Articles | Volume 17, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-1701-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-1701-2020
Research article
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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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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.
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