期刊
BIOGEOCHEMISTRY
卷 102, 期 1-3, 页码 111-133出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-010-9425-6
关键词
Benthic microalgae (BMA); Budgets; Denitrification; Dissolved organic nitrogen (DON); Habitats; Mangroves; Seagrass
资金
- Gold Coast Water as part of the Pimpama River Estuary Ecological Study
- ARC [DP0342956, LP0212075]
Denitrification, N-fixation, and dissolved inorganic and organic fluxes of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) were measured in each of the major benthic habitat types of a shallow oligotrophic sub-tropical coastal system, and N and P budgets were constructed to quantify the importance of each habitat to N and P cycling in the whole ecosystem. The productivity/respiration (p/r) ratio (trophic status) of the habitats was an important control on the rates, direction (uptake, efflux) and composition (dissolved inorganic N (DIN), dissolved organic N (DON), N-2) of N fluxes across the sediment-water interface, with an efflux below p/r = 1.5 and an uptake above p/r = 1.5. The Zostera Seagrass Community was the most important habitat for N loss via net N-2 effluxes (denitrification; 48%). Denitrification rates in seagrass were higher than those previously measured in temperate regions, most likely due to greater availability of NH4 (+) for coupled nitrification-denitrification. Yabby Shoals (sub-tidal shoals inhabited by burrowing shrimp, Trypaea australiensis) accounted for the second largest loss of N via denitrification, the largest recycling of DIN and dissolved inorganic P (DIP; statistically significant only during the dark in summer) across the sediment-water interface and the second largest uptake of DON (statistically significant only in summer). This study highlighted that shallow subtropical coastal systems have a complex mosaic of benthic habitats and that some less 'iconic' habitats (i.e. non-seagrass) also make an important functional contribution that controls the flow of N and P through the whole ecosystem.
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