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dc.creatorLohrer, Andrew M.
dc.creatorHewitt, Judi E.
dc.creatorHailes, Sarah F.
dc.creatorThrush, Simon F.
dc.creatorAhrens, Michael
dc.creatorHalliday, Jane
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-30T19:42:03Z
dc.date.available2020-06-30T19:42:03Z
dc.date.created2011
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-9993.2010.02148.xspa
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12010/10205
dc.description.abstractBenthic macrofauna can influence inputs and transformations of energy and matter in estuaries, affecting both the stocks of vital materials (e.g. carbon, oxygen) and the rates of key processes (e.g. organic matter decomposition, nutrient uptake). Although a number of studies have identified shifts in functional groups or biological traits in relation to anthropogenic stressors, there have been few field-based assessments of changes in functioning associated with stress gradients.We used a comparative experimental approach to investigate functioning on two sandflats with differing exposures to urban contaminants. Apart from significant differences in sediment contaminant concentrations (43.2 1.8 mg kg-1 Zn and 15.6 0.9 mg kg-1 Pb at the Pollen site; 17.7 0.7 mg kg-1 Zn and 7.9 0.9 mg kg-1 Pb at theWaiheke site), the two sandflats were readily comparable: both had similar sediment grain size distributions and were dominated by the same macrofaunal species; and both were in non-eutrophic New Zealand marine reserves with low ambient sediment organic matter content. To better understand the effects of contaminants on biologically mediated transformations of organic matter into inorganic nutrients, we manipulated sediment organic matter content and macrofaunal abundance in standardized treatments at each site. Fluxes of oxygen and ammonium, which are linked to key sandflat processes such as organic matter decomposition and benthic photosynthesis, were measured as response variables 1 week after the experimental manipulations.We predicted more efficient organic matter processing on the uncontaminated flat and thus expected to see elevated ammonium efflux in response to organic enrichment treatments at this site. Higher rates of benthic photosynthesis were predicted for plots with higher ammonium efflux, as ammonium is a readily utilizable form of limiting inorganic nitrogen.We documented significant positive relationships between ammonium uptake and benthic primary production on the uncontaminated flat, but weaker/insignificant relationships at the contaminated site. Our data were consistent with theories of increased variability and a decoupling of system processes with increasing amounts of stress.spa
dc.format.extent11 páginasspa
dc.format.mimetypeimage/jepgspa
dc.subjectAustrovenus stutchburyspa
dc.subjectEcosystem functioningspa
dc.subjectHeavy metalspa
dc.subjectMicrophytobenthosspa
dc.subjectSandflat macrofaunaspa
dc.titleContamination on sandflats and the decoupling of linked ecological functionsspa
dc.subject.lembContaminación de suelosspa
dc.subject.lembSuelos - Contenido de metales pesadosspa
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-9993.2010.02148.xspa


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