Impact of elevated levels of CO2 on animal mediated ecosystem function: The modification of sediment nutrient fluxes by burrowing urchins

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 416-427

  Widdicombe, S ^a   Beesley, A ^a   Berge, J A ^b   Dashfield, S L ^a   McNeill, C L ^a   Needham, H R ^c   Oxnevad S ^b  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bioturbation; Carbon capture and storage; Ecosystem function; Nutrient cycling; Ocean acidification

Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OCEAN ACIDIFICATIONS;

ACIDIFICATION; CARBON CAPTURE; ECOSYSTEMS; EXPERIMENTS; NITRIFICATION; NUTRIENTS; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTS; SILICATES;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AMMONIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; NITRITE; PHOSPHATE; SEA WATER; SILICATE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ACIDIFICATION; ALGA; BENTHOS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOTURBATION; BODY SIZE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECHINODERM; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; MARINE SEDIMENT; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SEAWATER;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; BIOTURBATION; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; BRISSOPSIS LYRIFERA; BURROWING SPECIES; ECHINOCARDIUM CORDATUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MESOCOSM; NONHUMAN; PH; SEA URCHIN; SEDIMENT; SURFACE PROPERTY;

BIOTURBATION; CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OCEAN ACIDIFICATION;

ANIMALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITRATES; PHOSPHATES; SEA URCHINS; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BRISSOPSIS LYRIFERA; ECHINOCARDIUM CORDATUM;

EID: 84883431730     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.11.008     Document Type: Article

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