Positive contribution of macrofaunal biodiversity to secondary production and seagrass carbon metabolism.

ABSTRACT: Coastal vegetated habitats such as seagrasses are known to play a critical role in carbon cycling and the potential to mitigate climate change, as blue carbon habitats have been repeatedly highlighted. However, little information is known about the role of associated macrofauna communities on the dynamics of critical processes of seagrass carbon metabolism (e.g., respiration, turnover, and production). We conducted a field study across a spatial gradient of seagrass meadows involving variable environmental conditions and macrobenthic diversity to investigate (1) the relationship between macrofauna biodiversity and secondary production (i.e., consumer incorporation of organic matter per time unit), and (2) the role of macrofauna communities in seagrass organic carbon metabolism (i.e., respi

SUBMITTER: Rodil IF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9287067 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature