期刊
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
卷 96, 期 -, 页码 229-240出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.08.062
关键词
Functional structure; Nematode assemblages; Macrobenthos assemblages; PAHs perturbation; Tidal flats; Todos os Santos Bay
资金
- CNPq
- Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado da BAHIA-FABESB [FAPESB PET 34/2012]
- INCT In-TREE, CNPQ [465767/2014-1]
The potential effects of perturbations by Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) on nematode and macrobenthos assemblages were investigated using the Biological Traits Analysis (BTA). We sampled at tidal flats near an oil refinery and in a reference estuary. Morphological and ecological traits of benthic fauna were selected and analyzed in order to assess the contribution of PAHs concentrations, the proximity to the oil refinery, the sediment characteristics and interaction between these predictor variables on benthic fauna. Multivariate analyses (DISTLM and db-RDA), showed that a large fraction of functional and taxonomic variation of benthic assemblages was explained by the interaction between location and sediment characteristics. The interaction between ZPAHs and sediment characteristics was relatively low but significant. The results showed that taxonomic and functional variability of benthic assemblages were driven by natural and anthropogenic variables and BTA was an important auxiliary tool for distinguishing these responses. The amount of variability explained by the model was higher for nematode assemblages than to macrofaunal assemblages, showing a potential higher sensitivity of this group to the predictor variables.
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