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Travizi A, Balković I, Bacci T, Bertasi F, Cuicchi C, Flander-Putrle V, Grati F, Grossi L, Jaklin A, Lipej L, Mavrič B, Mikac B, Marusso V, Montagnini L, Nerlović V, Penna M, Salvalaggio V, Santelli A, Scirocco T, Spagnolo A, Trabucco B, Vani D. Macrozoobenthos in the Adriatic Sea ports: Soft-bottom communities with an overview of non-indigenous species. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2019; 147:159-170. [PMID: 30824304 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2017] [Revised: 06/27/2018] [Accepted: 01/08/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
Abstract
The present paper is a contribution to the first initiative of the Port Baseline Survey (PBS) for Non-indigenous species (NIS) in the Mediterranean Sea. It presents a report on the soft-bottom macrobenthos from the five Adriatic ports: Bari, Ancona (Italy), Koper (Slovenia), Pula, Rijeka (Croatia), with a focus on the presence and contribution of NIS to native assemblages. Out of 451 species identified, only four were common to all ports. A total of eight NIS were recorded, five in surveyed ports and three in the lagoon connected to the Port of Koper. The highest number of NIS was recorded in Bari, and the highest abundance in Ancona and Bari. Generally, the number, abundance and contribution of NIS seems too low to cause a substantial impact on native communities in surveyed ports. The suitability of methods adopted for PBS for soft-bottom NIS was discussed and suggestion for methodological improvement is provided.
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Affiliation(s)
- A Travizi
- Ruđer Bošković Institute, Center for Marine Research (RBI, CMR), G. Paliaga 5, 52210 Rovinj, Croatia.
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- Ruđer Bošković Institute, Center for Marine Research (RBI, CMR), G. Paliaga 5, 52210 Rovinj, Croatia
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- Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), Via Vitaliano, Brancati 48, 00144 Rome, Italy
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- Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), Via Vitaliano, Brancati 48, 00144 Rome, Italy
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- Cooperativa Mare Ricerca, Via Enrico Cialdini 76, 60122 Ancona, Italy
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- National Institute of Biology, Marine Biology Station (NIB, MBS), Fornače 41, 6330, Piran, Slovenia
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- National Research Council - Institute of Biological Resources and Marine Biotechnologies (IRBIM), UOS Ancona, Largo Fiera della Pesca 2, 60125 Ancona, Italy
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- Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), Via Vitaliano, Brancati 48, 00144 Rome, Italy
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- Ruđer Bošković Institute, Center for Marine Research (RBI, CMR), G. Paliaga 5, 52210 Rovinj, Croatia
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- National Institute of Biology, Marine Biology Station (NIB, MBS), Fornače 41, 6330, Piran, Slovenia
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- National Institute of Biology, Marine Biology Station (NIB, MBS), Fornače 41, 6330, Piran, Slovenia
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- Ruđer Bošković Institute, Center for Marine Research (RBI, CMR), G. Paliaga 5, 52210 Rovinj, Croatia
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- Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), Via Vitaliano, Brancati 48, 00144 Rome, Italy
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- Cooperativa Mare Ricerca, Via Enrico Cialdini 76, 60122 Ancona, Italy
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- Ruđer Bošković Institute, Center for Marine Research (RBI, CMR), G. Paliaga 5, 52210 Rovinj, Croatia
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- Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), Via Vitaliano, Brancati 48, 00144 Rome, Italy
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- National Research Council - Institute of Biological Resources and Marine Biotechnologies (IRBIM), UOS Ancona, Largo Fiera della Pesca 2, 60125 Ancona, Italy
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- National Research Council - Institute of Biological Resources and Marine Biotechnologies (IRBIM), UOS Ancona, Largo Fiera della Pesca 2, 60125 Ancona, Italy
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- National Research Council - Institute of Biological Resources and Marine Biotechnologies (IRBIM), UOS Lesina, via Pola 4, 71121 Foggia, Italy
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- National Research Council - Institute of Biological Resources and Marine Biotechnologies (IRBIM), UOS Ancona, Largo Fiera della Pesca 2, 60125 Ancona, Italy
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- Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), Via Vitaliano, Brancati 48, 00144 Rome, Italy
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- Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), Via Vitaliano, Brancati 48, 00144 Rome, Italy
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Beale DJ, Crosswell J, Karpe AV, Ahmed W, Williams M, Morrison PD, Metcalfe S, Staley C, Sadowsky MJ, Palombo EA, Steven ADL. A multi-omics based ecological analysis of coastal marine sediments from Gladstone, in Australia's Central Queensland, and Heron Island, a nearby fringing platform reef. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2017; 609:842-853. [PMID: 28768216 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.07.184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2017] [Revised: 07/19/2017] [Accepted: 07/20/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
Abstract
The impact of anthropogenic factors arising from point and non-point pollution sources at a multi commodity marine port and its surrounding ecosystems were studied using sediment samples collected from a number of onshore (Gladstone Harbour and Facing Island) and offshore (Heron Island and Fitzroy Reefs) sites in Australia's Central Queensland. Sediment samples were analyzed for trace metals, organic carbon, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), emerging chemicals of concern (ECC) and sterols. Similarly, the biological and biochemical interaction between the reef and its environment was analyzed by the multi-omic tools of next-generation sequencing characterization of the bacterial community and microbial community metabolic profiling. Overall, the trace elements were observed at the lower end of the Australian environmental guideline values at the offshore sites, while higher values were observed for the onshore locations Nickel and copper were observed above the high trigger value threshold at the onshore sites. The levels of PAH were below limits of detection across all sites. However, some of the ECC and sterols were observed at higher concentrations at both onshore and offshore locations, notably, the cholesterol family sterols and 17α-ethynylestradiol. Multi-omic analyses also indicated possible thermal and photo irradiation stressors on the bacterial communities at all the tested sites. The observed populations of γ-proteobacteria were found in combination with an increased pool of fatty acids that indicate fatty acid synthesis and utilisation of the intermediates of the shikimate pathways. This study demonstrates the value of applying a multi-omics approach for ecological assessments, in which a more detailed assessment of physical and chemical contaminants and their impact on the community bacterial biome is obtained.
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- D J Beale
- CSIRO Land & Water, Ecosciences Precinct, Dutton Park, QLD 4102, Australia.
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- CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere, Ecosciences Precinct, Dutton Park, QLD 4102, Australia.
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- CSIRO Land & Water, Ecosciences Precinct, Dutton Park, QLD 4102, Australia; Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC 3122, Australia.
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- CSIRO Land & Water, Ecosciences Precinct, Dutton Park, QLD 4102, Australia.
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- CSIRO Land & Water, Waite Campus, Urrbrae, SA 5064, Australia.
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- Australian Centre for Research on Separation Science, School of Applied Sciences, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3001, Australia.
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- CSIRO Land & Water, Ecosciences Precinct, Dutton Park, QLD 4102, Australia.
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- Biotechnology Institute, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, United States.
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- Biotechnology Institute, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, United States.
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- Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC 3122, Australia.
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- CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere, Ecosciences Precinct, Dutton Park, QLD 4102, Australia.
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