In this review we highlight the relevance of biodiversity that inhabit coastal lagoons,
emphasizing how species functions foster processes and services associated with this …

Benthic O2 availability regulates many important biogeochemical processes and has crucial
implications for the biology and ecology of benthic communities. Further, the benthic O2 …

Sediment dwelling, microscopic primary producers, that occupy sediments in the photic
zone, are commonly referred to as microphytobenthos (MPB). The MPB are essential …

Nitrous oxide is a powerful, long‐lived greenhouse gas, but we know little about the role of
estuarine areas in the global N2O budget. This review summarizes 56 studies of N2O fluxes …

Urbanization is a major cause of loss of coastal wetlands. Urbanization also exerts
significant influences on the structure and function of coastal wetlands, mainly through …

In marine soft sediments, large organisms are potentially important players in the nonlinear
interactions that occur among animals, their food, and their chemical environment, all of …

Nitrification is the process whereby ammonium (NH4 þ) is oxidized to nitrite (NO2 À) and
then to nitrate (NO3 À). It thus links the most oxidized and most reduced components of the …

Bioturbation is recognized as a deterministic process that sustains the physicochemical
properties of the freshwater ecosystem. Irrigation, ventilation, and particle reworking …

Sediments play a key role in the marine nitrogen cycle and can act either as a source or a
sink of biologically available (fixed) nitrogen. This cycling is driven by a number of microbial …

Sediment destabilization by sediment-reworking organisms is common in coastal aquatic
environments, but the potential of bioturbation to inhibit shoreline succession has not been …