Sediments act as a net sink for anthropogenic contaminants in marine ecosystems and
contaminated sediments may have a range of toxicological effects on benthic fauna and …

Mangroves, which are a group of salt tolerant plant community growing in the transition
zones of fresh and marine water systems, play an important role as sediment trap. In …

A mechanistic model has been developed to characterize and quantify sediment-mixing due
to macrobenthic organisms that construct gallery systems. The mixing model is time-and …

Functional group definitions in aquatic ecology vary depending on the type of ecosystem
(eg, marine compared to fresh water ecosystems, stream compared to lake ecosystems) …

Bioturbation can remobilize previously buried contaminants, leading to an increased
exposure of aquatic biota. The remobilization of buried polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) …

In order to compare and quantify sediment reworking activities by different species/functional
groups of macrofauna, a laboratory experiment was carried out with species from the …

Oil spills threaten coastlines where biological processes supply essential ecosystem
services. Therefore, it is crucial to understand how oil influences the microbial communities …

In this review we examine the interactions between bioturbating infauna and sediment
pollutants with emphasis on what determines the fate of contaminants in bioturbated …

The microbial degradation of petroleum hydrocarbons at low temperatures was investigated
in subarctic deep-sea sediments in the Faroe Shetland Channel (FSC). The effect of the …

Ongoing climate change is causing rapid changes in biodiversity and has ecological
impacts on coastal marine systems. Predicting scenarios of how these pressures will affect …