Variable Importance of Macrofaunal Functional Biodiversity for Biogeochemical Cycling in Temperate Coastal Sediments

Ecosystems

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 720-737

  Braeckman, U ^a   Foshtomi, M Yazdani ^a,b   Van Gansbeke, D ^a   Meysman, F ^c,d   Soetaert, K ^c   Vincx, M ^a   Vanaverbeke, J ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Iranian National Institute for Oceanography   (Iran)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

alkalinity; benthic ecosystem functioning; bioturbation potential; functional biodiversity; macrobenthos; North Sea; nutrient fluxes; oxygen consumption

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOTURBATION; COASTAL SEDIMENT; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; MACROBENTHOS; NITRIFICATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 84901229095     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-014-9755-7     Document Type: Article

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