Burrows, Biodiversity, and Benthic Function: Macrofauna’s Role in Coastal Carbon Storage in the Helgoland Mud Area
Chueh-Chen Tung1,2, Moritz Holtappels1, Jan Beermann1, Daniel Mueller1,3, Alexa Wrede1,4, Male Köster1, Sabine Kasten1 and Lars Gutow1, (1)Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven, Germany, (2)University of Bremen, Faculty of Biologie/Chemie, Bremen, Germany, (3)University of Bremen, Faculty of Geosciences, Bremen, Germany, (4)Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Biologische Anstalt Helgoland, Section Shelf Sea System Ecology, 27498 Helgoland, Germany, Bremerhaven, Germany