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The Effects of Macrobenthos on Chemical Properties of Marine Sediment and Overlying Water

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Animal-Sediment Relations

Part of the book series: Topics in Geobiology ((TGBI,volume 100))

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The composition of any environment or object is determined by a particular balance between material transport processes and chemical reactions within and around it. In the case of marine sedimentary deposits, the dominant agents of mass transport are often large bottom-dwelling animals that move particles and fluids during feeding, burrowing, tube construction, and irrigation. Such biogenic material transport has major direct and indirect effects on the composition of sediments and their overlying waters. In this chapter I review some of what is presently known about these effects, their implications for both chemical and biological properties of a deposit, and how they can be conceptualized in quantitative models.

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Aller, R.C. (1982). The Effects of Macrobenthos on Chemical Properties of Marine Sediment and Overlying Water. In: McCall, P.L., Tevesz, M.J.S. (eds) Animal-Sediment Relations. Topics in Geobiology, vol 100. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1317-6_2

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