Bioturbation is a key driver influencing alkalinity release from coastal and shelf sediments

Astrid Hylén1,2, Samuel Hermant3,4, Tom Huysmans1, Benjamin Van Heurck1, Greet Lembregts1, Silvia Hidalgo-Martinez1, Filip J R Meysman5, Ulrike Braeckman3,6 and Sebastiaan van de Velde7,8, (1)Geobiology group, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium, (2)Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, IRD, INRAE, CEREGE, Aix-en-Provence, France, (3)Marine Biology, Dpt. of Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, (4)Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium, (5)Geobiology, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium, (6)Institute of Natural Sciences, MARECO, Brussels, Belgium, (7)Department of Marine Science, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, (8)Earth Sciences New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand