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Structural complexity and benthic metabolism: resolving the links between carbon cycling and biodiversity in restored seagrass meadows
Theodor Kindeberg
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Department of Biology, Lund University, Sölvegatan 37, 223 62, Lund, Sweden
Karl Michael Attard
Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, 5230, Odense M, Denmark
Danish Institute for Advanced Study, University of Southern Denmark, 5230, Odense M, Denmark
Jana Hüller
Department of Biology, Lund University, Sölvegatan 37, 223 62, Lund, Sweden
Julia Müller
Department of Biology, Lund University, Sölvegatan 37, 223 62, Lund, Sweden
Cintia Organo Quintana
Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, 5230, Odense M, Denmark
SDU Climate Cluster, University of Southern Denmark, 5230, Odense M, Denmark
Eduardo Infantes
Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, 451 78, Kristineberg, Sweden
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Aquatic plants produce a large amount of organic matter through photosynthesis that, following erosion, is deposited on the seafloor. In this study, we show that plant detritus can trigger low-oxygen conditions (hypoxia) in shallow coastal waters, making conditions challenging for most marine animals. We propose that the occurrence of hypoxia may be underestimated because measurements typically do not consider the region closest to the seafloor, where detritus accumulates.
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Seagrass meadows are hotspots for biodiversity and productivity, and planting seagrass is proposed as a tool for mitigating biodiversity loss and climate change. We assessed seagrass planted in different years and found that benthic oxygen and carbon fluxes increased as the seabed developed from bare sediments to a mature seagrass meadow. This increase was partly linked to the diversity of colonizing algae which increased the light-use efficiency of the seagrass meadow community.
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