1999
DOI: 10.1016/s1146-609x(99)00141-1
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The effect of macrofauna, meiofauna and microfauna on the degradation of Spartina maritima detritus from a salt marsh area

Abstract: -Decomposition of salt marsh plants results from physical, chemical and biological processes including abiotic and biotic fragmentation, microbial decay and chemical transformation. According to literature data, only a few species have the ability to feed directly on living plant material, so fungi and bacteria seem to be the principal competitors for the organic substrates. Nevertheless, by consuming bacteria, protists and fungi associated to the detritus, macrofauna and meiofauna recycle the incorporated nut… Show more

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“…Although, a large part of the southern arm intertidal area still remains more or less unchanged, exhibiting sand muddy bottoms covered by Spartina maritima marshes [27] and Zostera noltii meadows, macroalgal blooms of Enteromorpha spp. have been regularly observed during the last 15 years.…”
Section: Study Sitementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Although, a large part of the southern arm intertidal area still remains more or less unchanged, exhibiting sand muddy bottoms covered by Spartina maritima marshes [27] and Zostera noltii meadows, macroalgal blooms of Enteromorpha spp. have been regularly observed during the last 15 years.…”
Section: Study Sitementioning
confidence: 99%
“…The degradation period of Scirpus maritimus leaves in the presence of macrofauna was faster than that observed for Spartina maritima under similar experimental conditions (Lillebø et al, 1999a). The degradation periods, estimated according to 90% of mass loss, were respectively 57 days and 99 days, while initial C:N ratio was 16 (2.3% N and 38% C) and 16 (2.5% N and 40% C).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 59%
“…The initial biomass was calculated in ash free dry weight (g AFDW) and the mean value per glass container corresponded to 0.30 g S. plana, 1.99 g N. diversicolor, 1.88 g H. ulvae and 0.63 g C. carinata. To calculate the macrofauna initial biomass in ash free dry weight (g AFDW), the sorted specimens were measured (mm) or weighed (g wwt-wet weight), according to previous established length-weight relationships (Lillebø et al, 1999a;Ferreira et al, 2004;Verdelhos et al, 2005).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…There have been no such studies conducted in TOCEs that link the benthic nutrient flux to different faunal groups in the overlying water column in South African estuaries. Studies from other parts of the world (Vetter and Hoppkinson, 1985;Hansen and Kristensen, 1998;Kristensen and Hansen, 1999;Lillebo et al, 1999;Lavrentyev et al, 2000;Webb and Eyre, 2004) have found that macrofauna enhance benthic reactivity and increase the efficiency of both inorganic nutrients and oxygen consumption between the water column and benthos. Trypaea australiensis Dana (formally Callianassa australiensis) increased benthic oxygen demand by 80% and approximately 15% was used for respiration by the shrimp while the remainder was used for oxidation reactions and microbial respiration (Webb and Eyre, 2004).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%