Contribution of chemoautotrophic and chemosynthetic organic matter production pathways to freshwater and estuarine benthic invertebrate communities KU Leuven
Aquatic foodwebs can be fueled by photosynthetically produced organic matter (terrestrial or aquatic), or by chemo-autotrophic or methane (CH4)-based metabolic pathways. While CH4 production is generally much lower in estuarine and coastal systems than in freshwater sediments, the opposite holds for chemo-autotrophic pathways. While both the production and consumption of methane are known to be important to cosumers in specific environments, ...