The role of microphytobenthos in soft‐sediment ecological networks and their contribution to the delivery of multiple ecosystem services

JA Hope, DM Paterson, SF Thrush - Journal of Ecology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Sediment dwelling, microscopic primary producers, that occupy sediments in the photic
zone, are commonly referred to as microphytobenthos (MPB). The MPB are essential …

Denitrification, Anammox, and N2 Production in Marine Sediments

AH Devol - Annual review of marine science, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Fixed nitrogen limits primary productivity in many parts of the global ocean, and it
consequently plays a role in controlling the carbon dioxide content of the atmosphere. The …

The carbonate system in the North Sea: Sensitivity and model validation

Y Artioli, JC Blackford, M Butenschön, JT Holt… - Journal of Marine …, 2012 - Elsevier
The ocean plays an important role in regulating the climate, acting as a sink for carbon
dioxide, perturbing the carbonate system and resulting in a slow decrease of seawater pH …

Relative contributions of biodiversity and environment to benthic ecosystem functioning

R Belley, PVR Snelgrove - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Current concern about biodiversity change associated with human impacts has raised
scientific interest in the role of biodiversity in ecosystem functioning. However, studies on …

[PDF][PDF] Regulating services of bivalve molluscs in the context of the carbon cycle and implications for ecosystem valuation

R Filgueira, T Strohmeier, Ø Strand - Goods and services of …, 2019 - library.oapen.org
The role of marine bivalves in the CO2 cycle has been commonly evaluated as the balance
between respiration, shell calcium carbonate sequestration, and CO2 release during …

Distribution of dissolved inorganic carbon and net ecosystem production in a tropical brackish water lagoon, India

PR Muduli, VV Kanuri, RS Robin, BC Kumar… - Continental Shelf …, 2013 - Elsevier
Chilika, the second largest lagoon of the world was studied for 2 years on monthly basis to
understand the dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) dynamics through mass balance …

Environmental drivers of benthic flux variation and ecosystem functioning in Salish Sea and Northeast Pacific sediments

R Belley, PVR Snelgrove, P Archambault, SK Juniper - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
The upwelling of deep waters from the oxygen minimum zone in the Northeast Pacific from
the continental slope to the shelf and into the Salish Sea during spring and summer offers a …

Seasonal dynamics of the carbonate system in the Western English Channel

V Kitidis, NJ Hardman-Mountford, E Litt, I Brown… - Continental Shelf …, 2012 - Elsevier
We present over 900 carbonate system observations collected over four years (2007–2010)
in the Western English Channel (WEC). We determined CO2 partial pressure (pCO2), Total …

Conservative and non-conservative variations of total alkalinity on the southeastern Bering Sea shelf

JN Cross, JT Mathis, NR Bates, RH Byrne - Marine Chemistry, 2013 - Elsevier
Recent observations of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) mineral undersaturations on the Bering
Sea shelf have prompted new interest in the physical and biological factors that control the …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms for a nutrient-conserving carbon pump in a seasonally stratified, temperate continental shelf sea

MP Humphreys, EP Achterberg, JE Hopkins… - Progress in …, 2019 - Elsevier
Continental shelf seas may have a significant role in oceanic uptake and storage of carbon
dioxide (CO 2) from the atmosphere through a 'continental shelf pump'mechanism. The …