Effect of reoxygenation and Marenzelleria spp. bioturbation on Baltic Sea sediment metabolism

Stefano Bonaglia, Marco Bartoli, JS Gunnarsson, Lars Rahm, Caroline Raymond, Ola Svensson, Sepehr Shakeri Yekta, Volker Brüchert

Marine Ecology Progress Series · 2013 · 74 citations · 48 references

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Nutrient reduction and the improvement of bottom water oxygen concentrations are thought to be key factors in the recovery of eutrophic aquatic ecosystems. The effects of reoxygenation and bioturbation of natural hypoxic sediments in the Baltic Sea were studied using a mesocosm experiment. Anoxic sediment box cores were collected from 100 m depth in Kanholmsfjrden (Stockholm Archipelago) and maintained in flow-through mesocosms with 3 treatments:

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