1
|
Bencheikh Z, Refes W, Brito PM, Prodocimo MM, Gusso-Choueri PK, Choueri RB, de Oliveira Ribeiro CA. Chemical pollution impairs the health of fish species and fishery activities along the Algeria coastline, Mediterranean Sea. Environ Monit Assess 2022; 194:497. [PMID: 35695983 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-022-10059-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2021] [Accepted: 04/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Chronic exposure to multiple pollutants affects aquatic organisms, even at low concentrations, and can impair fishery activities along marine coastlines. The bioavailability of toxic metals and the presence of metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in both water and sediment can explain the worst-case scenario of fish health and fishery production decline along the Algeria coastline. The hepatosomatic index (HIS), gonadosomatic index (GSI), and condition factor (K) in the studied species from the Algiers, Bou Ismail, and Zemmouri bays are the first indicators of the poor environmental health along the studied region. These findings could be explained by the bioavailability of Zn, Cu, Cr, Mn, Hg, and Ni and the detection of PAHs in the water and sediment of these bays. Additionally, histopathological damage in the liver is described in sardine (Sardina pilchardus), anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus), and sardinelle (Sardinella aurita) highlights the current study in the investigation of the risk of exposure to biota or human populations. The occurrence of permanent lesions in the livers of fish impairs organ function and increases the incidence of diseases affecting the fish community. Furthermore, the factor analysis with principal component analysis (FA/PCA) dataset explains the physiological disturbances described in all studied species. These findings revealed that Zemmouri bay is the most affected by chemicals, suggesting that S. pilchardus is the most sensitive species. Finally, the results showed that the bioavailability of chemicals present in the studied bays confirms poor water quality, which can explain the decrease in fishery production along the Algerian Coastline.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Zina Bencheikh
- Laboratoire des Ecosystèmes Marin et Littoraux, Ecole Nationale Supérieure Des Sciences de La Mer Et de L'Aménagement du Littoral (ENSSMAL), BP, 19, Campus Universitaire de Dely Ibrahim, Bois des Cars, Alger, Algeria
| | - Wahid Refes
- Laboratoire des Ecosystèmes Marin et Littoraux, Ecole Nationale Supérieure Des Sciences de La Mer Et de L'Aménagement du Littoral (ENSSMAL), BP, 19, Campus Universitaire de Dely Ibrahim, Bois des Cars, Alger, Algeria
| | - Patricia Manuitt Brito
- Laboratório de Toxicologia Celular, Departamento de Biologia Celular, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Caixa Postal 19031, Curitiba, Paraná, CEP 81531-970, Brazil
| | - Maritana Mela Prodocimo
- Laboratório de Toxicologia Celular, Departamento de Biologia Celular, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Caixa Postal 19031, Curitiba, Paraná, CEP 81531-970, Brazil
| | - Paloma Kachel Gusso-Choueri
- Laboratório de Ecotoxicologia - Unisanta, Universidade Santa Cecília, R. Oswaldo Cruz, 277 - CP 11045-907 - Boqueirão, Santos, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - Rodrigo Brasil Choueri
- Departamento de Ciências Do Mar, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Campus Baixada Santista. Rua Maria Máximo, 168 - Ponta da Praia - Santos, CEP: 11030-100, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - Ciro Alberto de Oliveira Ribeiro
- Laboratório de Toxicologia Celular, Departamento de Biologia Celular, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Caixa Postal 19031, Curitiba, Paraná, CEP 81531-970, Brazil.
| |
Collapse
|
2
|
A. Maureaud A, Frelat R, Pécuchet L, Shackell N, Mérigot B, Pinsky ML, Amador K, Anderson SC, Arkhipkin A, Auber A, Barri I, Bell RJ, Belmaker J, Beukhof E, Camara ML, Guevara‐Carrasco R, Choi J, Christensen HT, Conner J, Cubillos LA, Diadhiou HD, Edelist D, Emblemsvåg M, Ernst B, Fairweather TP, Fock HO, Friedland KD, Garcia CB, Gascuel D, Gislason H, Goren M, Guitton J, Jouffre D, Hattab T, Hidalgo M, Kathena JN, Knuckey I, Kidé SO, Koen‐Alonso M, Koopman M, Kulik V, León JP, Levitt‐Barmats Y, Lindegren M, Llope M, Massiot‐Granier F, Masski H, McLean M, Meissa B, Mérillet L, Mihneva V, Nunoo FKE, O'Driscoll R, O'Leary CA, Petrova E, Ramos JE, Refes W, Román‐Marcote E, Siegstad H, Sobrino I, Sólmundsson J, Sonin O, Spies I, Steingrund P, Stephenson F, Stern N, Tserkova F, Tserpes G, Tzanatos E, van Rijn I, van Zwieten PAM, Vasilakopoulos P, Yepsen DV, Ziegler P, T. Thorson J. Are we ready to track climate-driven shifts in marine species across international boundaries? - A global survey of scientific bottom trawl data. Glob Chang Biol 2021; 27:220-236. [PMID: 33067925 PMCID: PMC7756400 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2020] [Revised: 10/01/2020] [Accepted: 10/02/2020] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
Abstract
Marine biota are redistributing at a rapid pace in response to climate change and shifting seascapes. While changes in fish populations and community structure threaten the sustainability of fisheries, our capacity to adapt by tracking and projecting marine species remains a challenge due to data discontinuities in biological observations, lack of data availability, and mismatch between data and real species distributions. To assess the extent of this challenge, we review the global status and accessibility of ongoing scientific bottom trawl surveys. In total, we gathered metadata for 283,925 samples from 95 surveys conducted regularly from 2001 to 2019. We identified that 59% of the metadata collected are not publicly available, highlighting that the availability of data is the most important challenge to assess species redistributions under global climate change. Given that the primary purpose of surveys is to provide independent data to inform stock assessment of commercially important populations, we further highlight that single surveys do not cover the full range of the main commercial demersal fish species. An average of 18 surveys is needed to cover at least 50% of species ranges, demonstrating the importance of combining multiple surveys to evaluate species range shifts. We assess the potential for combining surveys to track transboundary species redistributions and show that differences in sampling schemes and inconsistency in sampling can be overcome with spatio-temporal modeling to follow species density redistributions. In light of our global assessment, we establish a framework for improving the management and conservation of transboundary and migrating marine demersal species. We provide directions to improve data availability and encourage countries to share survey data, to assess species vulnerabilities, and to support management adaptation in a time of climate-driven ocean changes.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Aurore A. Maureaud
- Centre for Ocean LifeNational Institute of Aquatic Resources (DTU Aqua)Technical University of DenmarkKgs. LyngbyDenmark
- Section for Ecosystem based Marine ManagementNational Institute of Aquatic Resources (DTU Aqua)Technical University of DenmarkKgs. LyngbyDenmark
| | - Romain Frelat
- Aquaculture and Fisheries GroupWageningen University & ResearchWageningenThe Netherlands
| | - Laurène Pécuchet
- Norwegian College of Fishery ScienceUiT The Arctic University of NorwayTromsøNorway
| | - Nancy Shackell
- Fisheries and Oceans CanadaBedford Institute of OceanographyDartmouthNSCanada
| | | | - Malin L. Pinsky
- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural ResourcesRutgers, The State University of New JerseyNew BrunswickNJUSA
| | - Kofi Amador
- Fisheries Scientific Survey DivisionFisheries CommissionTemaGhana
| | - Sean C. Anderson
- Fisheries and Oceans CanadaPacific Biological StationNanaimoBCCanada
| | - Alexander Arkhipkin
- Falkland Islands Fisheries DepartmentDirectorate of Natural ResourcesStanleyFalkland Islands
| | - Arnaud Auber
- Halieutique Manche Mer du Nord unitFrench Research Institute for the Exploitation of the Sea (IFREMER)Boulogne‐sur‐MerFrance
| | - Iça Barri
- Centro de Investigaçao Pesqueira Aplicada (CIPA)BissauGuinea‐Bissau
| | | | - Jonathan Belmaker
- School of Zoology and The Steinhardt Museum of Natural HistoryTel AvivIsrael
| | | | - Mohamed L. Camara
- HalieuteNational Center of Fisheries Sciences of BoussouraConakryRepublic of Guinea
| | - Renato Guevara‐Carrasco
- General Directorate of Demersal and Coastal Resources ResearchInstituto del Mar Perú (IMARPE)CallaoPerú
| | - Junghwa Choi
- Fisheries Resources Research CenterNational Institute of Fisheries ScienceTongyeong‐siKorea
| | | | - Jason Conner
- Resource Assessment and Conservation Engineering, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries ServiceNOAASeattleWAUSA
| | - Luis A. Cubillos
- COPAS Sur‐AustralDepartamento de OceanografíaUniversity of ConcepcionConcepciónChile
| | | | - Dori Edelist
- Recanati Institute for Maritime Studies and Department of Maritime CivilizationsCharney School of Marine SciencesUniversity of HaifaHaifaIsrael
| | | | - Billy Ernst
- Millennium Nucleus of Ecology and Sustainable Management of Oceanic Islands (ESMOI)Departamento de OceanografíaFacultad de Ciencias Naturales y OceanográficasUniversidad de ConcepciónConcepciónChile
| | | | - Heino O. Fock
- Thuenen Institute of Sea FisheriesBremerhavenGermany
| | - Kevin D. Friedland
- Narragansett LaboratoryNational Marine Fisheries ServiceNarragansettRIUSA
| | - Camilo B. Garcia
- Departamento de BiologiaUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaBogotáColombia
| | - Didier Gascuel
- ESE, Ecology and Ecosystem HealthInstitut AgroRennesFrance
| | - Henrik Gislason
- Section for Ecosystem based Marine ManagementNational Institute of Aquatic Resources (DTU Aqua)Technical University of DenmarkKgs. LyngbyDenmark
| | - Menachem Goren
- School of Zoology and The Steinhardt Museum of Natural HistoryTel AvivIsrael
| | - Jérôme Guitton
- ESE, Ecology and Ecosystem HealthInstitut AgroRennesFrance
| | | | | | - Manuel Hidalgo
- Ecosystem Oceanography Group (GRECO)Instituto Español de OceanografíaCentre Oceanogràfic de les BalearsPalma de MallorcaSpain
| | - Johannes N. Kathena
- National Marine Information and Research CentreMinistry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR)SwakopmundNamibia
| | - Ian Knuckey
- Fishwell Consulting Pty LtdQueenscliffVic.Australia
| | - Saïkou O. Kidé
- Institut Mauritanien de Recherches Océanographiques et des PêchesNouadhibouMauritania
| | - Mariano Koen‐Alonso
- Northwest Atlantic Fisheries CentreFisheries and Oceans CanadaSt. John'sNLCanada
| | - Matt Koopman
- Fishwell Consulting Pty LtdQueenscliffVic.Australia
| | - Vladimir Kulik
- Pacific Branch (TINRO) of Russian Federal Research Institute Of Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO)VladivostokRussia
| | - Jacqueline Palacios León
- General Directorate of Demersal and Coastal Resources ResearchInstituto del Mar Perú (IMARPE)CallaoPerú
| | | | - Martin Lindegren
- Centre for Ocean LifeNational Institute of Aquatic Resources (DTU Aqua)Technical University of DenmarkKgs. LyngbyDenmark
| | - Marcos Llope
- Instituto Español de OceanografíaCádizAndalucíaSpain
| | - Félix Massiot‐Granier
- Département Adaptations du vivantUMR BOREAMuseum National d’Histoire NaturelleParisFrance
| | - Hicham Masski
- Institut National de Recherche HalieutiqueCasablancaMorocco
| | - Matthew McLean
- Department of BiologyDalhousie UniversityHalifaxNSCanada
| | - Beyah Meissa
- Institut Mauritanien de Recherches Océanographiques et des PêchesNouadhibouMauritania
| | - Laurène Mérillet
- National Museum of Natural HistoryParisFrance
- IfremerLorientFrance
| | | | | | - Richard O'Driscoll
- National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research LimitedWellingtonNew Zealand
| | - Cecilia A. O'Leary
- Resource Assessment and Conservation Engineering Division, Alaska Fisheries Science CenterNOAASeattleWAUSA
| | | | - Jorge E. Ramos
- Falkland Islands Fisheries DepartmentDirectorate of Natural ResourcesStanleyFalkland Islands
- Institute for Marine and Antarctic StudiesUniversity of TasmaniaHobartTas.Australia
| | - Wahid Refes
- National Higher School of Marine Sciences and Coastal ManagementDély IbrahimAlgeria
| | | | | | | | | | - Oren Sonin
- Israeli Fisheries Division, Fisheries and Aquaculture DepartmentMinistry of AgricultureKiryat HaimIsrael
| | - Ingrid Spies
- Resource Ecology and Fisheries Management, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries ServiceNOAASeattleWAUSA
| | | | - Fabrice Stephenson
- National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research LimitedWellingtonNew Zealand
| | - Nir Stern
- Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research InstituteHaifaIsrael
| | | | | | | | | | - Paul A. M. van Zwieten
- Aquaculture and Fisheries GroupWageningen University & ResearchWageningenThe Netherlands
| | | | - Daniela V. Yepsen
- Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias con Mención en Manejo de Recursos Acuáticos Renovables (MaReA)Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y OceanográficasUniversidad de ConcepciónConcepciónChile
| | - Philippe Ziegler
- Antarctic Conservation and Management ProgramAustralian Antarctic DivisionDepartment of Agriculture, Water, and the EnvironmentKingstonTas.Australia
| | - James T. Thorson
- Habitat and Ecological Processes Research ProgramAlaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries ServiceNOAASeattleWAUSA
| |
Collapse
|
3
|
Silhadi MA, Refes W, Mazouzi S. Assessment of coastal ecosystems vulnerability to pollution: Algiers coast, Algeria. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2020; 27:42670-42684. [PMID: 32715422 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-10123-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2019] [Accepted: 07/13/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
Coastal areas are frequently influenced by direct and/or indirect multiple anthropogenic pressures, which impacts marine life. Those perturbations may act in a heterogeneous way with a different intensity and are related to the complexity of coastal ecosystems. To visualize all these interactions at a local scale, a methodology inspired from many researches has been implemented in order to search, identify, and classify coastal ecosystems according to their sensitivity to anthropic pressure exerted by coastal cities. Thus, producing vulnerability maps will be essential tools to local coastal managers. We have applied this methodology on five coastal municipalities in Algiers. Firstly, the environmental sensitivity of coastal ecosystems was assessed by analyzing these four sub-indices: biological sensitivity, geomorphological sensitivity, hydrodynamic characteristics, and pollution intensity. Secondly, an assessment of the anthropogenic pressures presented by each municipality was carried out. Five sub-indexes have been taken into consideration when conducting this assessment: human activities, infrastructures, vectors of pollution, urbanization, and regulatory protection. Then, vulnerability maps were produced by the overlapping of sensitivity and anthropic pressure maps. The results assessed for the environmental vulnerability indicated that most areas are moderately to highly vulnerable, especially in the municipalities of Bab El Oued, Rais Hamidou, and Ain Bénian. The analysis of the obtained results shows the potential applicability of this methodology because they accurately reflect the reality. Therefore, these results can be useful to decision-makers by providing them with a relatively rational decision-making tool to prioritize future management and planning efforts.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Mohamed Adlane Silhadi
- National School of Marine Sciences and Coastal Management, Campus Universitaire de Dély Ibrahim Bois des Cars, .B.P 19, Dély Ibrahim, Alger, 16320, Algeria.
| | - Wahid Refes
- National School of Marine Sciences and Coastal Management, Campus Universitaire de Dély Ibrahim Bois des Cars, .B.P 19, Dély Ibrahim, Alger, 16320, Algeria
| | - Sakina Mazouzi
- National School of Marine Sciences and Coastal Management, Campus Universitaire de Dély Ibrahim Bois des Cars, .B.P 19, Dély Ibrahim, Alger, 16320, Algeria
| |
Collapse
|