Respiration in coastal benthic communities

Jack J. Middelburg; Carlos M. Duarte; Jean Pierre Gattuso

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198527084.003.0011

Respiration in coastal benthic communities

Jack J. Middelburg^*, Carlos M. Duarte, Jean Pierre Gattuso

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Abstract

This chapter reviews coastal benthic communities with the aim of deriving a global estimate for respiration in these ecosystems. Reefs, mangroves, salt marshes, macroalgae, sea grasses, and unvegetated sediments dominate respiration in the coastal ocean. Estimates of coastal benthic respiration are not well constrained but converge on about 620 Tmol C/a. In coastal benthic ecosystems, autotrophs and multicellular heterotrophs contribute significantly to, and in some systems even dominate respiration unlike in most other oceanic ecosystems in which bacteria dominate respiration.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Respiration in Aquatic Ecosystems
Publisher	Oxford University Press
ISBN (Electronic)	9780191713347
ISBN (Print)	9780198527084
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198527084.003.0011
State	Published - Sep 1 2007
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Benthic ecosystems
Macroalgae
Mangroves
Reefs
Respiration rate
Salt marshes
Sea grasses
Sediments

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General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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