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Mean mixed depth of sediments: The wherefore and the why
Abstract
The activities and consequently the bioturbational effects of deposit‐feeding organisms are largely restricted to a narrow surficial zone of marine sediments with a worldwide, environmentally invariant mean of 9.8 cm with a standard deviation of 4.5 cm. Currently available theories of infaunal behavior cannot predict quantitatively this observation. A new simple model that accounts for the feedback between resource (food) abundance, its reactivity, and the intensity of bioturbation leads to a quantitative estimate of 9.7 cm. This model constitutes a fundamental advance in our understanding bioturbation.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Boudreau, B. P.
- Venue
- Limnology and Oceanography
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1998-05
- Volume
- 43
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 524-526
- ISSN
- 0024-3590 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-5590
- OpenAlex
- W1986821046
- Cited by
- 296
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 9.27
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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