Benthic ecosystem functioning under climate change: modelling the bioturbation potential for benthic key species in the southern North Sea.

ABSTRACT: Climate change affects the marine environment on many levels with profound consequences for numerous biological, chemical, and physical processes. Benthic bioturbation is one of the most relevant and significant processes for benthic-pelagic coupling and biogeochemical fluxes in marine sediments, such as the uptake, transport, and remineralisation of organic carbon. However, only little is known about how climate change affects the distribution and intensity of benthic bioturbation of a shallow temperate shelf sea system such as the southern North Sea. In this study, we modelled and projected changes in bioturbation potential (BP_p) under a continuous global warming scenario for seven southern North Sea key bioturbators: Abra alba, Amphiura filiformis, Callianassa subterranea,

SUBMITTER: Weinert M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9617549 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature