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
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
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Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
113814Informations de copyright
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