Terrigenous Clay in Coastal Habitats: Eects on Sediment Oxygenation

Introduction Climate change models predict an increase in the frequency of extreme rainfall events. This is of particular concern where vegetation removal and coastal urbanisation lead to large scale mobilisation of soil, and where steep topography supports rapid transport of suspended soil into coastal waters. The suspended soil will eventually settle, smothering the sea oor and its organisms. The e ects of such a deposition on sea oor ecosystem functioning are not well understood.