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SUBMITTER: van de Velde S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6028391 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
van de Velde Sebastiaan S Mills Benjamin J W BJW Meysman Filip J R FJR Lenton Timothy M TM Poulton Simon W SW
Nature communications 20180702 1
The evolution of burrowing animals forms a defining event in the history of the Earth. It has been hypothesised that the expansion of seafloor burrowing during the Palaeozoic altered the biogeochemistry of the oceans and atmosphere. However, whilst potential impacts of bioturbation on the individual phosphorus, oxygen and sulphur cycles have been considered, combined effects have not been investigated, leading to major uncertainty over the timing and magnitude of the Earth system response to the ...[more]