Solute-specific pore water irrigation: Implications for chemical cycling in early diagenesis
In: Journal of marine research, Band 63, Heft 3, S. 601-621
ISSN: 1543-9542
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In: Journal of marine research, Band 63, Heft 3, S. 601-621
ISSN: 1543-9542
In: PNAS nexus, Band 1, Heft 4
ISSN: 2752-6542
AbstractIntertidal sands are global hotspots of terrestrial and marine carbon cycling with strong hydrodynamic forcing by waves and tides and high macrofaunal activity. Yet, the relative importance of hydrodynamics and macrofauna in controlling these ecosystems remains unclear. Here, we compare geochemical gradients and bacterial, archaeal, and eukaryotic gene sequences in intertidal sands dominated by subsurface deposit-feeding worms (Abarenicola pacifica) to adjacent worm-free areas. We show that hydrodynamic forcing controls organismal assemblages in surface sediments, while in deeper layers selective feeding by worms on fine, algae-rich particles strongly decreases the abundance and richness of all three domains. In these deeper layers, bacterial and eukaryotic network connectivity decreases, while percentages of clades involved in degradation of refractory organic matter, oxidative nitrogen, and sulfur cycling increase. Our findings reveal macrofaunal activity as the key driver of biological community structure and functioning, that in turn influence carbon cycling in intertidal sands below the mainly physically controlled surface layer.
In: Journal of marine research, Band 70, Heft 6, S. 794-823
ISSN: 1543-9542
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