Biological and biogeochemical methods for estimating bioirrigation: a case study in the Oosterschelde estuary

Borger, Emil De; Tiano, Justin; Braeckman, Ulrike; Ysebaert, Tom; Soetaert, Karline

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-1701-2020

Articles | Volume 17, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-1701-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-1701-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 6

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01 Apr 2020

Research article |

| 01 Apr 2020

Biological and biogeochemical methods for estimating bioirrigation: a case study in the Oosterschelde estuary

Emil De Borger, Justin Tiano, Ulrike Braeckman, Tom Ysebaert, and Karline Soetaert

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RC1: 'Review of: Emil De Borger et al.: Biological and biogeochemical methods for estimating bio-irrigation: a case study in the Oosterschelde estuary.', Anonymous Referee #1, 22 Nov 2019
- AC1: 'Reply to reviewer 1', Emil De Borger, 02 Dec 2019
RC2: 'review', Anonymous Referee #2, 09 Dec 2019
- AC2: 'Reply to reviewer 2', Emil De Borger, 07 Jan 2020

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (20 Jan 2020) by Perran Cook

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ED: Publish as is (24 Feb 2020) by Perran Cook

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By applying a novel technique to quantify organism-induced sediment–water column fluid exchange (bioirrigation), we show that organisms in subtidal (permanently submerged) areas have similar bioirrigation rates as those that inhabit intertidal areas (not permanently submerged), but organisms in the latter irrigate deeper burrows in this study. Our results expand on traditional methods to quantify bioirrigation rates and broaden the pool of field measurements of bioirrigation rates.