Free-living nematodes of Mediterranean ports: A mandatory contribution for their use in ecological quality assessment.

Co-occurrence analysis Commercial ports Environmental quality assessment Long-standing contamination Marine nematodes Mediterranean Sea

Journal

Marine pollution bulletin
ISSN: 1879-3363
Titre abrégé: Mar Pollut Bull
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0260231

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Jul 2022
Historique:
received: 14 04 2022
revised: 16 05 2022
accepted: 29 05 2022
pubmed: 10 6 2022
medline: 22 6 2022
entrez: 9 6 2022
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Free-living nematodes were investigated in three Mediterranean commercial ports (Ancona and Trieste, Italy; Koper, Slovenia) in terms of abundance, diversity and functionality. Results indicated that r-strategist genera were dominant in all ports and that a more diverse assemblage characterized Trieste, despite the high contamination levels, suggesting a potential adaptation to long-standing contamination. The main environmental factor that shaped the assemblage in all ports were Total Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, while Total Organic Carbon and the grain-size were less relevant. A co-occurrence analysis was applied for identifying which genera cohesively respond to site-specific environmental conditions in order to recalibrate and implement the sets of bioindicator genera in relation to their different opportunistic behaviour. Finally, we provided some suggestions for a proper application of the nematode indices (Maturity Index, Index of Trophic Diversity, Shannon diversity) in order to encourage the use of free-living nematodes for the environmental quality assessment of commercial ports.

Identifiants

pubmed: 35679809
pii: S0025-326X(22)00496-9
doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113814
pii:
doi:

Substances chimiques

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons 0

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

113814

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Auteurs

Annalisa Franzo (A)

Oceanography Section, Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale, OGS I-34151 Trieste, Italy. Electronic address: afranzo@inogs.it.

Elisa Baldrighi (E)

Institute for Biological Resources and Marine Biotechnologies (IRBIM), Italian National Research Council (CNR), Largo Fiera della Pesca 1, 60125 Ancona, Italy. Electronic address: elisa.baldrighi@irbim.cnr.it.

Eleonora Grassi (E)

Department of Biomolecular Sciences (DiSB), University of Urbino 'Carlo Bo', loc. Crocicchia, 61029 Urbino, Italy. Electronic address: e.grassi5@campus.uniurb.it.

Mateja Grego (M)

National Institute of Biology, Marine Biology Station Piran, Fornace 41, SI-6330 Piran, Slovenia. Electronic address: Mateja.Grego@nib.si.

Maria Balsamo (M)

Department of Biomolecular Sciences (DiSB), University of Urbino 'Carlo Bo', loc. Crocicchia, 61029 Urbino, Italy; Fano Marine Center, The Inter-Institute Center for Research on Marine Biodiversity, Resources and Biotechnologies, 61032 Fano, Italy; Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare (CoNISMa) Rome, URL-Centro Direzionale-Isola C4, 80143 Napoli, Italy. Electronic address: maria.balsamo@uniurb.it.

Marco Basili (M)

Institute for Biological Resources and Marine Biotechnologies (IRBIM), Italian National Research Council (CNR), Largo Fiera della Pesca 1, 60125 Ancona, Italy. Electronic address: marco.basili@irbim.cnr.it.

Federica Semprucci (F)

Department of Biomolecular Sciences (DiSB), University of Urbino 'Carlo Bo', loc. Crocicchia, 61029 Urbino, Italy; Fano Marine Center, The Inter-Institute Center for Research on Marine Biodiversity, Resources and Biotechnologies, 61032 Fano, Italy; Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare (CoNISMa) Rome, URL-Centro Direzionale-Isola C4, 80143 Napoli, Italy. Electronic address: federica.semprucci@uniurb.it.

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