bacteria associated with a marine planktonic copepod in culture. II. Degradation of fecal pellets produced on a diatom, a nanoflagellate or a dinoflagellate diet. J Plankton Res 18:275-288
13. Hargrave BT (1976) The central role of invertebrate faeces in sediment decomposition. In: Anderson JM, Macfayden A (eds) The role of terrestrial and aquatic organisms in decomposition processes. Blackwell, Great Britain, pp 301-321
14. Harris JM (1993) The presence, nature and role of gut microflora in aquatic invertebrates: a synthesis. Microb Ecol 25:195-231
15. Hatcher A, Grant B, Schofield B (1994) Effects of suspended mussel culture (Mytilus spp.) on sedimentation, benthic respiration and sediment nutrient dynamics in a coastal bay. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 115:219-235
16. Hawkins AJS, James MR, Hickman RW, Hatton S, Weatherhead M (1999) Modelling of suspension-feeding and growth in the green-lipped mussel Perna canaliculus exposed to natural and experimental variations of seston availability in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 191:217-232
17. Henderson A, Gamito S, Karakassis I, Pederson P, Smaal A (2001) Use of hydrodynamic and benthic models for managing environmental impacts of marine aquaculture. J Appl Ichthyol 17:163-172
18. Herbert RA (1999) Nitrogen cycling in coastal marine ecosystems. FEMS Microbiol Rev 23:563-590
19. Ingalls AE, Aller RC, Lee C, Sun M-Y (2000) The influence of deposit-feeding on chlorophyll-a degradation in coastal marine sediments. J Mar Res 58:631-651
20. Jeffs AG, Holland RC, Hooker SH, Hayden BJ (1999) Overview and bibliography of research on the Greenshell mussel, Perna canaliculus, from New Zealand waters. J Shellfish Res 18:347-360
21. Kaspar HF, Gillespie PA, Boyer IC, MacKenzie AL (1985) Effects of mussel aquaculture on the nitrogen cycle and benthic communities in Kenepuru Sound, Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand. Mar Biol 85:127-136
22. Kautsky N, Evans S (1987) Role of biodeposition by Mytilus edulis in the circulation of matter and nutrients in a Baltic coastal ecosystem. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 38:201-212
23. Kelly JR, Nixon SR (1984) Experimental studies of the effect of organic deposition on the metabolism of a coastal marine bottom community. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 17:157-169
24. Kristensen E, Blackburn TH (1987) The fate of organic carbon and nitrogen in experimental marine sediment systems: Influence of bioturbation and anoxia. J Mar Res 45:231-257
25. 2-), with emphasis on substrate origin, degradation kinetics, and the role of bioturbation. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 65:419-433
26. Kristensen E, Mikkelsen OL (2003) Impact of the burrow-dwelling polychaete Nereis diversicolor on the degradation of fresh and aged macroalgal detritus in a coastal marine sediment. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 265:141-153
27. Mazouni N, Gaertner J-C, Deslous-Paoli J-M, Landrein S, d'Oedenberg MG (1996) Nutrient and oxygen exchanges at the water-sediment interface in a shellfish farming lagoon (Thau, France). J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 205:91-113
28. Newell RIE (2004) Ecosystem influences of natural and cultivated populations of suspension-feeding bivalve molluscs: a review. J Shellfish Res 23:51-61
29. Newell RIE, Cornwell JC, Owens MS (2002) Influence of simulated bivalve biodeposition and microphytobenthos on sediment nitrogen dynamics: a laboratory study. Limnol Oceanogr 47:1367-1379
30. Porter ET, Cornwell JC, Sanford LP (2004) Effect of oysters Crassostrea virginica and bottom shear velocity on benthic-pelagic coupling and estuarine water quality. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 271:61-75
31. Redfield AC (1934) On the proportions of organic derivatives in sea water and their relation to the composition of plankton. In: Daniel RJ (ed) James Johnstone Memorial Volume. University Press, Liverpool, pp 176-192
32. Singer JK, Anderson JB, Ledbetter MT, McCave IN, Jones KPN, Wright R (1988) An assessment of analytical techniques for the size analysis of fine-grained sediments. J Sediment Petrol 58:534-543
33. Stuart V, Newell RC, Lucas MI (1982) Conversion of kelp debris and faecal material from the mussel Aulacomya ater by marine micro-organisms. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 7:47-57
34. Sun M-Y, Lee C, Aller RC (1993) Laboratory studies of oxic and anoxic degradation of chlorophyll-a in Long Island Sound sediments. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 57:147-157
35. Tenore KR, Boyer LF, Cal RM, Corral J, Garcia-Fernandez C, Gonzalez N, Gonzalez-Gurriaran E, Hanson RB, Iglesias J, Krom M, Lopez-Jamar E, McClain J, Pamatmat MM, Perez A, Rhoads DC, de Santiago G, Tietjen J, Westrich J, Windom HL (1982) Coastal upwelling in the Rias Bajas, NW Spain: contrasting the benthic regimes of the Rias de Arosa and de Muros. J Mar Res 40:701-772
36. Urban-Rich J (1999) Release of dissolved organic carbon from copepod fecal pellets in the Greenland Sea. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 232:107-124
37. Verardo DJ, Froelich PN, McIntyre A (1990) Determination of organic carbon and nitrogen in marine sediments using the Carlo Erba NA-1500 analyzer. Deep-Sea Res 37:157-165
38. Westrich JT, Berner RA (1984) The role of sedimentary organic matter in bacterial sulfate reduction: the G model tested. Limnol Oceanogr 29:236-249
39. Wotton RS, Malmqvist B (2001) Feces in aquatic ecosystems. BioScience 51:537-544