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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-2587-2018
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-2587-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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04 May 2018
Research article |
| 04 May 2018
| 04 May 2018
Functional trait responses to sediment deposition reduce macrofauna-mediated ecosystem functioning in an estuarine mudflat
Sebastiaan Mestdagh
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Ghent University, Marine Biology Research Group, Krijgslaan 281/S8,
9000 Ghent, Belgium
Leila Bagaço
Ghent University, Marine Biology Research Group, Krijgslaan 281/S8,
9000 Ghent, Belgium
Ulrike Braeckman
Ghent University, Marine Biology Research Group, Krijgslaan 281/S8,
9000 Ghent, Belgium
Tom Ysebaert
Department of Estuarine and Delta Systems, NIOZ Royal Netherlands
Institute for Sea Research and Utrecht University, P.O. Box 140, 4400 AC
Yerseke, the Netherlands
Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen Marine Research, P.O.
Box 77, 4400 AB Yerseke, the Netherlands
Bart De Smet
Ghent University, Marine Biology Research Group, Krijgslaan 281/S8,
9000 Ghent, Belgium
present address: Flanders Marine Institute, Wandelaarkaai 7, 8400
Oostende, Belgium
Tom Moens
Ghent University, Marine Biology Research Group, Krijgslaan 281/S8,
9000 Ghent, Belgium
Carl Van Colen
Ghent University, Marine Biology Research Group, Krijgslaan 281/S8,
9000 Ghent, Belgium
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We studied how invertebrate communities of mudflats are affected by sudden deposition of sediment. We applied sediment layers of different thickness to mudflat communities and studied how their densities, diversity, and behaviour and the exchange of oxygen between the bottom and the water column changed. We found that some species easily diminish in numbers, while others become more active after deposition. The interaction of all species effects influences the environment, i.e. oxygen exchange.
We studied how invertebrate communities of mudflats are affected by sudden deposition of...
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