Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

Form, function and physics: The ecology of biogenic stabilization

Paterson, D. M.; Hope, J. A.; Kenworthy, J. M.; Biles, Catherine L.; Gerbersdorf, Sabine U.

Authors

D. M. Paterson

J. A. Hope

J. M. Kenworthy

Catherine L. Biles

Sabine U. Gerbersdorf



Abstract

The effect of biological cohesion on the behaviour of sediments is gaining increasing notice. This is partly supported by ecological theory in terms of the role of organisms as “ecosystem engineers” and the associated discussion of “niche construction”, suggesting an evolutionary role for habitat modification by biological action. In addition there is a strong societal and policy drive toward the “ecosystem approach” supporting an integrated examination of the functional roles of biota in selected habitats. In this context the increasing recognition of the importance of biological activity in the mediation the erosion, transport, deposition and consolidation (ETDC) cycle of sediments is important and advances in technology will improve our ability to examine these effect under their natural settings. This will shortly be combined with vastly enhanced molecular tools that will allowthe discrimination of microbial biodiversity and examination of their metabolism contribution to ecosystem function. This may lead to a step-change in our ability to research the influence of microbiota on natural sediment dynamics and opens an exciting era for new interdisciplinary research.

Citation

Paterson, D. M., Hope, J. A., Kenworthy, J. M., Biles, C. L., & Gerbersdorf, S. U. (2018). Form, function and physics: The ecology of biogenic stabilization. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 18(10), 3044-3054. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-018-2005-4

Journal Article Type Article
Conference Name River Sedimentation - Proceedings of the 13th International Symposium on River Sedimentation, ISRS 2016
Acceptance Date Apr 13, 2018
Online Publication Date May 7, 2018
Publication Date 2018-10
Deposit Date Oct 21, 2020
Publicly Available Date Nov 10, 2020
Journal Journal of Soils and Sediments
Print ISSN 1439-0108
Electronic ISSN 1614-7480
Publisher Springer
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 18
Issue 10
Pages 3044-3054
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-018-2005-4
Keywords Biofilm; Biostabilisation; Ecosystem engineering; EPS; ETDC cycle; Metagenomics
Public URL https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/3603837
Publisher URL https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11368-018-2005-4
Related Public URLs https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/handle/10023/13311

Files

Published article (1.4 Mb)
PDF

Copyright Statement
This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.






You might also like



Downloadable Citations