Nitrogen benthic fluxes

Table 24.8 Benthic Fluxes of Nitrogen Species and Their Relative Contribution to Local Primary Production. ... 

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Other benthic suspension feeders may have increased in abundance to occupy the niche formerly filled by C. virginica. For example, in certain areas of the lower Chesapeake Bay it has been reported that 35—100% of net plankton community production may be transferred from the pelagic to the benthic zone to support production of the polychaete, Chaetopterus c variopedatus and its tubes, given an ecological transfer efficiency of 10% (Thompson and Schaffner, 2001). Tube production by suspension feeders may be a mechanism by which nitrogen is transferred to and retained in sediments. Approximately 12% of the N flux to the benthos in central Long Island Sound, NY, reportedly is necessary to support tube production by the sea anemone Ceriantheopsis americanus (Kristensen et al., 1991). 

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