The effect of megafaunal burrows on radiotracer profiles and organic composition in deep-sea sediments:preliminary results from two sites in the bathyal north-east Atlantic

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers
• Main Authors: Hughes, David, Brown, L, Cook, G T, Cowie, G, Gage, John D, Good, E, Kennedy, H, MacKenzie, A B, Papadimitriou, S, Shimmield, Graham B, Thomson, J, Williams, M
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: FLOOR; CONTINENTAL-SLOPE; LEBENSSPUREN; STEREOBALANUS-CANADENSIS SPENGEL; CAROLINA SLOPE; Oceanography; TRANSPORT; PB-210; CENTRAL EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; MIXING RATES; BIOTURBATION; Burrows; Pacific; North East Atlantic
• Online Access: https://pure.uhi.ac.uk/en/publications/c16efe6f-5088-4cf7-b64e-474287c47a48; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2004.09.006

Megafaunal burrows were detected in boxcores from two sites in the bathyal north-east Atlantic. Burrow contents were analysed to assess their significance to sediment radiotracer profiles and organic composition. At 1100 m depth, burrow openings up to 3 cm diameter occurred at a density of approxima...