scholarly journals The role of seagrass vegetation and local environmental conditions in shaping benthic bacterial and macroinvertebrate communities in a tropical coastal lagoon

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. Alsaffar ◽  
J. K. Pearman ◽  
J. Cúrdia ◽  
J. Ellis ◽  
M. Ll. Calleja ◽  
...  
2003 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 45
Author(s):  
G. R. Navas-S. ◽  
S. Zea ◽  
N. H. Campos

. Para evaluar el papel del sedimento sobre la alta producción primaria de una laguna costera tropical, Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta (Caribe, Colombia), se midió el flujo de nitrógeno y fósforo (inorgánico disuelto, particulado) en la interfase agua-sedimento. Entre 1996 y 1997 se incubaron núcleos de sedimento en el laboratorio y se ubicaron trampas de partículas en campo, en dos estaciones contrastadas por la influencia de aguas dulces y marinas. Los flujos tuvieron una alta variabilidad espacial y temporal pero no mostraron esquemas claros en su dirección e intensidad en relación con las características de los sedimentos o de la columna de agua de las dos estaciones. Esto evidencia una alta heterogeneidad en la naturaleza y actividad de los organismos responsables de los procesos biogeoquímicos. Los sedimentos liberaron en promedio al agua 1643 μmolNm-2d-1 de amonio y 1.3 μmolNm-2d-1 de nitrito, aportando a la columna el 1.90-3.41 % de lo requerido en la producción. En condiciones óxicas normales, el sedimento actuó como sifón del fósforo, absorbiendo en promedio 178 μmolPm-2d-1 disueltos y recibiendo 36277 μmolPm-2d-1 particulados. Pero el fósforo se mantiene en exceso en la columna, en parte, por liberación desde el sedimento en condiciones anóxicas durante florecimientos microalgales masivos. Flux of nitrogen and phosphorus at the water-sediment boundary in a tropical coastal lagoon (Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta, Colombian Caribbean) To evaluate the role of the sediment in the high primary production of a tropical coastal lagoon, "Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta" (Caribbean, Colombia), the flux of nitrogen and phosphorous (dissolved, inorganic, particulate) in the water-sediment boundary was measured. From 1996 to 1997 sediment cores were incubated in the laboratory and sediment traps were deployed in the field, in two sites contrasted by the influence of fresh and marine waters. The fluxes were spatially and temporally highly variable but did not show clear patterns in their direction and intensity in relation to the sediment or water column characteristics at the two sites. This evidences a high heterogeneity in the nature and activity of the organisms responsible of the biogeochemical processes. The sediments liberated to the water on average 1643 μmolNm-2d-1 of ammonium and 1.3 μmolNm-2d-1 of nitrite, offering 1.90-3.41 % of the amount required in production. In normal oxic conditions, the sediment acted as a phosphorous sink, absorbing on average 178 μmolPm-2d-1 dissolved and receiving 36277 μmolPm-2d-1 particulate. But the phosphorous is maintained in excess in the column, in part, due to its liberation from the sediment in anoxic conditions during massive algal blooms.


1981 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Krantzberg ◽  
P.M. Stokes

Abstract An investigation was made of the effects exerted by benthic macroinvertebrate communities on copper speciation in sediments from a lake which is becoming acidified. In laboratory microcosms, benthic macroinvertebrate communities stimulated the flux of copper from sediment to water. The presence of the macro-benthos resulted in a redistribution of physico-chemical copper species within the sediment with a transfer from more strongly complexed forms (HC1 extractable) to adsorbed and cation exchangeable forms (MgCl2 extractable). The role of bio-turbation in copper transformations is discussed.


2021 ◽  
Vol 770 ◽  
pp. 145235
Author(s):  
Deepak R. Mishra ◽  
Abhishek Kumar ◽  
Pradipta R. Muduli ◽  
Tamoghna Acharyya ◽  
Prasannajit Acharya ◽  
...  

2014 ◽  
Vol 333 ◽  
pp. 156-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Padmalal ◽  
K.P.N. Kumaran ◽  
K.M. Nair ◽  
Ruta B. Limaye ◽  
S. Vishnu Mohan ◽  
...  

2015 ◽  
Vol 164 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.G. Cardoso-Mohedano ◽  
R. Bernardello ◽  
J.A. Sanchez-Cabeza ◽  
E. Molino-Minero-Re ◽  
A.C. Ruiz-Fernández ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rabindra Kumar Sahoo ◽  
Sourav Sil ◽  
Samiran Mandal ◽  
Subhasis Pradhan ◽  
Sanjiba Kumar Baliarsingh ◽  
...  

Abstract In this article, hydrographic processes of a tropical coastal lagoon is studied that control inherent biological mechanisms of the lagoon environment. Realizing the interest of environmentalists over physio-chemical studies of a wetland tropical wetland system on the western boundary of the Bay of Bengal, a high-resolution intensive vertical hydrographic field campaign was carried during monsoon to uncover peculiarity in vertical hydrographic processes that was long-awaited to address many environmental issues. Vertical hydrographic profiles on spatio-temporal scale were made at nine stations in a zonal direction of the Chilika lagoon system. Results of vertical variability of salinity showed the presence of higher saline water over less saline water in the central-western region. The higher and lower water temperature in the western and eastern parts of the lagoon, respectively, indicated temperature dipole between the two regions. The encapsulation of water mass having higher temperature by the water of lower temperature at the central region resulted evolution of thermal inversion. The highest dissolved oxygen concentration was observed in the sub-surface layers of the western part of the lagoon. However, a layer of near-hypoxia occurred below 1.5 m depth in the central region. This study proposes comprehensive inter-seasonal studies to address the vertical variability of biogeochemical parameters and the fate of organic flux.


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