Oxygen Penetration through Invertebrate Burrow Walls in Korean Tidal Flat
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Title
- Oxygen Penetration through Invertebrate Burrow Walls in Korean Tidal Flat
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Author(s)
- Koo, Bon Joo; Koh, Chul-Hwan
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- Koo, Bon Joo(구본주)
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Alternative Author(s)
- 구본주
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Publication Year
- 2013-12
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Abstract
- Macrofaunal burrows increase the surface area of the sediment-water interface, which has a great impact on the metabolism of aerobic microbes and the oscillation of reduced metabolites within the sediment. Given the importance of macrofauna in surficial sediments, the aim of this study is to examine the effects of burrow architectures on dissolved oxygen diffusion rates in comparison with unburrowed sediment, and thereby to evaluate the theoretical assumption used for modeling solute distribution in the burrow system using field samples. Employing microsensors, horizontal oxygen profiles were measured on a micrometer scale around burrows of seven invertebrates in tidal flats of the west coast of Korea. Oxygen diffusion distance through the burrow walls of seven invertebrates showed spatio-temporal variation with a range of 0.6 to 2.9 mm. Two groups of burrows were identified based on their oxygen diffusive properties relative to unburrowed sediments: 1) oxygen penetration similar to that of ambient sediments and 2) clearly enhanced oxygen penetration. Differences in the diffusive properties of the burrow wall were related to the burrow depth and diameter, existence of mucus lining on the wall, sediment grain size, and tidal phases. Also inhabitant activity was an important factor affecting oxygen penetration, which is discussed in the paper. These results further demonstrate that simplified assumptions (i. e. burrow structures are viewed as direct biogeochemical extensions of the sediment-water interface) may not be exact representation of the nature.
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ISSN
- 1738-5261
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URI
- https://sciwatch.kiost.ac.kr/handle/2020.kiost/3053
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DOI
- 10.1007/s12601-013-0031-0
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Bibliographic Citation
- OCEAN SCIENCE JOURNAL, v.48, no.4, pp.329 - 338, 2013
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Publisher
- KOREA OCEAN RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT INST
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Subject
- MACROFAUNAL BURROWS; NEREIS-DIVERSICOLOR; MARINE-SEDIMENTS; ORGANIC-MATTER; DIAGENESIS; INTERFACE; OXIDATION
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Keywords
- oxygen diffusion; burrow; sediment-water interface; macrofauna; tidal flat
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Type
- Article
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Language
- English
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Document Type
- Article
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