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Articles | Volume 23, issue 19
Articles | Volume 23, issue 19
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-23-7129-2026
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-23-7129-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 23, issue 19
Research article
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12 Oct 2026
Research article |  | 12 Oct 2026

Linking marine benthic biodiversity and ecosystem functions related to carbon cycling in a continental mud depocenter

Chueh-Chen Tung, Moritz Holtappels, Alexa Wrede, Male Köster, Lasse Sander, Jan Beermann, Vera Sidorenko, and Lars Gutow

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Using 171 taxa from 50 stations in the southeastern North Sea, we show that environmental gradients structure benthic macrofaunal communities and their traits. Deeper communities had higher bioturbation and bioirrigation, whereas shallow communities showed greater respiration and secondary production. Environmental gradients also shifted biodiversity–ecosystem functioning relationships, highlighting macrofaunal control of carbon sequestration–related processes in shelf sea sediments.

 
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