Sea cucumbers are benthic deposit-feeders making a significant contribution to the maintenance of marine benthic ecosystems. Bioturbation, sediment cleaning, nutrient recycling, and biodiversity enhan
Sediment morphology influences the distribution of nutrients and oxygen, in turn, impacting the microbial community structure and overall ecological functioning of the resident benthic communities
Description This dataset accompanies the manuscript "From Surface Flux to Seafloor Function: Vertical Carbon Export and Benthic Communities in High-Latitude Coastal Systems" submitted to EGU, Biogeos
The data concerns the structure and morphometry of the seagrasses Zostera marina and Zostera noltei, the diversity of the associated epifauna and the benthic fluxes of oxygen,...