Common sea urchin (Paracentrotus lividus) and sea cucumber of the genus Holothuria as bioindicators of pollution in the study of chemical contaminants in aquatic media. A revision

Parra-Luna, Martín; Martín-Pozo, Laura; Hidalgo, F.; Zafra-Gómez, A.

doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106185

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“…Reef residence and the sedentary lifestyle of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus nudus (Wu et al 2016) and the rock‐dependent S. japonicus (Han et al 2016) may have caused the reef‐oriented substrate preference displayed in Tables 3 and 4. Both are echinoderms with different feeding habits; sea urchins feed on algae and marine phanerogams, while sea cucumbers are detritivores and consume organic matter from the sediment (Parra‐Luna et al 2020). The goby Stonogobiops pentafasciata is a fish that feeds mostly on small‐sized shrimp (Hung Liu et al 2008).…”

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Examining Epibenthic Assemblages Associated with Artificial Reefs Using a Species Archetype Approach

Fang

Rose

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The placement of artificial reefs (ARs) influences, to various degrees, a wide range of epibenthic species, whereas most assessments focus on target or focal species. Methods of capturing the responses of many species can inform management about the full range of likely responses of species to the location and arrangement of ARs. Performing many single‐species analyses presents difficulties in interpretation. We used monitoring data from 14 surveys from June 2017 to August 2020 in an area with ARs deployed in the Bohai Sea, China. Both trap and visual census data were collected, and a suite of environmental variables was also collected or estimated for sampled sites and for spatial cells throughout the study area. The data were used to fit a species archetype model (SAM) that relies on the shared responses of species to environmental variables. The many species were grouped into six distinct archetypes. Species membership in the archetypes was confirmed by comparing results to the isometric feature mapping and partitioning around medoids (ISOPAM) approach, which relied on species co‐occurrence applied to the same data. The SAM results were also validated by comparing archetypes determined with fitting to predictions from a single survey that was not used in fitting. The six archetypes identified by the SAM had member species that differed in dependence on substrate types, distance to the nearest AR, distance to the nearest gravel, temperature, dissolved oxygen, time since AR deployment, and sampling method. The importance of the environmental variables was assessed by computing the changes in predicted occurrence probabilities of the archetypes when environmental variables were varied with the other environmental variables set at their minimum, mean, maximum, or optimal values. Species archetype modeling provides a valuable approach for predicting occurrence probabilities of epibenthic species assemblages in response to the locations and arrangement of ARs, and results can inform management related to fishing enhancement and conservation.

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Examining Epibenthic Assemblages Associated with Artificial Reefs Using a Species Archetype Approach

Fang

Rose

et al. 2022

Mar Coast Fish

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“…Thus, sea urchins represent an excellent group to assess the impact of climate change in the laboratory, being a recurrent model for this type of studies in the last few years (Foo et al, 2020). Particularly, the edible sea urchin P. lividus has gained interest as a model due to the several advantages they have as bioindicators and in their manipulation in laboratory conditions (Parra-Luna et al, 2020). Also, standard bioassays have been developed to test the impact of any stressor in the first 48 h of life of sea urchins, covering its development from the fertilized egg to the 4-arm pluteus larvae (Beiras et al, 2012), making them ideal indicators to study the effects of environmental stressors on the ecosystems using quick assays in the laboratory.…”

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Combined effect of microplastics and global warming factors on early growth and development of the sea urchin (Paracentrotus lividus)

Bertucci

Bellas

2021

Science of The Total Environment

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“…Sea cucumbers belonging to the genus Holothuria, have been considered as useful biomonitors of environmental quality (Culha et al 2016;Aydin et al 2017). This is favored by their local-scale migratory movements, relatively long life-span and higher bioaccumulation capacity of pollutants than other organisms (Parra-Luna et al 2020).…”

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Trace metal levels in the edible tissues of sea cucumbers (<em>Holothuria tubulosa</em> and <em>Holothuria polii</em>) from Sardinia (Western Mediterranean)

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Sea cucumbers represent an important part of the diet in Asian and Pacific regions and are also used in traditional medicine. These habits have led to the overexploitation of local sea cucumber populations in these areas, driving the pursuit of new stock regions, such as Mediterranean areas. In Italy, contrarily to that observed for other Mediterranean countries, the exploitation of sea cucumber stocks is not extensive, which opens a new market opportunity. Thus, from a food safety perspective, this work aims at reporting the first assessment of trace metal concentrations (As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Ni, Pb) in the edible tissues of Holothuria polii and Holoturia tubulosa collected in Sardinia, the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Metal concentrations found in H. polii were generally higher than in H. tubulosa. However, in both species, they were lower than those reported for other areas of the Western Mediterranean. Cd, Hg, and Pb were below the limits established for seafood in Europe. As concentrations were in the range of those measured in other commercial seafood species in the Mediterranean. Thus, these species may be harvested and traded to fulfil the demands of local and international markets.

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Common sea urchin (Paracentrotus lividus) and sea cucumber of the genus Holothuria as bioindicators of pollution in the study of chemical contaminants in aquatic media. A revision

Cited by 56 publications

References 52 publications

Examining Epibenthic Assemblages Associated with Artificial Reefs Using a Species Archetype Approach

Examining Epibenthic Assemblages Associated with Artificial Reefs Using a Species Archetype Approach

Combined effect of microplastics and global warming factors on early growth and development of the sea urchin (Paracentrotus lividus)

Trace metal levels in the edible tissues of sea cucumbers (<em>Holothuria tubulosa</em> and <em>Holothuria polii</em>) from Sardinia (Western Mediterranean)

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