Bioenergetics of a highly adaptable brackish water polychaete

Fritzsche, Dirk; Oertzen, Jörg-Andreas von

doi:10.1016/0040-6031(94)01964-i

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“…Larvae of Polychaeta seem to constitute the organisms within mesozooplankton that best evidence the degree of pollution in estuaries (Uriarte and Villate 2004). Spionidae larvae, which seem to be particularly adapted to brackish environments (Bochert et al 1996;Lardicci et al 1997) with high tolerance to toxic substances (Sarda and Martin 1993) and oxygen deficit (Fritzsche and von Oertzen 1995), were the dominant group within the Polychaeta in this study. In addition, this group is considered as opportunistic organisms and very abundant in areas with a high concentration of organic matter (Mayer-Pinto and Junqueira 2003).…”

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Sewage pollution effects on mesozooplankton structure in a shallow temperate estuary

Biancalana

Menéndez

Berasategui

et al. 2011

Environ Monit Assess

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The effects of a sewage effluent with no treatment on the mesozooplankton structure and the environmental quality were evaluated in the Bahía Blanca Estuary, during June to November 1995. The highest values of particulate organic matter, nutrients and specially phosphate, were observed in the effluent discharge zone. In addition, taxa richness, mesozooplankton abundance and Shannon diversity values were lower in the sewage discharge area compared with the less polluted area. Eurytemora americana and Acartia tonsa as well as larvae of Balanus glandula, Neohelice granulata and Spionidae were found in the discharge area with lower densities. These results highlight the importance of sewage effluent effects on mesozooplankton community providing background data to use in other monitoring programmes.

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