Identification versus counting protocols as sources of uncertainty in diatom-based ecological status assessments |
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Authors: | Maria Kahlert Martyn Kelly Raino-Lars Albert Salomé F P Almeida Tomá? Be?ta Saúl Blanco Michel Coste Luc Denys Luc Ector Markéta Fránková Da?a Hlúbiková Plamen Ivanov Bryan Kennedy Petr Marvan Adrienne Mertens Juha Miettinen Joanna Picinska-Fa?tynowicz Juliette Rosebery Elisabet Tornés Sirje Vilbaste Andrea Vogel |
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Institution: | 1.Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Géochimie et Ecologie Marines (UMR CNRS 6117), Centre d’Océanologie de Marseille,Université de la Méditerranée,Marseille Cedex 9,France;2.Centro Nacional Patagónico, Unidad de Investigación de Oceanografía y Meteorología, Laboratorio de Oceanografía Química y Contaminación de Aguas,CONICET,Puerto Madryn,Argentina;3.EcoLab, Laboratoire d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Environnement, UPS, INP,Université de Toulouse,Toulouse Cedex 9,France;4.EcoLab,CNRS,Toulouse,France |
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Abstract: | The heterogeneity of oxygen distribution in a Hediste diversicolor burrow environment was investigated in a laboratory experiment using a 6-mm thick tank equipped with oxygen planar optodes.
The two-dimensional oxygen distribution in a complete burrow was monitored every 2 min for 4 h. Oxygen concentrations fluctuated
over a scale of minutes in the burrow lumen and wall (up to 2 mm) reflecting the balance between worm ventilation activity
and oxygen consumption. The magnitude of the three surrounding micro-horizons (oxic, oscillating and anoxic) induced by the
intermittent worm ventilation was spatially and temporally variable within the structure. Oxygen variations appeared to be
controlled by distance from the sediment–water interface and the direction of water circulation. Moreover, there was an apparent
‘buffer effect’, induced by the proximity to the overlying water, which reduced the variations of lumen and wall oxygen in
the upper part of the structure. These results highlight the heterogeneous distribution and dynamics of oxygen associated
with H. diversicolor burrows and ventilation activity. They also highlight the necessity of integrating this complexity into the current burrow-base
models in order to estimate the ecological importance of burrowing species in coastal ecosystems. |
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