Accurate quantification of the influence of benthic macro- and meio-fauna on the geometric properties of estuarine muds by micro computer tomography

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 354, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 192-201

  Mazik, Krysia ^a   Curtis, Neil ^a   Fagan, Michael J ^a   Taft, Sue ^a   Elliott, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biogenic structures; Bioturbation; Humber estuary; Marine benthos; Meio fauna; MicroCT

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOGENIC STRUCTURE; BIOTURBATION; BURROW; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; GEOMETRY; MEIOFAUNA; MUD; RESOLUTION; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUMBER ESTUARY; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 38049057277     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2007.11.006     Document Type: Article

References (60)

1. Aller R.C. The effects of macrobenthos on the chemical properties of marine sediment and overlying water. In: Mcall P.L., and Tevesz M.J.S. (Eds). Animal-sediment relations: the biogenic alteration of sediments. Topics in geobiology vol 2 (1982), Plenum, London 53-101
2. Aller R.C., and Yingst Y. Effect 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 (1985) 615-645
3. Andersen F.Ø., and Kristensen E. Effects of burrowing macrofauna on organic matter decomposition in coastal marine sediments. In: Meadows P.S., and Meadows A. (Eds). The environmental impact of burrowing animals and animal burrows. Symp. Zool. Soc. Lond. 63 (1991), Clarendon Press, Oxford 69-88
4. Dauer D.M., Maybury C., and Ewing R.M. Feeding behaviour and general ecology of several spionid polychaetes from Chesapeake Bay. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 54 (1981) 21-38
5. Dauwe B., Herman P.M.J., and Heip C.H.R. Community structure and bioturbation potential of macrofauna at four North Sea stations with contrasting food supply. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 173 (1998) 67-83
6. Davey J.T. The architecture of the burrows of Nereis diversicolor and its quantification in relation to sediment-water exchange. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 179 (1994) 115-129
7. Davey J.T., and Watson P.G. The activity of Nereis diversicolor (Polychaeta) and its impact on nutrient fluxes in estuarine waters. Ophelia 41 (1995) 57-70
8. de Brouwer J.F.C., Bjelic S., de Dekere E.M.G.T., and Stal L.J. Interplay between biology and sedimentology in a mudflat (BiezlingseHam, Westerscheldt, the Netherlands). Cont. Shelf Res. 20 10/11 (2000) 1159-1177
9. de Montety L., Long B., Desrosiers G., Cremer J.F., Locat J., and Stora G. The use of computerized tomography in the study of sediments: influence of physical, chemical and biological parameters in the measurement if tomographic intensities. Can. J. Earth Sci. 40 7 (2003) 937-948
10. Dufour S.C., Desrosiers G., Long B., Lajeunesse P., Gagnoud M., Labrie J., Archambault P., and Stora G. A new method for three dimensional visualization and quantification of biogenic structures in aquatic sediments using axial tomodensitometry. Limnol. Oceanogr-Methods 3 (2005) 372-380
11. Gilbert F., Rivet L., and Betrand J.-C. The in-vitro influence of the burrowing polychaete Nereis diversicolor on the fate of petroleum hydrocarbons in marine sediments. Chemosphere 29 1 (1994) 1-12
12. Gilbert F., Stora G., and Betrand J.-C. In situ bioturbation and hydrocarbon fate in an experimental contaminated Mediterranean coastal ecosystem. Chemosphere 33 8 (1996) 1449-1458
13. Green J. The biology of estuarine animals (1968), Sidgwick & Jackson, London 401 pp.
14. Hall S.J. Physical disturbance and marine benthic communities: life in unconsolidated sediments. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Annu. Rev. 32 (1994) 179-239
15. Hansen K., and Kristensen E. Impact of macrofaunal recolonisation on benthic metabolism and nutrient fluxes in a shallow marine sediment previously overgrown with macroalgal mats. Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci. 45 (1997) 613-628
16. Hildebrand T., Laib A., Muller R., Dequeker J., and Ruegsegger P. Direct three dimensional morphometric analysis of human cancellous bone: microstructural data from spine, femur, iliac crest, and calcaneus. J. Bone Miner. Res. 14 (1999) 1167-1174
17. Jones S.E., and Jago C.F. In situ assessment of modification of sediment properties by burrowing invertebrates. Mar. Biol. 115 (1993) 133-142
18. Jumars P.A., and Nowell A.R.M. Effects of benthos on sediment transport: difficulties with functional grouping. Cont. Shelf Res. 3 2 (1984) 115-130
19. Krezoski J.R., Oladipo M., Adjarova L., Shick C., and Tisue T. Caesium labelled phlogopite as a tracer for in situ studies of sediment burial, reworking and resuspension rates. Intern. J. Environ. Anal. Chem. 59 (1995) 213-223
20. Leighton A. Paull Holme Strays monitoring programme: benthic invertebrate monitoring. Unpublished report No. ZBB634-F-2005 to Halcrow Group Ltd (2005), Institute of Estuarine & Coastal Studies, University of Hull, UK 56 pp.
21. Levin L.A., and Creed E.L. Effect of temperature and food availability on reproductive responses of Streblospio benedicti (Polychaeta: Spionidae) with planktotrophic or lecithotrophic development. Mar. Biol. 92 (1986) 103-113
22. Mahut M.L., and Graf G. A luminophore tracer technique for bioturbation studies. Oceanol. Acta 10 3 (1987) 323-328
23. Marinelli R. 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 (1992) 745-779
24. Mazik, 2004. The influence of a petrochemical discharge on the bioturbation and erosion potential of an intertidal estuarine mudflat (Humber estuary, U.K.). Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Hull, U.K. 386 pp.
25. Mazik K., and Elliott M. The effects of chemical pollution on the bioturbation potential of estuarine mudflats. Helgol. Mar. Res. 54 (2000) 99-109
26. Mazik K., Smith J.E., Leighton A., and Elliott M. Physical and biological development of a newly breached managed realignment site, Humber estuary, U.K. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 55 (2007) 564-578
27. Meadows P.S., and Hariri M.S. Effects of two infaunal polychaetes on sediment shear strength and permeability: an experimental approach. In: Meadows P.S., and Meadows A. (Eds). The environmental impact of burrowing animals and animal burrows. Symp. Zool. Soc. Lond. 63 (1991), Clarendon Press, Oxford 317-321
28. Meadows P.S., and Meadows A. The geotechnical and geochemical implications of bioturbation in marine sedimentary ecosystems. In: Meadows P.S., and Meadows A. (Eds). The environmental impact of burrowing animals and animal burrows. Symp. Zool. Soc. Lond. 63 (1991) 157-181
29. Meadows P.S., and Tait J. Modification of sediment permeability and shear strength by two burrowing invertebrates. Proc. R. Soc. Edinb. 90 B (1989) 129-142
30. Mermillod-Blondin F., Marie S., Desrosiers G., Long B., de Montety L., Michaud E., and Stora G. Assessment of the spatial variability of intertidal benthic communities by axial tomodensitometry: importance of fine scale heterogeneity. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 287 (2003) 193-208
31. Mermillod-Blondin F., Rosenberg R., Francois-Carcaillet F., Norling K., and Mauclaire L. Influence of bioturbation by three benthic infaunal species on microbial communities and biogeochemical processes in marine sediment. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 36 3 (2004) 271-284
32. Michaud E., Desrosiers G., Long B., de Montety L., Crémer J.-F., Pelletier E., Locat J., Gilbert F., and Stora G. Use of axial tomography to follow temporal changes of benthic communities in an unstable sedimentary environment (Baie des Ha! Ha!, Saguenay Fjord). J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 285-286 (2003) 265-282
33. Mortimer R.J.G., Davey J.T., Krom M.D., Watson P.G., Frickers P.E., and Clifton R.J. The effect of macrofauna on porewater profiles and nutrient fluxes in the intertidal zone of the Humber estuary. Estuar. Coast Shelf Sci. 48 (1999) 683-699
34. Nickell L.A., and Atkinson R.J.A. Functional morphology of burrows and trophic modes of three thalassinidean shrimp species, and a new approach to the classification of thalassinidean burrow morphology. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 128 (1995) 181-197
35. Odgaard A. Three dimensional methods for quantification of cancellous bone architecture. Bone 20 (1997) 315-328
36. Olmez I., Pink F.X., and Wheatcroft R.A. New particle labeling technique for use in biological and physical transport studies. Environ. Sci. Technol. 28 (1994) 1487-1490
37. Perez K.T., Davey E.W., Moore R.H., Burn P.R., Rosol M.S., Cardin J.A., Johnson R.L., and Kopans D.N. Application of Computer Aided Tomography (CT) to the study of estuarine benthic communities. Ecol. Appl. 9 3 (1999) 1050-1058
38. Petersen W., Wallmann K., Schroeder P., Li F., and Knauth H.D. The influence of diagenetic processes on the exchange of trace contaminants at the sediment-water interface. In: Calmano W., and Förstner U. (Eds). Sediments and toxic substances. Environmental effects and ecotoxicity (1996), Springer-Verlag, Berlin 37-50
39. Rasmussen D., Banta G.T., and Andersen O. Potential for cadmium uptake in near-shore sediments: effects of bioturbation by the lugworm Arenicola marina. Mar. Ecol. Prog Ser. 164 (1998) 179-188
40. Reichelt A.C. Environmental effects of meiofaunal burrowing. In: Meadows P.S., and Meadows A. (Eds). The environmental impact of burrowing animals and animal burrows. Symp. Zool. Soc. Lond. 63 (1991), Clarendon Press, Oxford 33-50
41. Rhoads D.C. Biogenic reworking of intertidal and subtidal sediments in Barnstable Harbour and Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. J. Geol. 75 (1967) 461-476
42. Rhoads D.C. Organism-sediment relationships on the muddy sea floor. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Annu. Rev. 12 (1974) 263-300
43. Rhoads D.C., and Boyer L.F. The effects of marine benthos on physical properties of sediments: a successional approach. In: Mcall P.L., and Tevesz M.J.S. (Eds). Animal-sediment relations: the biogenic alteration of sediments. Topics in geobiology vol. 2 (1982), Plenum, London 1-52
44. Rosenberg R., Davey E., Gunnarsson J., Norling K., and Frank M. Application of computer-aided tomography to visualize and quantify biogenic structures in marine sediments. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 331 (2007) 23-34
45. Rosenberg R., and Ringdahl K. Quantification of biogenic 3-D structures in marine sediments. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 326 (2005) 67-76
46. Schaffner L.C., Dickhut R.M., Lay P.L., and Mitra S. Role of benthic communities in organic contaminant transport and fate. 1. Bioturbation. Conference abstract. 37 conference of the International association of Great Lakes Research and Estuarine Research Federation. Programme and abstracts, AAGLR (1994), Buffalo, NY (USA)
47. Schaffner L.C., Dickhut R.M., Mitra S., Lay P.W., and Brouwer-Riel C. Effects of physical chemistry and bioturbation by estuarine macrofauna on the transport of hydrophobic organic contaminants in the benthos. Environ. Sci. Technol. 31 11 (1997) 3120-3125
48. Schratzberger M., Gee J.M., Rees H.L., Boyd S.E., and Wall C.M. The structure and taxonomic composition of sublittoral meiofauna assemblages as an indicator of the status of marine environments. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 80 (2000) 969-980
49. Sisias G., Phillips R., Dobson C.A., Fagan M.J., and Langton C.M. Histomorphometric algorithms for the direct derivation of morphological indices of simulations of strain-adaptation in cancellous bone. Proceedings of 6th International Conference on Information Visualisation, London (2002). 07695-1656-4 592-599
50. Snelgrove P.V.R., and Butman C.A. Animal-sediment relationships revisited: cause versus effect. Ocenaogr. Mar. Biol. Annu. Rev. 32 (1994) 111-177
51. Solan M., Germano J.D., Rhoads D.C., Smith C., Michaud E., Parry D., Wenzhöfer F., Kennedy B., Henriques C., Battle E., Carey D., Iocco L., Valente R., Watson J., and Rosenberg R. Towards a greater understanding of pattern, scale and process in marine benthic systems: a picture is worth a thousand worms. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 285-286 (2003) 313-338
52. Solan M., and Kennedy R. Observation and quantification or in-situ animal-sediment relations using time-lapse sediment profile imagery (t-SPI). Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 228 (2002) 179-191
53. Swift D.J. The macrobenthic infauna off Sellafield (north eastern Irish Sea) with special reference to bioturbation. J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. UK. 73 (1993) 143-162
54. Trevor J.H. The burrowing of Nereis diversicolor (O.F. Müller), together with some observations of Arenicola marina (L.) (Annelida: Polychaeta). J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 30 (1977) 129-145
55. Wheatcroft R.A. Conservative tracer study of horizontal sediment mixing in a bathyal basin, California Boarderland. J. Mar. Res. 49 3 (1991) 565-588
56. Wheatcroft R.A. Experimental tests for particle size dependant bioturbation in the deep ocean. Limnol. Oceanogr. 37 1 (1992) 90-104
57. 234Th) sediment bioturbation intensity along an organic carbon gradient. J. Mar. Res. 54 (1996) 763-792
58. Widdows J., Brinsley M., and Elliott M. Use of in-situ flume to quantify article flux (biodeposition rates and sediment erosion) for an intertidal mudflat in relation to changes in current velocity and benthic macrofauna. In: Black K.S., Paterson D.M., and Cramp A. (Eds). Sedimentary processes in the intertidal zone. Special Publication 139 (1998), Geological Society, London 85-97
59. Widdows J., Brinsley M.D., Salkeld P.N., and Elliott M. Use of annular flumes to determine the influence of current velocity and bivalves on material flux at the sediment-water interface. Estuaries 21 (1998) 552-559
60. Widdows J., Brown S., Brinsley M.D., Salteld P.N., and Elliott M. Temporal changes in intertidal sediment erodibility: influence of biological and climatic factors. Cont. Shelf. Res. 20 10/11 (2000) 1275-1289