Aquatic eddy covariance: the method and its contributions to defining oxygen and carbon fluxes in marine environments

P Berg, M Huettel, RN Glud… - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Aquatic eddy covariance (AEC) is increasingly being used to study benthic oxygen (O2) flux
dynamics, organic carbon cycling, and ecosystem health in marine and freshwater …

It's time to broaden what we consider a 'blue carbon ecosystem'

K James, PI Macreadie, HL Burdett… - Global Change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Photoautotrophic marine ecosystems can lock up organic carbon in their biomass and the
associated organic sediments they trap over millennia and are thus regarded as blue carbon …

“Pink power”—the importance of coralline algal beds in the oceanic carbon cycle

N Schubert, F Tuya, V Peña, PA Horta… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Current evidence suggests that macroalgal-dominated habitats are important contributors to
the oceanic carbon cycle, though the role of those formed by calcifiers remains controversial …

A global dataset of seaweed net primary productivity

A Pessarrodona, K Filbee-Dexter, KA Krumhansl… - Scientific Data, 2022 - nature.com
Net primary productivity (NPP) plays a pivotal role in the global carbon balance but
estimating the NPP of underwater habitats remains a challenging task. Seaweeds (marine …

Environmental context mediates biodiversity–ecosystem functioning relationships in coastal soft-sediment habitats

J Gammal, M Järnström, G Bernard, J Norkko, A Norkko - Ecosystems, 2019 - Springer
The ongoing loss of biodiversity and global environmental changes severely affect the
structure of coastal ecosystems. Consequences, in terms of ecosystem functioning, are …

Seasonal metabolism and carbon export potential of a key coastal habitat: The perennial canopy‐forming macroalga Fucus vesiculosus

KM Attard, IF Rodil, P Berg, J Norkko… - Limnology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The important role of macroalgal canopies in the oceanic carbon (C) cycle is increasingly
being recognized, but direct assessments of community productivity remain scarce. We …

Contrasting biophysical controls on carbon dioxide and methane outgassing from streams

L Rovelli, LA Olde, CM Heppell, A Binley… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Small headwater streams are recognized for intense outgassing to the atmosphere of
climate‐relevant carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4). Though these headwaters are …

Benthic oxygen and nitrogen exchange on a cold-water coral reef in the North-East Atlantic Ocean

E De Froe, L Rovelli, RN Glud, SR Maier… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Cold-water coral (CWC) reefs are distributed globally and form complex three-dimensional
structures on the deep seafloor, providing habitat for numerous species. Here, we measured …

[HTML][HTML] Historic ocean acidification of Loch Sween revealed by correlative geochemical imaging and high-resolution boron isotope analysis of Boreolithothamniom cf …

E MacDonald, GL Foster, CD Standish, J Trend… - Earth and Planetary …, 2024 - Elsevier
Ocean Acidification (OA) arises from the increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide
concentration following the industrial revolution. The ecological and socio-economic …

Declining maerl vitality and habitat complexity across a dredging gradient: Insights from in situ sediment profile imagery (SPI)

G Bernard, A Romero-Ramirez, A Tauran… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Maerl beds form complex biogenic benthic habitats, characterized by high productivity as
well as diverse biological communities. Disturbances associated with extraction and/or …