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Porewater nutrient enrichment alters benthic-pelagic coupling on intertidal sandflats

Gladstone-Gallagher, R. V., Mangan, S., Thrush, S. F., & Pilditch, C. A. (2020)
Journal of Sea Research

Highlights
  • Estuary eutrophication can affect both top-down and bottom-up ecological processes.
  • We elevated sediment porewater nitrogen to test effects on microphytobenthos and grazers.
  • Nitrogen enrichment doubled benthic microphyte biomass and altered macrofauna communities.
  • Enrichment effects did not alter sediment erosion threshold or rate.
  • Erosion of nitrogen-enriched sediment released substantial nutrients and chlorophyll a.
Keywords
Sediment stability, Erosion, Resuspension, Marine, Estuary, Eutrophication
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