Journal
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
Volume 181, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113935
Keywords
Toxic substances; Toxicity test; Salinity regime; Macroinvertebrates; Estuaries
Funding
- Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation through the National Plan for Scientific Research [BIA2015-67298-R, RTI2018-096409-B-I00]
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This study compares the impacts of salinity regime and chemical pollution on the biodiversity patterns of estuarine benthic communities. The results demonstrate that the abundance of opportunistic species increases with the pollution gradient, while biotic indices are sensitive to salinity regime. Diversity increases in habitats with less frequent and shorter extreme drought and flood events.
This study compares the role of salinity regime and chemical pollution in the biodiversity patterns of estuarine benthic communities. A specific field survey allowed us to explain the response of organisms to mixtures of chemicals and the effects of salinity regime and extreme events on the richness and composition of macroinvertebrate assemblages. The patterns obtained provide further evidence that both stress sources are key factors in macroinvertebrate communities' organization, but the type and magnitude of the changes differ. The abundance of opportunistic species increased according to the pollution gradient, while this indicator was less sensitive to salinity descriptors. In contrast, biotic indices responded to the salinity regime but did not show a consistent pattern in response to pollutants. Multivariate analyses reflected both environmental stress gradients. Overall, the results suggested that diversity increased in the habitats where the frequency and duration of extreme drought and flood events were low.
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