RT journal article
T1 Seasonal ecosystem metabolism across shallow benthic habitats measured by aquatic eddy covariance.
A1 Attard, Karl M.
A1 Franco Rodil, Iván
A1 Glud, Ronnie
A1 Berg, Peter
A1 Norkko, Joanna
A1 Norkko, Alf
A2 Biología
AB Shallow benthic habitats are hotspots for carbon cycling and energy flow, but metabolism (primary production and res-piration) dynamics and habitat-specific differences remain poorly understood. We investigated daily, seasonal, andannual metabolism in six key benthic habitats in the Baltic Sea using ~ 2900 h of in situ aquatic eddy covariance oxygenflux measurements. Rocky substrates had the highest metabolism rates. Habitat-specific annual primary productionper m2 was in the order Fucus vesiculosus canopy > Mytilus trossulus reef > Zostera marina canopy > mixed macrophytescanopy > sands, whereas respiration was in the order M. trossulus > F. vesiculosus > Z. marina > mixed macrophytes >sands > aphotic sediments. Winter metabolism contributed 22–31% of annual rates. Spatial upscaling revealed that ben-thic habitats drive > 90% of ecosystem metabolism in waters ≤5 m depth, highlighting their central role in carbon andnutrient cycling in shallow waters
PB ASLO
SN 2378-2242
YR 2019
FD 2019
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/34411
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/34411
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 14-nov-2026