Quantifying biostabilisation effects of biofilm-secreted and extracted extracellular polymeric substances (EPSs) on sandy substrate

van de Lageweg, Wietse I.; McLelland, Stuart J.; Parsons, Daniel R.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-6-203-2018

Articles | Volume 6, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-6-203-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-6-203-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 6, issue 1

Research article

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16 Mar 2018

Research article |

| 16 Mar 2018

Quantifying biostabilisation effects of biofilm-secreted and extracted extracellular polymeric substances (EPSs) on sandy substrate

Wietse I. van de Lageweg, Stuart J. McLelland, and Daniel R. Parsons

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Final revised paper (published on 16 Mar 2018)
Preprint (discussion started on 16 Oct 2017)

Interactive discussion

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Referee comments', Trevor Tolhurst, 14 Nov 2017
- AC1: 'Reply to Reviewer 1 - Trevor Tolhurst', Wietse van de Lageweg, 20 Dec 2017
RC2: 'Review of “Quantifying biostabilisation effects of bioﬁlm-secreted and synthetic extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) on sandy substrate” by Wietse I. van de Lageweg et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 20 Nov 2017
EC1: 'AE comment', Rebecca Hodge, 01 Dec 2017
- AC2: 'Reply to Reviewer 2', Wietse van de Lageweg, 20 Dec 2017
- AC3: 'Rebuttal Report', Wietse van de Lageweg, 20 Dec 2017

Peer-review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Wietse van de Lageweg on behalf of the Authors (20 Dec 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (10 Jan 2018) by Rebecca Hodge

AR by Wietse van de Lageweg on behalf of the Authors (01 Feb 2018)

ED: Publish as is (16 Feb 2018) by Rebecca Hodge

ED: Publish as is (18 Feb 2018) by Andreas Lang (Editor)

AR by Wietse van de Lageweg on behalf of the Authors (19 Feb 2018)

Short summary

Sticky sediments are an important component of many rivers and coasts. Stickiness depends on many factors including the presence of micro-organisms, also known as biofilms. We performed a laboratory study to better understand the role of biofilms in controlling sediment transport and dynamics. We find that sand with biofilms requires significantly higher flow velocities to be mobilised compared to uncolonised sand. This will help improve predictions of sediment in response to currents and waves.