Home advantage? Decomposition across the freshwater-estuarine transition zone varies with litter origin and local salinity
dc.contributor.author | Franzitta, G | |
dc.contributor.author | Furtado Frota, Francisco Gabriel | |
dc.contributor.author | Airoldi, L | |
dc.contributor.author | Baggini, C | |
dc.contributor.author | Bilton, David | |
dc.contributor.author | Rundle, Simon | |
dc.contributor.author | Thompson, Richard | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-10-21T11:46:01Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-05-24T15:33:07Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-10-21T11:46:01Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-05-24T15:33:07Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015-09 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0141-1136 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1879-0291 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/4722 | |
dc.description.abstract |
Expected increases in the frequency and intensity of storm surges and river flooding may greatly affect the relative salinity of estuarine environments over the coming decades. In this experiment we used detritus from three contrasting environments (marine Fucus vesiculosus; estuarine Spartina anglica; terrestrial Quercus robur) to test the prediction that the decomposition of the different types of litter would be highest in the environment with which they are associated. Patterns of decomposition broadly fitted our prediction: Quercus detritus decomposed more rapidly in freshwater compared with saline conditions while Fucus showed the opposite trend; Spartina showed an intermediate response. Variation in macro-invertebrate assemblages was detected along the salinity gradient but with different patterns between estuaries, suggesting that breakdown rates may be linked in part to local invertebrate assemblages. Nonetheless, our results suggest that perturbation of salinity gradients through climate change could affect the process of litter decomposition and thus alter nutrient cycling in estuarine transition zones. Understanding the vulnerability of estuaries to changes in local abiotic conditions is important given the need to better integrate coastal proceses into a wider management framework at a time when coastlines are increasingly threatened by human activities. | |
dc.format.extent | 1-7 | |
dc.format.medium | Print-Electronic | |
dc.language | en | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | Elsevier BV | |
dc.relation.replaces | http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/3672 | |
dc.relation.replaces | 10026.1/3672 | |
dc.subject | Decomposition | |
dc.subject | Flooding | |
dc.subject | Global change | |
dc.subject | Invertebrate assemblage | |
dc.subject | Litter bags | |
dc.title | Home advantage? Decomposition across the freshwater-estuarine transition zone varies with litter origin and local salinity | |
dc.type | journal-article | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
dc.type | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't | |
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plymouth.volume | 110 | |
plymouth.publication-status | Published | |
plymouth.journal | MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.marenvres.2015.07.012 | |
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plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering/School of Biological and Marine Sciences | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA/UoA06 Agriculture, Veterinary and Food Science | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA/UoA07 Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences | |
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plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Research Groups/Marine Institute | |
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dc.publisher.place | England | |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2015-07-08 | |
dc.rights.embargodate | 2018-7-8 | |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1879-0291 | |
dc.rights.embargoperiod | Not known | |
rioxxterms.versionofrecord | 10.1016/j.marenvres.2015.07.012 | |
rioxxterms.licenseref.uri | http://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved | |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2015-09 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review |