The importance of benthic–pelagic coupling for marine ecosystem functioning in a changing world

JR Griffiths, M Kadin, FJA Nascimento… - Global change …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Benthic–pelagic coupling is manifested as the exchange of energy, mass, or nutrients
between benthic and pelagic habitats. It plays a prominent role in aquatic ecosystems, and it …

Meiofauna increases bacterial denitrification in marine sediments

S Bonaglia, FJA Nascimento, M Bartoli… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Denitrification is a critical process that can alleviate the effects of excessive nitrogen
availability in aquatic ecosystems subject to eutrophication. An important part of …

[HTML][HTML] Active DNRA and denitrification in oxic hypereutrophic waters

E Broman, M Zilius, A Samuiloviene… - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Since the start of synthetic fertilizer production more than a hundred years ago, the coastal
ocean has been exposed to increasing nutrient loading, which has led to eutrophication and …

Application of the isotope pairing technique in sediments: use, challenges, and new directions

EK Robertson, M Bartoli, V Brüchert… - Limnology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Determining accurate rates of benthic nitrogen (N) removal and retention pathways from
diverse environments is critical to our understanding of process distribution and constructing …

Microbial functional genes are driven by gradients in sediment stoichiometry, oxygen, and salinity across the Baltic benthic ecosystem

E Broman, D Izabel-Shen, A Rodríguez-Gijón… - Microbiome, 2022 - Springer
Background Microorganisms in the seafloor use a wide range of metabolic processes, which
are coupled to the presence of functional genes within their genomes. Aquatic environments …

Untangling hidden nutrient dynamics: rapid ammonium cycling and single-cell ammonium assimilation in marine plankton communities

I Klawonn, S Bonaglia, MJ Whitehouse… - The ISME …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Ammonium is a central nutrient in aquatic systems. Yet, cell-specific ammonium assimilation
among diverse functional plankton is poorly documented in field communities. Combining …

A regime shift toward a more anoxic environment in a eutrophic Sea in northern Europe

E Almroth-Rosell, I Wåhlström, M Hansson… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Dissolved oxygen in the sea is essential for marine fauna and biogeochemical processes.
Decline in the sea water oxygen concentration is considered to be an effect of …

Denitrification and DNRA at the Baltic Sea oxic–anoxic interface: Substrate spectrum and kinetics

S Bonaglia, I Klawonn, L De Brabandere… - Limnology and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The dependence of denitrification and dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium (DNRA)
on different electron donors was tested in the nitrate‐containing layer immediately below the …

Denitrification, nitrogen uptake, and organic matter quality undergo different seasonality in sandy and muddy sediments of a turbid estuary

M Bartoli, D Nizzoli, M Zilius, M Bresciani… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The interaction between microbial communities and benthic algae as nitrogen (N) regulators
in poorly illuminated sediments is scarcely investigated in the literature. The role of …

Short exposure to oxygen and sulfide alter nitrification, denitrification, and DNRA activity in seasonally hypoxic estuarine sediments

JM Caffrey, S Bonaglia, DJ Conley - FEMS microbiology letters, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Increased organic loading to sediments from eutrophication often results in hypoxia,
reduced nitrification and increased production of hydrogen sulfide, altering the balance …