Feces in Aquatic Ecosystems

By R. Wotton, B. Malmqvist. 2001

203 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Environmental Chemistry, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Oceanography

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In Environmental Chemistry

1. Conrad A. Pilditch
2. H. Giles
3. R. Wotton
4. David M. Lodge

In Nature and Landscape Conservation

1. C. Turner
2. M. Barnes
3. Conrad A. Pilditch
4. H. Giles
5. R. Wotton
6. C. Jerde
7. David M. Lodge
8. M. Miya

In Oceanography

1. Conrad A. Pilditch
2. H. Giles
3. R. Wotton
4. G. Reid
5. David M. Lodge
6. T. Chopin

Citations in the corpus

• Marine biodiversity and ecosystem function relationships: The potential for practical monitoring applications (2015, unknown): “Once consumed, material is either assimilated into biomass or rejected in the form of faeces and pseudo-faeces (Wotton and Malmqvist, 2001).”
• Sedimentary eDNA provides different information on timescale and fish species composition compared with aqueous eDNA (2020, background): “It has been reported that animal feces contain viable epithelial cells (10−1–106 cells/g) and large amounts of mtDNA (10−1–107 copies/g) (reviewed in Caldwell, Payment, & Villemur, 2011) and that feces from aquatic macrofauna rapidly sinks (Robison & Bailey, 1981; Wotton & Malmqvist, 2001).”
• Particle size distribution and optimal capture of aqueous macrobial eDNA (2014, background): “It is also well-documented that animal feces contain viable epithelial cells (10−1−106 cells*g−1) and large amounts of the animal’s mtDNA (10−1−107 copies*g−1) (reviewed in Caldwell et al. 2011) and that feces from aquatic macrofauna rapidly sink (Robison et al. 1981; Wotton & Malmqvist 2001).”
• Open-water integrated multi-trophic aquaculture: environmental biomitigation and economic diversification of fed aquaculture by extractive aquaculture (2012, background): “This should not be surprising as faeces in natural aquatic systems are often very abundant, represent a repackaging of available organic matter, and are readily transported (Wotton & Malmqvist 2001).”
• Effects of mussel (Perna canaliculus) biodeposit decomposition on benthic respiration and nutrient fluxes (2006, background): “This is probably caused by a temporary uptake of nitrogen from the water to build microbial protein (Garber 1984; van Duyl et al. 1993; Wotton and Malmqvist 2001 ) and thus resulting in a lower initial net NH4 flux”
• Black flies in the boreal biome, key organisms in both terrestrial and aquatic environments: A review1 (2004, background): “Food particles captured by black fly larvae are mostly very small, and are packaged into faecal pellets that are much larger and denser (Wotton & Malmqvist, 2001).”
• The ubiquity and many roles of exopolymers (EPS) in aquatic systems (2004, background): “Unless they are broken apart, or become diffuse, pellets sediment or are transported by currents and the movement of faecal pellets within oceans, lakes and rivers represents a significant vertical and/or horizontal movement of carbon (Malmqvist et al., 2001; Wotton and Malmqvist, 2001).”