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A bioturbation classification of European marine infaunal invertebrates

Bioturbation, the biogenic modification of sediments through particle reworking and burrow ventilation, is a key mediator of many important geochemical processes in marine systems. In situ quantification of bioturbation can be achieved in a myriad of ways, requiring expert knowledge, technology, and...

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Autores principales: Queirós, Ana M, Birchenough, Silvana N R, Bremner, Julie, Godbold, Jasmin A, Parker, Ruth E, Romero-Ramirez, Alicia, Reiss, Henning, Solan, Martin, Somerfield, Paul J, Van Colen, Carl, Van Hoey, Gert, Widdicombe, Stephen
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Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3810888/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24198953
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.769
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author Queirós, Ana M
Birchenough, Silvana N R
Bremner, Julie
Godbold, Jasmin A
Parker, Ruth E
Romero-Ramirez, Alicia
Reiss, Henning
Solan, Martin
Somerfield, Paul J
Van Colen, Carl
Van Hoey, Gert
Widdicombe, Stephen
author_facet Queirós, Ana M
Birchenough, Silvana N R
Bremner, Julie
Godbold, Jasmin A
Parker, Ruth E
Romero-Ramirez, Alicia
Reiss, Henning
Solan, Martin
Somerfield, Paul J
Van Colen, Carl
Van Hoey, Gert
Widdicombe, Stephen
author_sort Queirós, Ana M
collection PubMed
description Bioturbation, the biogenic modification of sediments through particle reworking and burrow ventilation, is a key mediator of many important geochemical processes in marine systems. In situ quantification of bioturbation can be achieved in a myriad of ways, requiring expert knowledge, technology, and resources not always available, and not feasible in some settings. Where dedicated research programmes do not exist, a practical alternative is the adoption of a trait-based approach to estimate community bioturbation potential (BP(c)). This index can be calculated from inventories of species, abundance and biomass data (routinely available for many systems), and a functional classification of organism traits associated with sediment mixing (less available). Presently, however, there is no agreed standard categorization for the reworking mode and mobility of benthic species. Based on information from the literature and expert opinion, we provide a functional classification for 1033 benthic invertebrate species from the northwest European continental shelf, as a tool to enable the standardized calculation of BP(c) in the region. Future uses of this classification table will increase the comparability and utility of large-scale assessments of ecosystem processes and functioning influenced by bioturbation (e.g., to support legislation). The key strengths, assumptions, and limitations of BP(c) as a metric are critically reviewed, offering guidelines for its calculation and application.
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spelling pubmed-38108882013-11-06 A bioturbation classification of European marine infaunal invertebrates Queirós, Ana M Birchenough, Silvana N R Bremner, Julie Godbold, Jasmin A Parker, Ruth E Romero-Ramirez, Alicia Reiss, Henning Solan, Martin Somerfield, Paul J Van Colen, Carl Van Hoey, Gert Widdicombe, Stephen Ecol Evol Original Research Bioturbation, the biogenic modification of sediments through particle reworking and burrow ventilation, is a key mediator of many important geochemical processes in marine systems. In situ quantification of bioturbation can be achieved in a myriad of ways, requiring expert knowledge, technology, and resources not always available, and not feasible in some settings. Where dedicated research programmes do not exist, a practical alternative is the adoption of a trait-based approach to estimate community bioturbation potential (BP(c)). This index can be calculated from inventories of species, abundance and biomass data (routinely available for many systems), and a functional classification of organism traits associated with sediment mixing (less available). Presently, however, there is no agreed standard categorization for the reworking mode and mobility of benthic species. Based on information from the literature and expert opinion, we provide a functional classification for 1033 benthic invertebrate species from the northwest European continental shelf, as a tool to enable the standardized calculation of BP(c) in the region. Future uses of this classification table will increase the comparability and utility of large-scale assessments of ecosystem processes and functioning influenced by bioturbation (e.g., to support legislation). The key strengths, assumptions, and limitations of BP(c) as a metric are critically reviewed, offering guidelines for its calculation and application. Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2013-10 2013-09-17 /pmc/articles/PMC3810888/ /pubmed/24198953 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.769 Text en © 2013 Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ Re-use of this article is permitted in accordance with the Creative Commons Deed, Attribution 2.5, which does not permit commercial exploitation.
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Queirós, Ana M
Birchenough, Silvana N R
Bremner, Julie
Godbold, Jasmin A
Parker, Ruth E
Romero-Ramirez, Alicia
Reiss, Henning
Solan, Martin
Somerfield, Paul J
Van Colen, Carl
Van Hoey, Gert
Widdicombe, Stephen
A bioturbation classification of European marine infaunal invertebrates
title A bioturbation classification of European marine infaunal invertebrates
title_full A bioturbation classification of European marine infaunal invertebrates
title_fullStr A bioturbation classification of European marine infaunal invertebrates
title_full_unstemmed A bioturbation classification of European marine infaunal invertebrates
title_short A bioturbation classification of European marine infaunal invertebrates
title_sort bioturbation classification of european marine infaunal invertebrates
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3810888/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24198953
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.769
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