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Environmental Geochemistry in Tropical and Subtropical Environments pp 335–343Cite as

Effects of Bioturbation of the Sandprawn Callichirus Major on Nutrient Fluxes from Sediments of a Subtropical Sandy Beach, Brazil

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Coastal sediments are sites of active recycling of organic matter and, therefore, a nutrient source for microalgal photosynthesis (Nixon 1981). Growing evidence suggests that bioturbating macrofauna has an important role in sedimentary carbon and nutrient dynamics (Andersen and Kristensen 1991; Aigars 2001; Sun et al. 2002), sediment turnover (Colin et al. 1986; Rowden and Jones 1993, Rowden et al. 1998a; Berkenbusch and Rowden 1999; Hughes et al. 1999), geotechnical and geophysical properties of the surficial sediments (Rowden et al.1998b) and benthic community structure (Botto and Iribarne 1999). The fate of contaminants and pollutants in sediments, such as oil and metal trace, can also be largely influenced by these organisms (Bosworth and Thibodeaux 199o; Felder and Griffis 1994; Petersen et al. 1998).

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  1. Instituto de Ciências do Mar, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Av. Abolição 3207, 60165-081, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil

    Luiz Drude de Lacerda

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Machado, E.C., Souza, J.R.B., Borzone, C.A., Brandini, N., Daniel, C.B. (2004). Effects of Bioturbation of the Sandprawn Callichirus Major on Nutrient Fluxes from Sediments of a Subtropical Sandy Beach, Brazil. In: Drude de Lacerda, L., Santelli, R.E., Duursma, E.K., Abrão, J.J. (eds) Environmental Geochemistry in Tropical and Subtropical Environments. Environmental Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-07060-4_23

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