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  Nutrient release from an exposed intertidal sand flat

Billerbeck, M., Werner, U., Bosselmann, K., Walpersdorf, E., & Huettel, M. (2006). Nutrient release from an exposed intertidal sand flat. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 316, 35-51.

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Billerbeck, M.1, Author           
Werner, U.2, Author           
Bosselmann, K.3, Author           
Walpersdorf, E.4, Author           
Huettel, M.5, Author           
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1HGF MPG Joint Research Group for Deep Sea Ecology & Technology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Max Planck Society, ou_2481702              
2Permanent Research Group Microsensor, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Max Planck Society, ou_2481711              
3Microbial Habitat Group, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Max Planck Society, ou_2481709              
4Department of Biogeochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Max Planck Society, ou_2481693              
5Flux Group, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Max Planck Society, ou_2481701              

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Free keywords: intertidal flat; drainage; pore water flow velocity; filtration; nutrient flux
 Abstract: We studied pore water seepage and associated nutrient release in the Janssand intertidal sand flat (North Sea) during exposure at low tide. The hydraulic gradient developing at ebb tide between the pore water level in the elevated sand flat and the water level in the tidal gully generated interstitial water flows toward the seepage zone with velocities ranging from 0.5 (March) to 0.9 cm h–1 (July). Pore water was discharged from an approximately 20 m wide zone near the seaward margin of the flat at rates of 2.4 (March) and 4.2 l m–2 d–1 (July). Nutrient and dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) concentrations of the seepage water exceeded those measured in the pore water of the upper section of the flat by 10- and 5-fold, respectively. Nutrient effluxes through seepage reached 1100 and 7600 µmol m–2 d–1 for NH4, 280 and 2500 µmol m–2 d–1 for PO4 and 140 and 1700 µmol m–2 d–1 for Si(OH)4 in March and July, respectively. Benthic flux chambers revealed that nutrients and DIC were released from the still submerged sediment as soon as the ebb tide exposed the upper section of the elevated flat. A conservative estimate based on our measurements suggests that 168000 l (March) to 294000 l (July) pore water are discharged each day from the sandy northeastern margin of the Janssand (3.5 km length, 70000 m2). Nutrients contained in this water corresponded to 6–25 kg d–1 (90 to 350 mg m–2 d–1) carbon mineralized during March and 42–223 kg d–1 (600 to 3200 mg C m–2 d–1) during July. Our study indicates that the Janssand intertidal flat does not accumulate organic matter but releases mineralization products that can account for all the organic matter that is potentially filtered through the permeable beds during a tidal cycle. Nutrient fluxes associated with seepage exceeded 5- to 8-fold those fluxes caused by the combined effects of diffusion, advection and bioirrigation during inundation, emphasizing the importance of sand flat drainage to the nutrient cycles in the Wadden Sea.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2006-07-03
 Publication Status: Issued
 Pages: 17
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 Rev. Type: Peer
 Identifiers: eDoc: 306477
ISI: 000239512600004
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Title: Marine Ecology-Progress Series
  Other : Mar. Ecol.-Prog. Ser.
Source Genre: Journal
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Publ. Info: Oldendorf/Luhe, Germany [etc.] : Inter-Research.
Pages: - Volume / Issue: 316 Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 35 - 51 Identifier: ISSN: 0171-8630
CoNE: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/journals/resource/954925486754