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This work demonstrates that meiofauna bioturbation has a stimulating effect on nitrifying and denitrifying bacteria in marine sediments.
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The work suggests that meiofauna has a role in mitigating eutrophication in the marine environment.
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It was the first time I coupled biogeochemistry and marine ecology in an experimental study and this resulted in the research article here presented. I think multidisciplinary studies should be promoted in science.
Dr. Stefano Bonaglia
Lunds Universitet
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This page is a summary of: Meiofauna increases bacterial denitrification in marine sediments, Nature Communications, October 2014, Nature,
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6133.
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