Differential effects of bivalves on sediment nitrogen cycling in a shallow coastal bay

• Main Authors: Smyth, Ashley, Murphy, Anna E., Anderson, Iris C., Song, BK
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: W&M ScholarWorks 2017
• Subjects: denitrification; DNRA; Mercenaria mercenaria; Crassostrea virginica; nitrogen; eutrophication; Biological Sciences Peer-Reviewed Articles; Biology; Marine Biology; Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology; Island Bay; Smith Island
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.wm.edu/vimsarticles/3; https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-017-0344-9; https://scholarworks.wm.edu/context/vimsarticles/article/1002/viewcontent/Smyth_et_al_ESCO_2017.pdf

In coastal ecosystems, suspension-feeding bivalves can remove nitrogen though uptake and assimilation or enhanced denitrification. Bivalves may also retain nitrogen through increased mineralization and dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium (DNRA). This study investigated the effects of oyster...