Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The stirring or mixing of sediment or soil by organisms, especially by burrowing or boring.
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- noun geology the
mixing ofsoil orsediment by living organisms
Etymologies
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Examples
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The sedimentary structure would have been destroyed within weeks or months due to bioturbation, before hardening to rock.
Tetrapods are older than we thought! - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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If the formation of footprints had a significant impact in the lives of other organisms, I suppose the process would be bioturbation.
Bioturbation all around you AYDIN 2007
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When a process is as common as bioturbation, it becomes difficult to rule out what is not bioturbation.
Archive 2007-01-01 AYDIN 2007
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It is a widespread phenomenon that takes place at different scales: the large mass of soil brought up among the exposed roots of a wind-toppled oak tree and the few-millimeter thick sediment layer disturbed along the trail of a tiny aquatic snail are both examples of bioturbation.
Archive 2007-01-01 AYDIN 2007
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Is the imprinting of footprints in mud count as bioturbation?
Archive 2007-01-01 AYDIN 2007
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Is the imprinting of footprints in mud count as bioturbation?
Bioturbation all around you AYDIN 2007
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Meysman et al. also assign a "revolutionary" position to bioturbation in the grand scheme of evolution: "Benthic fauna had to adapt to the newly emerging bioturbated sediment conditions, thereby fuelling the 'Cambrian explosion'".
Bioturbation all around you AYDIN 2007
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It is a widespread phenomenon that takes place at different scales: the large mass of soil brought up among the exposed roots of a wind-toppled oak tree and the few-millimeter thick sediment layer disturbed along the trail of a tiny aquatic snail are both examples of bioturbation.
Bioturbation all around you AYDIN 2007
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Charles Darwin was apparently the first naturalist to approach bioturbation from a scientific angle.
Bioturbation all around you AYDIN 2007
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When a process is as common as bioturbation, it becomes difficult to rule out what is not bioturbation.
Bioturbation all around you AYDIN 2007
vendingmachine commented on the word bioturbation
"While primary effects of invasive animals are bioturbation, bioerosion, and bioconstruction. For example, invasion of Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis have resulted in higher bioturbation and bioerosion rates."
September 11, 2016