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Article Dans Une Revue Science of the Total Environment Année : 2021

Effects of bioturbation by tubificid worms on biogeochemical processes, bacterial community structure and diversity in heterotrophic wetland sediments

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Bioturbation activity of tubificid worms has been recognized as a key process influencing organic matter process- ing and nutrient cycling in benthic aquatic ecosystems. This activity is expected to modify benthic microbial com- munities by affecting the physical and chemical environment in sediments. Nevertheless, quantifications of bacterial community changes associated with bioturbation in freshwater ecosystems are still lacking. The present study aimed at evaluating the impact of tubificid worms on bacterial community structure using NGS approach (16S metabarcoding) and long (6 months) laboratory experiments on four heterotrophic wetland sediments. Worm bioturbation activity significantly stimulated biogeochemical processes at the water-sediment interface but only had a marginally significant effect on bacterial community structures. Yet, bacterial diversity was consis- tently reduced in presence of worms. Such decrease could be associated with the stimulation of organic matter mineralization by worms, leading to a reduction of the diversity of trophic niches available for bacterial species. The slight changes in bacterial community structures induced by bioturbation did not appear to control biogeo- chemical processes. Thus, the stimulation of biogeochemical processes by worm bioturbation was more associ- ated with a stimulation of the initial bacterial community than with a drastic change in bacterial communities induced by worms.
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Marie Cariou, Clémentine François, Jérémy Voisin, Mathilde Pigneret, Frédéric Hervant, et al.. Effects of bioturbation by tubificid worms on biogeochemical processes, bacterial community structure and diversity in heterotrophic wetland sediments. Science of the Total Environment, 2021, 795, pp.148842. ⟨10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148842⟩. ⟨hal-03286860⟩
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