Marine environmental researchAnimalsCarbon CycleGeologic SedimentsEcosystemBiodiversity
Carbon cycling across coastal soft sediments: the contribution of macrofaunal communities to seafloor respiration.
Eva K Rohlfer, Anna Villnäs, Camilla Gustafsson, Johanna Gammal, Laura Kauppi, Karl Attard, Joanna Norkko, Alf Norkko
Published: 202610.1016/j.marenvres.2025.107812
Abstract
Coastal ecosystems are biodiversity and carbon-cycling hotspots. However, links between biodiversity and carbon cycling are poorly understood and the role of macrobenthic fauna is often overlooked, despite its contribution to carbon storage and proce…
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