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| Orvain, Francis. |
| Flume experiments were designed to study how sediment erodibility was modified by the facultative suspension-feeder Scrobicularia plana living at different densities in sediment beds of various degrees of compaction. Two separate erosion phases were identified from the resuspension kinetics: (1) erosion of an unconsolidated surficial layer (i.e. fluff layer) and (2) the subsequent bed erosion. S. plana were found to influence both erosion phases: (1) erosion rates of the fluff layer were controlled by bioturbation activities, the extents of which were influenced by bivalve density and the degree of compaction of the sediments, and (2) critical thresholds of the subsequent bed erosion decreased as clam density increased, likely due to depressions in the... |
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Palavras-chave: Resuspension; Model; Functional groups; Sediment transport; Bioturbation; Scrobicularia plana; Intertidal mudflat. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2005/publication-3776.pdf |
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| Buffet, Pierre-emmanuel; Tankoua, Olivia Fossi; Pan, Jin-fen; Berhanu, Deborah; Herrenknecht, Christine; Poirier, Laurence; Amiard-triquet, Claude; Amiard, Jean-claude; Berard, Jean-baptiste; Risso, Christine; Guibbolini, Marielle; Romeo, Michele; Reip, Paul; Valsami-jones, Eugenia; Mouneyrac, Catherine. |
| Engineered nano-sized Cu oxide particles are extensively used in diverse applications. Because aquatic environments are the ultimate "sink" for all contaminants, it is expected that nanoparticles (NP) will follow the same fate. In this study, two marine invertebrates Scrobicularia plana and Hediste diversicolor were chosen as ecotoxicological models. The aim was to evaluate behavioural (burrowing kinetics, feeding rate) and biochemical (biomarkers) responses of S. plana and H. diversicolor exposed in the laboratory to Cu (10 mu g L(-1)) added in natural seawater either in the form of engineered nanoparticles (NPs) of CuO or as dissolved Cu in 2% HNO(3). Exposure was characterized by considering (i) the physico-chemical fate of NP (ii) the fraction of... |
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Palavras-chave: Copper oxide nanoparticles; Behaviour; Biomarkers; Oxidative stress; Scrobicularia plana; Hediste diversicolor. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00040/15140/15856.pdf |
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| Orvain, Francis; Sauriau, Pierre-guy; Le Hir, Pierre; Guillou, Gael; Cann, Philippe; Paillard, Michel. |
| A portable erosion device (ERIS) was deployed in November 2000 and May 2001 to investigate the spatio-temporal variation of fine-grained sediment erosion over a transect on the intertidal mudflats of Marennes-Oleron Bay, western France. The objective was to relate changes in bed erodability over diurnal emersion periods to bioturbation, rapid changes in sediment characteristics, and microphytobenthos biomass. Macrofaunal assemblages were dominated by the bivalve, Scrobicularia plana, on the upper mudflat, and by the gastropod, Hydrobia ulvae. on the middle mudflat. A power relationship was obtained where tau(cr) was plotted as a function of sediment density. Results from the upper part of the mudflat deviated from this relationship due to bioturbation by... |
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Palavras-chave: EPS; Microphytobenthos; Erodability; Intertidal mudflat; Sediment; Scrobicularia plana; Hydrobia ulvae; Bioturbation; Resuspension; Eris. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2007/publication-3779.pdf |
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