Microplastics in different tissues of wild crabs at three important fishing grounds in China

T Zhang, Y Sun, K Song, W Du, W Huang, Z Gu, Z Feng - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Crabs are an indispensable component of the benthic ecosystem and represent a type of
seafood that is easily obtained and frequently eaten by humans. However, little is known …

The role of seagrass vegetation and local environmental conditions in shaping benthic bacterial and macroinvertebrate communities in a tropical coastal lagoon

Z Alsaffar, JK Pearman, J Curdia, J Ellis, ML Calleja… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
We investigated the influence of seagrass canopies on the benthic biodiversity of bacteria
and macroinvertebrates in a Red Sea tropical lagoon. Changes in abundance, number of …

Stimulation of microbial nitrogen cycling in aquatic ecosystems by benthic macrofauna: mechanisms and environmental implications

P Stief - Biogeosciences, 2013 - bg.copernicus.org
Invertebrate animals that live at the bottom of aquatic ecosystems (ie, benthic macrofauna)
are important mediators between nutrients in the water column and microbes in the benthos …

Macropores and burial of dissolved organic matter affect nitrate removal in intertidal aquifers

C Gao, J Kong, L Zhou, C Shen, J Wang - Journal of Hydrology, 2023 - Elsevier
Coastal ecosystems are sensitive to the input of chemicals originating from submarine
groundwater discharge (SGD). The mixing zone between freshwater and saltwater in beach …

Effect of crab bioturbation on organic matter processing in South West Atlantic intertidal sediments

E Fanjul, M Escapa, D Montemayor, M Addino… - Journal of Sea …, 2015 - Elsevier
Organic matter (OM) remineralization plays a key role in controlling the biogeochemistry of
marine sediments. Through their burrowing activities, bioturbating macrofauna not only …

N2 fixation dominates nitrogen cycling in a mangrove fiddler crab holobiont

M Zilius, S Bonaglia, E Broman, VG Chiozzini… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Mangrove forests are among the most productive and diverse ecosystems on the planet,
despite limited nitrogen (N) availability. Under such conditions, animal-microbe associations …

Using hydrological‐biogeochemical linkages to elucidate carbon dynamics in coastal marshes subject to relative sea level rise

JA Guimond, X Yu, AL Seyfferth… - Water Resources …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Coastal marshes are an important component of the global carbon cycle, yet our
understanding of how these ecosystems will respond to sea level rise (SLR) is limited …

Crab bioturbation and herbivory may account for variability in carbon sequestration and stocks in south west atlantic salt marshes

P Martinetto, DI Montemayor, J Alberti… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Coastal vegetation plays an important role for climate change mitigation. Compared with
terrestrial ecosystems, coastal vegetation shows higher rates of atmospheric CO2 uptake …

Potential effect of fiddler crabs on organic matter distribution: a combined laboratory and field experimental approach

LF Natálio, JCF Pardo, GBO Machado… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Bioturbators play a key role in estuarine environments by modifying the availability of soil
elements, which in turn may affect other organisms. Despite the importance of bioturbators …

Response of the microbial community to bioturbation by benthic macrofauna on intertidal flats

H Shen, G Jiang, X Wan, H Li, Y Qiao, S Thrush… - Journal of Experimental …, 2017 - Elsevier
Benthic macrofauna are considered to have important effects on the microbial-driven cycling
of nutrients in sediments. The response of the microbial community to bioturbation by …