Journal
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
Volume 129, Issue 1, Pages 379-391Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.02.035
Keywords
Anthropic disturbance; Long-term impact; Vegetation; Crab; Meiofauna
Funding
- Office National de l'Eau et des Milieux Aquatiques (ONEMA) [2014/03]
- SIEAM
- CNRS [111098]
- PEPS Mangrove (CNRS)
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It was hypothesized that mangroves, tropical wetlands, could be used for the finishing treatment of domestic wastewaters. Our aim was to determine if a nutrient-stressed mangrove could tolerate long-term discharges of pretreated wastewater (PW). Since 2008, in an in situ experimental system set up in Mayotte Island (Indian Ocean), domestic PW are discharged into two impacted areas (675 m(2)) dominated by different species of mangrove trees. Anthropogenic inputs during > 4.5 years led to an increase in vegetation growth associated with an increase in leaf pigment content, leaf surface and tree productivity. A marked increase in tree mortality was observed. There was no effect on crabs and meiofauna densities, but significant modifications of community structures. These effects may be directly linked to PW inputs, or indirectly to the modifications of the environment associated with higher tree growth. However, our results indicate that there was no major dysfunction the ecosystem.
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