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Linking Species Functional Traits to Specific Biogeochemical Processes under Trawling Pressure.
Tsikopoulou, Irini; Smith, Christopher J; Papadopoulou, Konstantia Nadia; Austen, Melanie C.
Afiliação
  • Tsikopoulou I; Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, P.O. Box 2214, 71003 Heraklion, Greece.
  • Smith CJ; Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, P.O. Box 2214, 71003 Heraklion, Greece.
  • Papadopoulou KN; Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, P.O. Box 2214, 71003 Heraklion, Greece.
  • Austen MC; School of Biological and Marine Sciences, University of Plymouth, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK.
Biology (Basel) ; 11(10)2022 Sep 21.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36290284
ABSTRACT
The impact of otter trawling on the relationship between functional traits of benthic invertebrates and specific biogeochemical processes were investigated in the oligotrophic Cretan Sea. The fishery is managed through a seasonal closure during the summer. During two seasons (winter and summer) replicate samples were taken from the field from a commercial trawl ground and an adjacent control area. Environmental parameters related to sediment biogeochemistry were measured including particulate organic carbon, sedimentary organic carbon, bottom water and sedimentary chlorophyll a and phaeopigment concentrations as well as benthic oxygen consumption. A significant impact of trawling was recorded only for bottom water chlorophyll and sedimentary organic carbon. Furthermore, the links between species traits and specific ecosystem processes were affected by trawling, highlighting the importance of unique functional modalities on ecosystem functioning. The traits that mostly influenced benthic biogeochemistry in the control sites were related to bioturbation and burrowing activities. In contrast, in the trawled sites, the associated traits were related to more opportunistic lifestyles and deposit feeding species that do not act as bioturbators. Thus, under trawling disturbance, this shift can decouple the species-sediment relations and affect nutrient cycling.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Biology (Basel) Ano de publicação: 2022 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Biology (Basel) Ano de publicação: 2022 Tipo de documento: Article