Bioplastic accumulates antibiotic and metal resistance genes in coastal marine sediments

A Di Cesare, LJ Pinnell, D Brambilla, G Elli… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The oceans are increasingly polluted with plastic debris, and several studies have
implicated plastic as a reservoir for antibiotic resistance genes and a potential vector for …

Stable isotope analysis in food web research: Systematic review and a vision for the future for the Baltic Sea macro-region

E Eglite, C Mohm, J Dierking - Ambio, 2023 - Springer
Food web research provides essential insights into ecosystem functioning, but practical
applications in ecosystem-based management are hampered by a current lack of …

[HTML][HTML] Three decades of change in the Skagerrak coastal ecosystem, shaped by eutrophication and coastal darkening

H Frigstad, GS Andersen, HC Trannum… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Global coastal ecosystems are under accelerating pressure from human activities and
climate change. In this study we explore a long-term time series (mostly 1990–2016) from …

Benthic primary production in emerged intertidal habitats provides resilience to high water column turbidity

TP Drylie, AM Lohrer, HR Needham, RH Bulmer… - Journal of sea …, 2018 - Elsevier
Increasing inputs of terrigenous sediments from anthropic land use change elevates water
column turbidity, reducing light availability to benthic primary producers that sustain …

Linking Resource Quality and Biodiversity to Benthic Ecosystem Functions Across a Land-to-Sea Gradient

S Mäkelin, AM Lewandowska, IF Rodil, AML Karlson… - Ecosystems, 2024 - Springer
Benthic macrofauna modifies carbon and nutrient retention and recycling processes in
coastal habitats. However, the contribution of benthic consumers to carbon and nutrient …

Utilization of riverine organic matter by macrobenthic communities in a temperate prodelta

M Szczepanek, MJ Silberberger… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Macrobenthos is an important component of organic carbon storage and energy flow in
marine systems, including these impacted by riverine discharge and high share of …

Macroalgae fuels coastal soft-sediment macrofauna: A triple-isotope approach across spatial scales

TI Kahma, AML Karlson, X Sun, CM Mörth… - Marine Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Shallow coastal zones may provide cross-habitat nutrient subsidies for benthic communities
offshore, as macrophyte matter can drift to deeper sediments. To study the relative …

Quantifying contemporary organic carbon stocks of the baltic sea ecosystem

MIE Scheffold, I Hense - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The identification of carbon pools and the quantification of carbon stocks is necessary to (1)
track changes in ecosystem dynamics,(2) inform science-based ecosystem and blue-carbon …

Temporal distribution patterns of metals in water, sediment, and components of the trophic structure in a tropical coastal lagoon of the Gulf of Mexico

A Reyes-Márquez, S Aguíñiga-García… - … Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
Trophic transfer and bioaccumulation of trace metals have a profound impact on the
structure and function of coastal areas; however, the metal accumulation patterns in detritus …

From swamp to sea: Quantifying terrestrial dissolved organic carbon in a tropical shelf sea using hydrogen isotope ratios

N Kaushal, C Gudasz, P Martin - Organic Geochemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) is a key component of coastal biogeochemical cycles, but
its composition and reactivity depend on the relative contribution of autochthonous aquatic …