Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Influence of Organic Enrichment and Spisula subtruncata (da Costa, 1778) on Oxygen and Nutrient Fluxes in Fine Sand Sediments

  • Published:
Estuaries and Coasts Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

The role of labile organic material and macrofaunal activity in benthic respiration and nutrient regeneration have been tested in sublittoral fine sand sediments from the Gulf of Valencia (northwestern Mediterranean Sea). Three experimental setups were made using benthic chambers. One experiment was performed in-situ through the annual cycle in a well-sorted fine sand community. The remaining experiments were carried out with mesocosms under laboratory conditions: one with different concentrations of organic enrichment (mussel meat and concentrated diatoms culture), and the other adding two different densities of the endofaunal bivalve Spisula subtruncata. Biochemical variables in surface sediment and changes in oxygen consumption and nutrient fluxes throughout incubation period were studied in each experiment. In the in situ incubations, dissolved oxygen (DO) fluxes showed a strong correlation with sedimentary biopolymeric fraction of organic carbon. Organic enrichment in the laboratory experiments was responsible for increased benthic respiration. However, sediment response (expressed as DO uptake and dissolved inorganic nitrogen—DIN—release) between oligotrophic and eutrophic conditions was more intense than between eutrophic and hypertrophic conditions. S. subtruncata abundances close to 400 and 850 ind m−2 also intensified benthic metabolism. DO uptake and DIN production in mesocosms with added fauna were between 60 and 75 % and 65–100 % higher than in the control treatment respectively. The results of these three experiments suggest that the macrobenthic community may increase the benthic respiration by roughly a factor of two in these bottoms, where S. subtruncata is one of the dominant species. Both organic enrichment and macrobenthic community in general, and S. subtruncata in particular, did not seem to have a relevant role in P and Si cycles in these sediments.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
Fig. 5
Fig. 6
Fig. 7

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • Aller, R.C., and J.Y. Aller. 1998. The effect of biogenic irrigation intensity and solute exchange on diagenetic reaction rates in marine sediments. Journal of Marine Research 56: 905–936.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Aminot, A., and M. Chaussepied. 1983. Manuel des analyses chimiques en milieu marin. Brest: Centre National pour l’Exploitation des Oceans.

    Google Scholar 

  • Arnosti, C., and M. Holmer. 2003. Carbon cycling in a continental margin sediment: contrasts between organic matter characteristics and remineralization rates and pathways. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 58: 197–208.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Baptist, M.J., and M.F. Leopold. 2009. The effects of shoreface nourishments on Spisula and scoters in The Netherlands. Marine Environmental Research 68: 1–11.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Bartoli, M., D. Nizzoli, P. Viaroli, and E. Turolla. 2001. Impact of Tapes philippinarum farming on nutrient dynamics and benthic in the Sacca di Goro. Hydrobiologia 455: 203–212.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Bellan-Santini, D., J.C. Lacaze, and C. Poizat. 1994. Les biocénoses marines et littorals de Méditerranées, synthèse, menaces et perspectives, Patrimoines naturels, 19. Paris: Secrétariat de la fauna et de la flore, MNHN.

    Google Scholar 

  • Beninger, P.G., and S.D. St-Jean. 1997. The role of mucus in particle processing by suspension-feeding marine bivalves: unifying principles. Marine Biology 129: 389–397.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Biles, C.L., M. Solan, I. Isaksson, D.M. Paterson, C. Emes, and D.G. Raffaelli. 2003. Flow modifies the effect of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning: an in situ study of estuarine sediments. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 285-286: 165–177.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Borja, A., J. Franco, and V. Pérez. 2000. A marine biotic index to establish the ecological quality of soft-bottom benthos within European estuarine and coastal environments. Marine Pollution Bulletin 40: 1100–1114.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Boudreau, B.P., M. Huettel, S. Forster, R.A. Jahnke, A. McLachlan, J.J. Middelburg, P. Nielsen, F. Sansone, G. Taghon, W. Van Raaphorst, I. Webster, J.M. Weslawski, P. Wiberg, and B. Sundby. 2001. Permeable marine sediments: overturning an old paradigm. EOS. Transactions American Geophysical Union 82: 133–136.

    Google Scholar 

  • Braber, L., and S.J. De Groot. 1973. The food of five flatfish species (Pleuronectiformes) in the southern North Sea. Journal of Sea Research 6: 163–172.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Canal-Verges, P., M. Vedel, T. Valdemarsen, E. Kristensen, and M.R. Flindt. 2010. Resuspension created by bedload transport of macroalgae: implications for ecosystem functioning. Hydrobiologia 649: 69–76.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Canfield, D.E., B.B. Jorgensen, H. Fossing, R. Glud, J. Gundersen, N.B. Ramsing, B. Thamdrup, J.W. Hansen, L.P. Nielsen, and P.O.J. Hall. 1993. Pathways of organic carbon oxidation in three continental margin sediments. Marine Geology 113: 27–40.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Carlsson, M.S., R.N. Glud, and J.K. Petersen. 2010. Degradation of mussel (Mytilus edulis) fecal pellets released from hanging long-lines upon sinking and after settling at the sediment. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 67(9): 1376–1387.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Castelli, A., C. Lardicci, and D. Tagliapietra. 2004. Soft-bottom macrobenthos. In Mediterranean Marine Benthos: A Manual of methods for its sampling and study Vol. 11 (Suppl. 1), ed. Maria Cristina Gambi, and Marco Dappiano, 99–131. Genova: Biologia Marina Mediterranea.

    Google Scholar 

  • Clark, R.B. 2002. Marine pollution, 5th edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Cloern, J.E. 2001. Our evolving conceptual model of the coastal eutrophication problem. Marine Ecology Progress Series 210: 223–253.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Colijn, F., and V.N. de Jonge. 1984. Primary production of microphytobenthos in the Ems-Dollar Estuary. Marine Ecology Progress Series 14: 185–196.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Cotano, U., and F. Villate. 2006. Anthropogenic influence on the organic fraction of sediments in two contrasting estuaries: a biochemical approach. Marine Pollution Bulletin 52: 404–414.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Danovaro, R., and M. Fabiano. 1997. Seasonal changes in quality and quantity of food available for benthic suspension-feeders in the Golfo Marconi (North-western Mediterranean. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 44: 723–736.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Danovaro, R., D. Marrale, N. Della Croce, P. Parodi, and M. Fabiano. 1999. Biochemical composition of sedimentary organic matter and bacterial distribution in the Aegean Sea: trophic state and pelagic-benthic coupling. Journal of Sea Research 42: 117–129.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Dauer, D.M. 1993. Biological criteria, environmental health and estuarine macrobenthic community structure. Marine Pollution Bulletin 26(5): 249–257.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Dauwe, B., P.M.J. Herman, and C.H.R. Heip. 1998. Community structure and bioturbation potential of macrofauna at four North Sea stations with contrasting food supply. Marine Ecology Progress Series 173: 67–83.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • De Vittor, C., F. Relitti, M. Kralj, S. Covelli, and A. Emili. 2015. Oxygen, carbon, and nutrient exchanges at the sediment-water interface in the Mar Piccolo of Taranto (Ionian Sea, southern Italy). Environmental Science and Pollution Research. doi:10.1007/s11356-015-4999-0.

    Google Scholar 

  • Degraer, S., P. Meire, and M. Vincx. 2007. Spatial distribution, population dynamics and productivity of Spisula subtruncata: implications for Spisula fisheries in seaduck wintering areas. Marine Biology 152(4): 863–875.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Dell’Anno, A., M.L. Mei, A. Pusceddu, and R. Danovaro. 2002. Assessing the trophic state and eutrophication of coastal marine systems: a new approach base on the biochemical composition of sediment organic matter. Marine Pollution Bulletin 44: 611–622.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Demestre, M., Guillén, J., Soriano, S., Palanques, A., Sánchez, P., Puig, P. and L. Recasens. 2007. Vertical distribution of benthic communities and bioturbation rates in the sediment of the inner shelf. Rapport Commission International pour l’exploration scientifique de la Mer Mediterraneé 38.

  • Deval, C.M., and D. Göktürk. 2008. Population structure and dynamics of the cut through Shell Spisula subtruncata (da Costa) in the Sea of Marmara, Turkey. Fisheries Research 89: 241–247.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ehrenhauss, S., and M. Huettel. 2004. Advective transport and decomposition of chain-forming planktonic diatoms in permeable sediments. Journal of Sea Research 52: 179–197.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Emmerson, M.C., M. Solan, C. Emes, D.M. Paterson, and D. Raffaelli. 2001. Consistent patterns and the idiosyncratic effects of biodiversity in marine ecosystems. Nature 411: 73–77.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Fabiano, M., D. Marrale, and C. Misic. 2003. Bacteria and organic dynamics during a bioremediation treatment of organic-rich harbour sediments. Marine Pollution Bulletin 46: 1164–1173.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Fichez, R. 1991. Composition and fate of organic matter in submarine cave sediments; implications for the biogeochemical cycle of organic carbon. Oceanologica Acta 14: 369–377.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Fogarty, M.J., M.P. Sissenwine, and E.B. Cohen. 1991. Recruitment variability and the dynamics of exploited populations. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 6: 241–246.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Fraschetti, S., A. Covazzi, M. Chiantore, and G. Albertelli. 1997. Life-history traits of the bivalve Spisula subtruncata (da Costa) in the Ligurian Sea (North-Western Mediterranean): the contribution of newly settled juveniles. Scientia Marina 61(2): 25–32.

    Google Scholar 

  • Fuentes, A., I. Fernández-Segovia, I. Escriche, and J.A. Serra. 2009. Comparison of physico-chemical parameters and composition of mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis Lmk.) from different Spanish origins. Food Chemistry 112: 295–302.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Gadea, I., M. Rodilla, J. Sospedra, S. Falco, and T. Morata. 2013. Seasonal dynamics of the phytoplankton community in the Gandia coastal area, Southern Gulf of Valencia. Thalassas 29(1): 37–60.

    Google Scholar 

  • Gerino, M. 1990. The effects of bioturbation on particle distribution in Mediterranean coastal sediment. Preliminary result. Hydrobiologia 207: 251–258.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • GIG. 2008. WFD Intercalibration technical report for coastal and transitional waters in the Mediterranean ecoregion. In: WFD Intercalibration Technical Report–Part 3: Coastal and Transitional Waters. Available from: http://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/bitstream/111111111/10473/1/3010_08-volumecoast.pdf. Accessed 11 Nov 2015.

  • Gilbert, F., P. Bonin, and G. Stora. 1995. Effect of bioturbation on denitrification in a marine sediment from the Western Mediterranean littoral. Hydrobiolgia 304: 49–58.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Glud, R. 2005. Marine eutrophication and benthic metabolism. In Drainage basin nutrient inputs and eutrophication: an integrated approach, eds. Paul Wassmann and Kalle Olli, 147–154. Norway: University of Tromsø.

    Google Scholar 

  • Hargrave, B.T., M. Holmer, and C.P. Newcombe. 2008. Towards a classification of organic enrichment in marine sediments based on biogeochemical indicators. Marine Pollution Bulletin 56(5): 810–824.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Heilskov, A.C., and M. Holmer. 2001. Effects of benthic fauna on organic matter mineralization in fish-farm sediments: importance of size and abundance. Journal of Marine Science 58: 427–434.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Heilskov, A.C., M. Alperin, and M. Holmer. 2006. Benthic fauna bio-irrigation effects on nutrient regeneration in fish farm sediments. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 339: 204–225.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Holmer, M., and E. Kristensen. 1994. Anaerobic mineralization of fish farmwaste products in organic-rich sediments. In Changes in Fluxes in Estuaries, ed. Keith R. Dyer, and Robert Joseph Orth, 283–289. Denmark: Olsen and Olsen.

    Google Scholar 

  • Holmer, M., C.M. Duarte, and N. Marbá. 2003. Sulfur cycling and seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) status in carbonate sediments. Biogeochemistry 66: 223–239.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Hooper, D.U., F.S. Chapin III, J.J. Ewel, A. Hector, P. Inchausti, S. Lavorel, J.H. Lawton, D.M. Lodge, M. Loreau, S. Naeem, B. Schmid, H. Setälä, A.J. Symstad, J. Vandermeer, and D.A. Wardle. 2005. Effects of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning: a consensus of current knowledge. Ecological Monographs 75(1): 3–35.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Huettel, M., P. Berg, and J.E. Kostka. 2014. Benthic exchange and biogeochemical cycling in permeable sediments. Annual Review of Marine Science 6: 23–51.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Jørgensen, B.B., and M.P. Revsbech. 1985. Diffusive boundary layers and the oxygen uptake of sediments and detritus. Limnology and Oceanography 30(1): 111–122.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Karlson, K., S. Hulth, K. Ringdahl, and R. Rosenberg. 2005. Experimental recolonization of Baltic Sea reduced sediments: survival of benthic macrofauna and effects on nutrient cycling. Marine Ecology Progress Series 294: 35–49.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Kristensen, E., G. Penha-Lopes, M. Delefosse, T. Valdemarsen, C.O. Quintana, and G.T. Banta. 2012. What is bioturbation? The need for a precise definition for fauna in aquatic sciences. Marine Ecology Progress Series 446: 285–302.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Laverock, B., J.A. Gilbert, K. Tait, A.M. Osborn, and S. Widdicombe. 2011. Bioturbation: impact on the marine nitrogen cycle. Biochemical Society Transactions 39(1): 315–320.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Lewis, C.V.W., J.R. Weinberg, and C.S. Davis. 2001. Population structure and recruitment of the bivalve Arctica islandica (Linnaeus, 1767) on Georges Bank from 1980-1999. Journal of Shellfish Research 20: 1135–1144.

    Google Scholar 

  • Lohrer, A.M., S.F. Thrush, and M.M. Gibbs. 2004. Bioturbators enhance ecosystem function through complex biogeochemical interactions. Nature 431: 1092–1095.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • López, N.I., C.M. Duarte, F. Vallespinós, J. Romero, and T. Alcoverro. 1998. The effect of nutrient additions on bacterial activity in seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) sediments. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 224: 155–165.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Lundkvist, M., M. Grue, P.L. Friend, and M.R. Flindt. 2007. The relative contributions of physical and microbiological factors to cohesive sediment stability. Continental Shelf Research 27(8): 1143–1152.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Mantoura, R.F.C., J.-M. Martin, and R. Wollast. 1991. Ocean margin process in global change. Chichester: Wiley & Sons.

    Google Scholar 

  • Martinez-Garcia, E., M.S. Carlsson, P. Sanchez-Jerez, J.L. Sánchez-Lizaso, C. Sanz-Lazaro, and M. Holmer. 2015. Effect of sediment grain size and bioturbation on decomposition of organic matter from aquaculture. Biogeochemistry 125: 133–148.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Mayer, P., V.D. Estruch, and M. Jover. 2012. A two-stage growth model for gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) based on the thermal growth coefficient. Aquaculture 358-359: 6–13.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • McKindsey, C.W., P. Archambault, M.D. Callier, and F. Olivier. 2011. Influence of suspended and off-bottom mussel culture on the sea bottom and benthic habitats: a review. Canadian Journal of Zoology 89(7): 622–646.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Mermillod-Blondin, F., and R. Rosenberg. 2006. Ecosystem engineering: the impact of bioturbation on biogeochemical processes in marine and freshwater benthic habitats. Aquatic Sciences 68: 434–442.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Mermillod-Blondin, F., F. François-Carcaillet, and R. Rosenberg. 2005. Biodiversity of benthic invertebrates and organic matter processing in shallow marine sediments: an experimental study. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 315: 187–209.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Michaud, E., G. Desrosiers, F. Mermillod-Blondin, B. Sundby, and G. Stora. 2005. The functional group approach to bioturbation: the effects of biodiffusers and gallery-diffusers of the Macoma balthica community on sediment oxygen uptake. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 326: 77–88.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Moodley, L., M. Steyaert, E. Epping, J.J. Middelburg, M. Vincx, P. van Avesaath, T. Moens, and K. Soetaert. 2008. Biomass-specific respiration rates of benthic meiofauna: demonstrating a novel oxygen micro-respiration system. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 357: 41–47.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Morata, T., J. Sospedra, S. Falco, and M. Rodilla. 2012. Exchange of nutrients and oxygen across the sediment-water interface below a Sparus aurata marine fish farm in the north-western Mediterranean Sea. Journal of Soils and Sediments 12(10): 1623–1632.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Morata, T., S. Falco, J. Sospedra, I. Gadea, and M. Rodilla. 2014. Benthic recovery after the cessation of a gilt-head seabream, Sparus aurata, farm in the Mediterranean Sea. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society. 45(4): 380–391.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Mortimer, R.J.G., J.T. Davey, M.D. Krom, P.G. Watson, P.E. Frickers, and R.J. Clifton. 1999. The effect of macrofauna on porewater profiles and nutrient fluxes in the intertidal zone of the Humber Estuary. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 48: 683–699.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Newell, R. 1979. Biology of intertidal animals, 3ª edn. Faversham: Marine Ecological Surveys.

    Google Scholar 

  • Pastor, L., B. Deflandre, E. Viollier, C. Cathalot, E. Metzger, C. Rabouille, K. Escoubeyrou, E. Lloret, A.M. Pruski, G. Vétion, M. Desmalades, R. Buscail, and A. Grémare. 2011. Influence of the organic matter composition on benthic oxygen demand in the Rhône River prodelta (NW Mediterranean Sea. Continental Shelf Research 31: 1008–1019.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Pearson, T., and R. Rosenberg. 1978. Macrobenthic succession in relation to organic enrichment and pollution of the marine environment. Oceanography and Marine Biology 16: 229–311.

    Google Scholar 

  • Pernetta, J.C., and J.D. Milliman. 1995. Land-ocean interactions in the coastal zone. Implementation plan. Stockholm: IGBP.

    Google Scholar 

  • Piedecausa, M.A., F. Aguado-Giménez, J. Cerezo, M.D. Hernández, and B. García-García. 2012. Influence of fish food and faecal pellets on short-term oxygen uptake, ammonium flux and acid volatile sulphide accumulation in sediments impacted by fish farming and non-impacted sediments. Aquaculture Research 43: 66–74.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Pihl, L., and R. Rosenberg. 1984. Food selection and consumption of the shrimp Crangon crangon in some shallow marine areas in western Sweden. Marine Ecology Progress Series 15: 159–168.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Pratihary, A.K., S.W.A. Naqvi, H. Naik, B.R. Thorat, G. Narvenkar, B.R. Manjunatha, and V.P. Rao. 2009. Benthic fluxes in a tropical Estuary and their role in the ecosystem. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 85: 387–398.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Pusceddu, A., A. Dell’Anno, M. Fabiano, and R. Danovaro. 2004. Quantity and biochemical composition of organic matter in marine sediments. In Mediterranean Marine Benthos: A Manual of methods for its sampling and study Vol. 11 (Suppl. 1), ed. Maria Cristina Gambi, and Marco Dappiano, 39–53. Genova: Biologia Marina Mediterranea.

    Google Scholar 

  • Pusceddu, A., A. Dell’Anno, M. Fabiano, and R. Danovaro. 2009. Quantity and bioavailability of sediment organic matter as signature of benthic trophic status. Marine Ecology Progress Series 375: 41–52.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Pusceddu, A., S. Bianchelli, C. Gambi, and R. Danovaro. 2011. Assessment of benthic trophic status of marine coastal ecosystems: significance of meiofaunal rare taxa. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 93: 420–430.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Queirós, A.M., S.N.R. Birchenough, J. Bremner, J.A. Godbold, R.E. Parker, A. Romero-Ramirez, H. Reiss, M. Solan, P.J. Somerfield, C. Van Colen, G. Van Hoey, and S. Widdicombe. 2013. A bioturbation classification of European marine infaunal invertebrates. Ecology and Evolution 3(11): 3958–3985.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Raffaelli, D.G., J.A. Raven, and L.J. Poole. 1998. Ecological impact of green macroalgal blooms. Oceanography and Marine Biology, An Annual Review 36: 97–126.

    Google Scholar 

  • Røy, H., M. Hüttel, and B.B. Jørgensen. 2002. The role of small-scale sediment topography for oxygen flux across the diffusive boundary layer. Limnology and Oceanography 47(3): 837–847.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Rueda, J.L., and A.C. Smaal. 2004. Variation of the physiological energetics of the bivalve Spisula subtruncata (da Costa, 1778) within an annual cycle. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 301: 141–157.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Rullkötter, J. 2006. Organic matter: the driving force for early diagenesis. In Marine geochemistry, eds. Horst D. Schulz and Matthias Zabel, 125–168. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  • Sardá, R., S. Pinedo, A. Gremare, and S. Taboada. 2000. Changes in the dynamics of shallow-bottom assemblages due to sand extraction in the Catalan Western Mediterranean Sea. ICES Journal of Marine Science 57: 1446–1453.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Sebastiá, M.-T., and M. Rodilla. 2013. Nutrient and phytoplankton analysis of a Mediterranean coastal area. Environmental Management 51: 225–240.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Sebastiá, M.-T., M. Rodilla, S. Falco, and J.-A. Sanchis. 2013. Analysis of the effects of wet and dry seasons on a Mediterranean river basin: consequences for coastal waters and its quality management. Ocean & Coastal Management 78: 45–55.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Smith, V.H. 2002. Eutrophication of freshwater and coastal marine ecosystems. A global problem. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 10(2): 126–139.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Solan, M., P. Batty, M.T. Bulling, and J.A. Godbold. 2008. How biodiversity affects ecosystem processes: implications for ecological revolutions and benthic ecosystem function. Aquatic Biology 2: 289–301.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Sospedra, J., S. Falco, T. Morata, I. Gadea, and M. Rodilla. 2015. Benthic fluxes of oxygen and nutrients in sublittoral fine sands in a north-western Mediterranean coastal area. Continental Shelf Research 97: 32–42.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Thamdrup, B., J.W. Hansen, and B.B. Jørgensen. 1998. Temperature dependence of aerobic respiration in a coastal sediment. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 25: 189–200.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Venturini, N., A.L. Pita, E. Brugnoli, F. García-Rodríguez, L. Burone, N. Kandratavicius, M. Hutton, and P. Muniz. 2012. Benthic trophic status of sediments in a metropolitan area (Rio de la Plata estuary): Linkages with natural and human pressures. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 112: 139–152.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Viaroli, P., M. Bartoli, C. Bondavalli, R.R. Christian, G. Giordani, and M. Naldi. 1996. Macrophyte communities and their impact on benthic fluxes of oxygen, sulphide and nutrients in shallow eutrophic environments. Hydrobiologia 329: 105–119.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgments

This research was supported by the Conselleria d’Educació (Generalitat Valenciana). We are very grateful for the valuable comments of anonymous reviewers on previous version of the manuscript.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Institut d’Investigació per a la Gestió Integrada de Zones Costaneres (IGIC), Universitat Politècnica de València, C/Paranimf, 1, 46730, Grau de Gandia, Spain

    Javier Sospedra, Silvia Falco, Tania Morata & Miguel Rodilla

Authors
  1. Javier Sospedra
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Silvia Falco
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Tania Morata
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Miguel Rodilla
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Javier Sospedra.

Additional information

Communicated by: Alberto Vieira Borges

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Sospedra, J., Falco, S., Morata, T. et al. Influence of Organic Enrichment and Spisula subtruncata (da Costa, 1778) on Oxygen and Nutrient Fluxes in Fine Sand Sediments. Estuaries and Coasts 40, 726–740 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-016-0174-1

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Revised:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-016-0174-1

Keywords

Search

Navigation