Shelf sediments supported an impoverished infaunal assemblage, with a high proportion of rare species, and many new and endemic species.
At intermediate scales, transition zones (10 100s of m wide) between the bank and continental slope and shelf sediments supported a diverse and characteristic suite of fish species.
Concentrations of PAH metabolites in bile of fish were positively associated with concentrations of PAHs in sediments, supporting the use of bile metabolites as a measure of PAH exposure.
As with the depositional context of Pteranodon supporting a pelagic, ocean-going lifestyle, the taphonomic bias of azhdarchids towards continentally-derived sediments supports terrestrially-adapted flight [14].
The correlations and differences between turbidity and Acanthamoeba species demonstrated that sediments supported microbial growth [ 36].
The study findings (that road density reduction did not reduce the delivered sediments) supports the road use explanation.
It is possible that water contaminants (such as livestock wastewater and sewage) may be carried into the river after rainfall [ 34, 35] or riverbed sediment underwent seasonal rainfall in summer [ 32, 33] that these sediments supported microbial growth [ 36].
This result correlates well with X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) measurements of the same sediments (Supporting Information, Figure SI-4), which are commonly accepted to have an error of approximately 10%.
Recharge concentration and thick accumulations of fine sediment support relatively rich vegetation cover in some places and even enable local agricultural activity.
About 180m years ago, during the Jurassic, the rocks there were sediment supporting a deep-sea habitat that was teeming with life.
