Human access impacts biodiversity of microscopic animals in sandy beaches.
Journal
Communications biology
ISSN: 2399-3642
Titre abrégé: Commun Biol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101719179
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
20 04 2020
20 04 2020
Historique:
received:
04
11
2019
accepted:
23
03
2020
entrez:
22
4
2020
pubmed:
22
4
2020
medline:
16
6
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Whereas most work to understand impacts of humans on biodiversity on coastal areas has focused on large, conspicuous organisms, we highlight effects of tourist access on the diversity of microscopic marine animals (meiofauna). We used a DNA metabarcoding approach with an iterative and phylogeny-based approach for the taxonomic assignment of meiofauna and relate diversity patterns to the numbers of tourists accessing sandy beaches on an otherwise un-impacted island National Park. Tourist frequentation, independently of differences in sediment granulometry, beach length, and other potential confounding factors, affected meiofaunal diversity in the shallow "swash" zone right at the mean water mark; the impacts declined with water depth (up to 2 m). The indicated negative effect on meiofauna may have a consequence on all the biota including the higher trophic levels. Thus, we claim that it is important to consider restricting access to beaches in touristic areas, in order to preserve biodiversity.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32313088
doi: 10.1038/s42003-020-0912-6
pii: 10.1038/s42003-020-0912-6
pmc: PMC7170908
doi:
Substances chimiques
Sand
0
Water
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Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
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