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Research article
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22 Apr 2021
Research article |
| 22 Apr 2021
| 22 Apr 2021
Impact of bottom trawling on sediment biogeochemistry: a modelling approach
Emil De Borger
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Biology, Marine Biology Research
Group, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281/S8, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Department of
Estuarine and Delta Systems, Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research (NIOZ), Utrecht University, Korringaweg 7, P.O. Box
140, 4401 NT Yerseke, the Netherlands
Justin Tiano
Department of
Estuarine and Delta Systems, Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research (NIOZ), Utrecht University, Korringaweg 7, P.O. Box
140, 4401 NT Yerseke, the Netherlands
Department of Biology, Marine Biology Research
Group, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281/S8, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Ulrike Braeckman
Department of Biology, Marine Biology Research
Group, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281/S8, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Adriaan D. Rijnsdorp
Wageningen Marine Research, Wageningen University and Research,
IJmuiden, the Netherlands
Karline Soetaert
Department of
Estuarine and Delta Systems, Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research (NIOZ), Utrecht University, Korringaweg 7, P.O. Box
140, 4401 NT Yerseke, the Netherlands
Department of Biology, Marine Biology Research
Group, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281/S8, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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Short summary
Bottom trawling alters benthic mineralization: the recycling of organic material (OM) to free nutrients. To better understand how this occurs, trawling events were added to a model of seafloor OM recycling. Results show that bottom trawling reduces OM and free nutrients in sediments through direct removal thereof and of fauna which transport OM to deeper sediment layers protected from fishing. Our results support temporospatial trawl restrictions to allow key sediment functions to recover.
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