Biostabilization of cohesive sediments: revisiting the role of abiotic conditions, physiology and diversity of microbes, polymeric secretion, and biofilm architecture

SU Gerbersdorf, S Wieprecht - Geobiology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
In aquatic habitats, micro‐organisms successfully adhere to and mediate particles, thus
changing the erosive response of fine sediments to hydrodynamic forcing by secreting glue …

Synthetic musk fragrances in water systems and their impact on microbial communities

V Arruda, M Simões, IB Gomes - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
The presence of emerging contaminants in aquatic systems and their potential effects on
ecosystems have sparked the interest of the scientific community with a consequent …

Microscale imaging sheds light on species‐specific strategies for photo‐regulation and photo‐acclimation of microphytobenthic diatoms

B Jesus, T Jauffrais, E Trampe… - Environmental …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Intertidal microphytobenthic (MPB) biofilms are key sites for coastal primary production,
predominantly by pennate diatoms exhibiting photo‐regulation via non‐photochemical …

Growth form defines physiological photoprotective capacity in intertidal benthic diatoms

A Barnett, V Méléder, L Blommaert, B Lepetit… - The ISME …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
In intertidal marine sediments, characterized by rapidly fluctuating and often extreme light
conditions, primary production is frequently dominated by diatoms. We performed a …

Physiological versus behavioral photoprotection in intertidal epipelic and epipsammic benthic diatom communities

P Cartaxana, M Ruivo, C Hubas, I Davidson… - Journal of Experimental …, 2011 - Elsevier
Physiological and behavioral photoprotection are the two major mechanisms by which
natural microphytobenthic assemblages protect themselves against high light. These …

Map** intertidal microphytobenthic biomass with very high-resolution remote sensing imagery in an estuarine system

A Román, S Oiry, BFR Davies, P Rosa, P Gernez… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Microphytobenthos (MPB) contributes significantly to estuarine primary production, so that
quantifying its biomass is crucial for assessing their ecosystem functioning. Conventional …

Shellfish aquaculture from space: potential of Sentinel2 to monitor tide-driven changes in turbidity, chlorophyll concentration and oyster physiological response at the …

P Gernez, D Doxaran, L Barillé - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The algorithms of Novoa et al. and Gons et al. were recalibrated and applied to Sentinel2
data to retrieve suspended particulate matter (SPM) and chlorophyll a (chl a) concentration …

Spatial synchrony in intertidal benthic algal biomass in temperate coastal and estuarine ecosystems

D van der Wal, A Wielemaker-van den Dool… - Ecosystems, 2010 - Springer
Microphytobenthos plays a vital role in estuarine and coastal carbon cycling and food webs.
Yet, the role of exogenous factors, and thus the effects of climate change, in regulating …

The peculiar features of non-photochemical fluorescence quenching in diatoms and brown algae

J Lavaud, R Goss - Non-photochemical quenching and energy dissipation …, 2014 - Springer
Diatoms and brown algae are major contributors to marine primary production. They are
biologically diverse, with thousands of different species, and are extremely successful …

[HTML][HTML] Tidal influence on water quality indicators in a temperate mesotidal estuary (Tagus Estuary, Portugal)

R Cereja, V Brotas, S Nunes, M Rodrigues, JPC Cruz… - Ecological …, 2022 - Elsevier
In mesotidal estuaries, the spatial and temporal variation of physicochemical and biological
parameters, and thus water quality, is strongly influenced by tidal dynamics. Hence, to …