Benthic foraminifera as bio-indicators of trace element pollution in the heavily contaminated Santa Gilla lagoon (Cagliari, Italy)

Frontalini, Fabrizio; Buosi, Carla; Pelo, Stefania Da; Coccioni, Rodolfo; Cherchi, Antonietta; Bucci, Carla

doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.01.015

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“…This sup ports the find ing that some rotaliids might be ca pa ble of repro duc ing rap idly in many dif fer ent en vi ron ments (Alve, 1995). For in stance, Am mo nia tepida has been re ported as an op portu nis tic spe cies along the Med i ter ra nean coast in the vi cin ity of a sew age sludge dis posal site and other sources of pol lu tion (Frontalini et al, 2009(Frontalini et al, , 2013Hyams-Kaphzan et al, 2009). In con trast, miliolids were less abun dant near the fore shore (1st and 2nd sta tions), but their rel a tive abun dance in creased in the off shore di rec tion.…”

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“…For ex am ple, Sarita et al (2015) il lus trated en vi ron ment specific spa tial and sea sonal dis tri bu tion of liv ing ben thic foraminifera in the es tu ary of Guadiana (south east ern Por tugal). In an other ex am ple, Frontalini et al (2009) re ported low diver sity ben thic foraminiferal as sem blages in the la goon of Santa Gilla (It aly) af fected by in dus trial, ag ri cul tural, and domes tic dis charges. Ben thic foraminifera have been widely used as bioindicators and for as sess ing the health of ma rine eco system as con se quences of pol lu tion (Alve, 1995;Yanko et al, 1998;Armynot du Châtelet and Debenay, 2010;Frontalini and Coccioni, 2011).…”

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Seasonal variations, environmental parameters, and standing crop assessment of benthic foraminifera in eastern Bahrain, Arabian Gulf

Arslan

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Tawabini

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Sea sonal vari a tions, en vi ron men tal pa ram e ters and stand ing crop as sess ment of ben thic foraminifera in east ern Bah rain, Ara bian Gulf Liv ing ben thic foraminifera in a rel a tively un pol luted site off shore Bah rain in the Ara bian Gulf, were stud ied to de ter mine the sea sonal vari abil ity of their pop u la tions, as well as en vi ron men tal pa ram e ters that may af fect their dis tri bu tion. The max i mum foraminiferal den sity was ob served dur ing win ter with the as sem blages pri mar ily dom i nated by rotaliids and sec ond arily by miliolids. The high pop u la tion is at trib uted to an in creased num ber of ju ve niles. A re la tion ship be tween sed i ment grain-size and the foraminiferal den sity re veals that ju ve niles were most abun dant on coarse-grained sandy sub strate and less abundant on fine-grained sub strates. In spring, the foraminiferal den sity de creased, and the low est val ues were ob served dur ing sum mer. The pop u la tion in creased again in au tumn with high est ju ve nile/adult ra tios. More over, re sults of rel a tive abundance and spe cies con sis tency show that Am mo nia and Glabratellina are con sis tent from the shal low est to the deep est station, whereas miliolids oc curred only at deeper sta tions. The num bers of Peneroplidae and Elphidium also in creased along the depth transect. En vi ron men tal char ac ter iza tion re veals that al though the site is sub ject to eutrophication caused by nitrates and sul fates, pol lu tion caused by hy dro car bons and heavy met als is not sig nif i cant. The as sess ment of 63 heavy metals showed that none of the met als had con cen tra tions that ex ceed in ter na tion ally ac cepted norms (the de vised level of Ef fect Range -Low), but with high con cen tra tion of stron tium. The lack of a sig nif i cant en vi ron men tal ef fect of heavy met als is con firmed by the Foraminiferal Ab nor mal ity In dex of <2%. Like wise, no hy dro car bon con tam i na tion was de tected in the wa ter or sed i ment sam ples. We con clude that the site in Bah rain is not yet ad versely af fected by hu man de vel op ment, and there fore can pro vide base line in for ma tion for fu ture com par i son and as sess ment of foraminiferal as sem blages in con tam inated zones of the Ara bian Gulf.

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Seasonal variations, environmental parameters, and standing crop assessment of benthic foraminifera in eastern Bahrain, Arabian Gulf

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Tawabini

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“…On the other hand, A. tepida is known for its great tolerance to all kinds of stress, both natural and anthropogenic (e.g. Alve 1995, Debenay et al 2001, Armynot du Châtelet et al 2004, Frontalini et al 2009). The higher abundance of A. tepida found at the stations closest to the seacoast might be due to its ability to tolerate enhanced salinity variations (Almogi-Labin et al 1995, Debenay et al 2001.…”

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“…The samples were treated with standard techniques, largely following the work of Frontalini and Coccioni (2008) and Frontalini et al (2009Frontalini et al ( , 2010. Foraminiferal density (FD; defined as the total number of living specimens per gram of dried sediment), species richness (S), infaunal percentages and the foraminiferal abnormality index (FAI) were calculated for all of the samples.…”

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Meio- and macrofauna in the marine area of the Monte St. Bartolo Natural Park (Central Adriatic Sea, Italy)

Semprucci

Frontalini

Harriague³

et al. 2013

Sci. Mar.

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SUMMARY: This paper presents an integrated investigation of benthic foraminiferal, meiofaunal and macrofaunal assemblages that was carried out in front of the marine area of the Monte St. Bartolo Regional Natural Park (Adriatic Sea, Italy). Although this area is not yet subject to conservation plans, an overall good quality status of its benthic assemblages was documented. In particular, the assemblages were somewhat diversified and generally minimally to moderately affected by anthropogenic activities. Both the foraminifera and macrofauna seemed to be primarily influenced by variations in the habitat's features, whereas significant changes in the meiofaunal assemblage were related more to trophic supply fluctuations. These data suggest the potential vulnerability of this area and highlight the importance of defining and applying an appropriate integrated zone management plan.Keywords: benthic community, biodiversity, Monte St. Bartolo Regional Natural Park, Adriatic Sea.RESUMEN: Meio-y Macrofauna en el área Marina del Parque natural del Monte San Bartolo (Mar adriático central, italia). -En este trabajo se presentan los resultados de una investigación integrada sobre las comunidades de foraminíferos bentónicos, de meiofauna y de macrofauna efectuada en el área marina ubicada frente al Parque Natural Regional del Monte San Bartolo (mar Adriático, Italia). A pesar de que esta área no está aún sujeta a planes de conservación, se ha observado un buen estado en sus comunidades bentónicas. En particular, ellas son relativamente bien diversificadas y generalmente las actividades de origen antrópico las afectan en grado mínimo o moderado. Foraminíferos y macrofauna parecen estar influenciadas sobre todo por los cambios de la fisonomía del habitat, mientras que los cambios observados en la meiofauna están principalmente relacionados con las fluctuaciones del suministro trófico. Estos datos sugieren la posible vulnerabilidad de esta area y destacan la importancia de definir y aplicar un plan adecuado de gestión integrada de la zona.Palabras clave: comunidades bentónicas, biodiversidad, Parque del Monte San Bartolo, mar Adriático. Scientia Marina 77(1)

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“…Alve, 1991bAlve, , 1995Armynot du Châtelet et al, 2004;Coccioni, 2000;Coccioni et al, 2005Coccioni et al, , 2009Frontalini & Coccioni, 2008Frontalini et al, 2009Frontalini et al, , 2010Yanko et al, 1998Yanko et al, , 1999 (Fig. 2d).…”

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Meiofauna as a Tool for Marine Ecosystem Biomonitoring

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Frontalini³

et al. 2012

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Benthic foraminifera as bio-indicators of trace element pollution in the heavily contaminated Santa Gilla lagoon (Cagliari, Italy)

Cited by 189 publications

References 67 publications

Seasonal variations, environmental parameters, and standing crop assessment of benthic foraminifera in eastern Bahrain, Arabian Gulf

Seasonal variations, environmental parameters, and standing crop assessment of benthic foraminifera in eastern Bahrain, Arabian Gulf

Meio- and macrofauna in the marine area of the Monte St. Bartolo Natural Park (Central Adriatic Sea, Italy)

Meiofauna as a Tool for Marine Ecosystem Biomonitoring

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