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ArticleScientific reports2018

The combined influence of body size and density on cohesive sediment resuspension by bioturbators.

Francesco Cozzoli, Tjeerd J Bouma, Pauline Ottolander, Maria Salvador Lluch, Tom Ysebaert, Peter M J Herman

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Francesco CozzoliDepartment of Estuarine and Delta Systems, Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research (NIOZ) and Utrecht University, Yerseke, The Netherlands. francesco.cozzoli@unisalento.it.ORCID 0000-0002-6413-0977
Tjeerd J BoumaDepartment of Estuarine and Delta Systems, Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research (NIOZ) and Utrecht University, Yerseke, The Netherlands.
Pauline OttolanderDepartment of Estuarine and Delta Systems, Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research (NIOZ) and Utrecht University, Yerseke, The Netherlands.
Maria Salvador LluchDepartment of Estuarine and Delta Systems, Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research (NIOZ) and Utrecht University, Yerseke, The Netherlands.
Tom YsebaertDepartment of Estuarine and Delta Systems, Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research (NIOZ) and Utrecht University, Yerseke, The Netherlands.
Peter M J HermanDepartment of Estuarine and Delta Systems, Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research (NIOZ) and Utrecht University, Yerseke, The Netherlands.
Utrecht University · NLUniversity of Salento · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We propose an empirical framework to scale the effects of bioturbation on sediment resuspension to population bioturbation activity, approximated as population metabolic rate. Individual metabolic rates have been estimated as functions of body size and extrapolated to population level. We used experimental flumes to test this approach across different types of marine, soft-sediment bioturbators. We observed that a large part of the variance in biota-mediated sediment resuspension can be explained by a positive relationship with population metabolic rate. Other mechanisms can strongly influence the outcome, such as bioturbation of deep sediment strata, biotic interactions with hydrodynamic stress and overlapping areas of influence must be further investigated. By relating the biota-mediated changes in resuspended sediment to metabolism, we can place our observations within the broader context of the metabolic theory of ecology and to formulate general expectations about changes in biota-mediated sediment resuspension in response to changes in population structure and climate change.

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BiotaBody SizeComputer SimulationGeologic SedimentsHydrodynamicsSoilSoil MicrobiologyWater Pollutants, ChemicalSoilWater Pollutants, Chemical

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PMID29497095
PMCPMC5832813
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