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Greco M, Al-Enezi E, Amao A, Francescangeli F, Cavaliere M, Bucci C, Toscanesi M, Trifuoggi M, Pawlowski J, Frontalini F. Deciphering the impact of decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-209) on benthic foraminiferal communities: Insights from Cell-Tracker Green staining and eDNA metabarcoding. J Hazard Mater 2024; 466:133652. [PMID: 38309158 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.133652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2023] [Revised: 01/11/2024] [Accepted: 01/26/2024] [Indexed: 02/05/2024]
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This study investigates the ecotoxicological effects of BDE-209, a persistent organic pollutant (POP) prevalent in Kuwait's coastal-industrial areas, on benthic foraminiferal communities. We conducted a mesocosm experiment in which we exposed benthic foraminiferal communities sampled from the coastal-industrial areas of Kuwait to a gradient of BDE-209 concentrations (0.01 to 20 mg/kg). The impact of exposure was assessed using live-staining and metabarcoding techniques. Despite the significantly different taxonomic compositions detected by the two techniques, our results show that BDE-209 significantly affects foraminiferal communities, with moderately high concentrations leading to reduced α-diversity and considerable taxonomic shifts in both molecular and morphological assemblages. At concentrations of 10 and 20 mg/kg, no living foraminifera were detected after 8 weeks, suggesting a threshold for their survival under BDE-209 exposure. The parallel responses of molecular and morphological communities confirm the reliability of both assessment methods. This study is the first to investigate the reaction of eukaryotic communities, specifically foraminifera, to POPs such as BDE-209, generating valuable insights that have the potential to enhance field studies and aid the refinement of sediment quality guidelines.
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- Mattia Greco
- Institut de Ciències del Mar, Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta, 37-49, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Environment & Life Sciences Research Center, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, P.O. Box 24885, Safat 13109, Kuwait.
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- Center for Integrative Petroleum Research, College of Petroleum Engineering and Geosciences, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, P.O. Box 5070, 31261 Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
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- Department of Geosciences, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 6, 1700 Fribourg/Freiburg, Switzerland.
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- Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, Urbino University, Campus Scientifico, via Ca le Suore 2/4, 61029 Urbino, Italy.
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- Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, Urbino University, Campus Scientifico, via Ca le Suore 2/4, 61029 Urbino, Italy.
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Via Cintia 21, 80126 Naples, Italy.
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Via Cintia 21, 80126 Naples, Italy.
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- ID-Gene ecodiagnostics Ltd, 109 ch. du Pont-du-Centenaire, 1228 Plan-les-Ouates, Switzerland; Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Powstańców Warszawy 55, Sopot 81-712, Poland.
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- Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, Urbino University, Campus Scientifico, via Ca le Suore 2/4, 61029 Urbino, Italy.
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Damasceno FL, Alves Martins MV, Frontalini F, Pawlowski J, Cermakova K, Angeles IB, Costa Santos LG, Filho JGM, Francescangeli F, Senez-Mello TM, Castelo WFL, Rebouças RC, Duleba W, Mello E Sousa SHD, Laut L, Antonioli L. Assessment of the ecological quality status of the Sepetiba Bay (SE Brazil): When metabarcoding meets morphology on foraminifera. Mar Environ Res 2024; 195:106340. [PMID: 38232436 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2024.106340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2023] [Revised: 12/22/2023] [Accepted: 01/01/2024] [Indexed: 01/19/2024]
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In recent years, the region surrounding Sepetiba Bay (SB; SE Brazil) has become a hub of intense urban expansion and economic exploitation in response to ore transport and industrial and port activities. As a result, contaminants have been introduced into the bay, leading to an overall worsening of the environmental quality. The present work applies for the first time a foraminiferal morphology-based approach (M) and eDNA-based metabarcoding sequencing (G), along with geochemical data to assess the ecological quality status (EcoQS) in the SB. Principal component analysis shows that the eDNA and morphospecies diversity as well as most of the taxa relative abundance decline in response to the environmental stress (ES) gradient related to total organic carbon (TOC) and metal pollution. Based on ecological indices, Exp(H'bc) (G), Exp(H'bc) (M), foraminifera ATZI marine biotic index (Foram-AMBI), Foram Stress Index (FSI), and geochemical indices (TOC and Potential Ecological Risk Index), the lowest values of EcoQS (i.e., bad to moderate) are inferred in the innermost part of the SB. Despite minor discrepancies among the six EcoQS indices, an agreement has been found for 63% of the stations. To improve the agreement between the ecological indices, it is necessary to fill the gap in species ecology; information on the ecology of many species is still unknown. This work reinforces the importance of molecular analysis and morphological methods in environmental impact studies and confirms the reliability of foraminiferal metabarcoding in EcoQS assessment. This is the first study evaluating the EcoQS in the South Atlantic by using combined foraminiferal eDNA metabarcoding with morphological data.
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- Fabrício Leandro Damasceno
- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, UERJ, Av. São Francisco Xavier, 524, Maracanã, CEP: 20550-013 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
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- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, UERJ, Av. São Francisco Xavier, 524, Maracanã, CEP: 20550-013 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; Universidade de Aveiro, GeoBioTec, Departamento de Geociências, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.
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- Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", 61029, Urbino, Italy.
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- Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; ID-Gene ecodiagnostics, Chemin du Pont-du-Centenaire 109, 1228 Plan-les-Ouates, Switzerland; Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 81-712 Sopot, Poland.
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- ID-Gene ecodiagnostics, Chemin du Pont-du-Centenaire 109, 1228 Plan-les-Ouates, Switzerland.
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- Department of Geosciences, The Arctic University of Norway, Dramsvegen 201, N-9037, Tromsø, Norway.
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- Department of Geosciences, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 6, 1700 Fribourg/Freiburg, Switzerland.
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- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, UERJ, Av. São Francisco Xavier, 524, Maracanã, CEP: 20550-013 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; Federal Fluminense University (UFF), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, UERJ, Av. São Francisco Xavier, 524, Maracanã, CEP: 20550-013 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
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- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, UERJ, Av. São Francisco Xavier, 524, Maracanã, CEP: 20550-013 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
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- Escola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades da Universidade de São Paulo. Rua Arlindo Bettio, 1000, Vila Guaraciaba, São Paulo - SP, Brazil.
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- Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de São Paulo (IOUSP). Address: Pça. do Oceanográfico, 191, Butantã, São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - UNIRIO, Av. Pasteur 458, s. 500, Urca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, UERJ, Av. São Francisco Xavier, 524, Maracanã, CEP: 20550-013 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
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Abd Malek MN, Frontalini F. Benthic foraminifera as bioindicators of marine pollution: A bibliometric approach to unravel trends, patterns and perspectives. Mar Pollut Bull 2024; 199:115941. [PMID: 38134870 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2023] [Revised: 12/12/2023] [Accepted: 12/13/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023]
Abstract
Benthic foraminifera, single-celled marine organisms, are known for their wide distribution, high abundance and species diversity, test (i.e., shell) preservation in the sedimentary (e.g., historical) record, and sensitivity to environmental changes. Because of these characteristics, they have been widely used as bioindicators in environmental monitoring and, more recently, as Biological Quality Elements (BQEs) in the Ecological Quality Status (EcoQS) evaluation. The global scientific literature on benthic foraminifera as bioindicators was gathered from the Scopus database (overall 966 papers from 1973 to 2022) and explored with scientometric software. The outcomes highlight that the investigation of benthic foraminiferal response to pollutants started over 50 years ago. Indeed, not only the number of published documents has recently peaked (i.e., 2021 and 2022) but there has been also a growth in the percentages of papers falling within the Decision Sciences category that deals with the application of foraminiferal indices for the EcoQS assessment.
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- Department of Pure and Applied Science, Urbino University, 61029 Urbino, Italy
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Lattanzi D, Pagliarini M, Rebecchi F, Frontalini F, Ambrogini P. Developing and testing an Arduino-based microcurrent stimulator to mimic marine electric pollution on benthos. Heliyon 2024; 10:e23281. [PMID: 38205333 PMCID: PMC10777379 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e23281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2023] [Revised: 11/13/2023] [Accepted: 11/30/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024] Open
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The lack of economic funds commonly represents a limiting factor in scientific research and prevents scientists from developing brilliant ideas. Indeed, a new project may involve using appropriate scientific instruments and concurrently dealing with the costs before pursuing new research fields. The innovative concept of investigating the effects of electric fields, as a simulation of marine electrical pollution, on benthic organisms such as foraminifera (marine protozoa) has been recently explored by our research group. This pioneering research has resulted in the development of a cost-effective instrument capable of generating customized electric stimulation patterns with accuracy and reliability. Here, we describe the construction of a low-intensity electrical stimulator based on an Arduino programmable board and a few electronic components. The instrument results very stable and precise regarding the stimulation times and the regulation of the current intensity applied to the biological preparation. Moreover, the setup can stimulate the preparation in constant or pulsed direct current. This homemade stimulation apparatus can be improved or modified according to the researchers' needs, as possibilities and fields of application can be innumerable.
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- Davide Lattanzi
- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Urbino Carlo Bo, 61029 Urbino, Italy
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Urbino Carlo Bo, 61029 Urbino, Italy
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- Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Urbino Carlo Bo, 61029 Urbino, Italy
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- Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Urbino Carlo Bo, 61029 Urbino, Italy
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Urbino Carlo Bo, 61029 Urbino, Italy
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Sousa SHM, de Jesus MSDS, Yamashita C, Mendes RNM, Frontalini F, Siegle E, Kim B, Ferreira PAL, Renó R, Martins MVA, Nascimento JLPM, Figueira RCL, de Mahiques MM. Benthic foraminifera as proxies for assessing the effects of a pier marina construction: A case study in the naturally stressed environment of the Saco da Ribeira (Flamengo Bay, SE Brazil). Mar Pollut Bull 2023; 194:115225. [PMID: 37531796 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2023] [Revised: 06/21/2023] [Accepted: 06/25/2023] [Indexed: 08/04/2023]
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Brazilian coastal areas have been exposed to various anthropic influences including physical alteration such as marina construction. To assess the impact of the pier marina construction in the Saco da Ribeira cove (Flamengo Bay, SE Brazil), sedimentological (grain size), geochemical (organic and trace elements) parameters and benthic foraminifera were analyzed on a 50-cm-long dated sediment core covering the last century. The multiproxy approach applied to a numerical hydrodynamic model shows that the circulation in the study area underwent an overall reduction (ca. 30 %) after the pier marina construction in the 1970s, promoting an increase of mud accumulation and higher concentrations of total organic carbon and trace elements (i.e., Enrichment Factor Cu from 0.80 to 1.4) as well as a shift in the benthic foraminiferal assemblages (i.e., foraminiferal density from 63 to 23.20 specimens per 10 cm3 and dominance from 0.13 to 0.73). On the basis of these integrated data, better environmental conditions occurred before the 1970s, then an overall increase in environmental stress took place after the pier's marina construction. Our results provide a baseline for future biomonitoring projects in a stressed region and exemplify the strong capability and reliability of benthic foraminifera as bioindicators of paleoenvironmental changes in coastal environments and for understanding how human pressure might induce such changes.
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- Silvia H M Sousa
- Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de São Paulo, Praça do Oceanográfico, 191, 05508-120 São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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- Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de São Paulo, Praça do Oceanográfico, 191, 05508-120 São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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- Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de São Paulo, Praça do Oceanográfico, 191, 05508-120 São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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- Universitá degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", DiSPeA, Campus Scientifico Enrico Mattei, Località Crocicchia, 61029 Urbino, Italy.
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- Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de São Paulo, Praça do Oceanográfico, 191, 05508-120 São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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- Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de São Paulo, Praça do Oceanográfico, 191, 05508-120 São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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- Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de São Paulo, Praça do Oceanográfico, 191, 05508-120 São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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- Faculdade de Oceanografia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, R. São Francisco Xavier 524 - 4008E - Pav. João Lyra, Campus Maracanã, 20550-900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
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- Laboratório de Micropaleontologia (LMP-UERJ), Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - UERJ, Faculdade de Geologia, Departamento de Estratigrafia e Paleontologia, Av. São Francisco Xavier, 524, sala 4037F, Maracanã, 20550-013 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; Unidade de Investigação GeoBioTec, Departamento de Geociências, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.
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- Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de São Paulo, Praça do Oceanográfico, 191, 05508-120 São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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- Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de São Paulo, Praça do Oceanográfico, 191, 05508-120 São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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- Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de São Paulo, Praça do Oceanográfico, 191, 05508-120 São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Instituto de Energia e Ambiente, Universidade de São Paulo, Avenida Professor Luciano Gualberto, 1289, 05508-010 São Paulo, Brazil.
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Bouchet VMP, Seuront L, Tsujimoto A, Richirt J, Frontalini F, Tsuchiya M, Matsuba M, Nomaki H. Foraminifera and plastic pollution: Knowledge gaps and research opportunities. Environ Pollut 2023; 324:121365. [PMID: 36858101 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.121365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2022] [Revised: 01/19/2023] [Accepted: 02/25/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Plastic has become one of the most ubiquitous and environmentally threatening sources of pollution in the Anthropocene. Beyond the conspicuous visual impact and physical damages, plastics both carry and release a cocktail of harmful chemicals, such as monomers, additives and persistent organic pollutants. Here we show through a review of the scientific literature dealing with both plastic pollution and benthic foraminifera (Rhizaria), that despite their critical roles in the structure and function of benthic ecosystems, only 0.4% of studies have investigated the effects of micro- and nano-plastics on this group. Consequently, we urge to consider benthic foraminifera in plastic pollution studies via a tentative roadmap that includes (i) the use of their biological, physiological and behavioral responses that may unveil the effects of microplastics and nanoplastics and (ii) the evaluation of the indicative value of foraminiferal species to serve as proxies for the degree of pollution. This appears particularly timely in the context of the development of management strategies to restore coastal ecosystems.
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- Vincent M P Bouchet
- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Univ. Littoral Côte d'Opale, IRD, UMR8187, LOG, Laboratoire d'Océanologie et de Géosciences, Station Marine de Wimereux, 59000, Lille, France.
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Univ. Littoral Côte d'Opale, IRD, UMR8187, LOG, Laboratoire d'Océanologie et de Géosciences, Station Marine de Wimereux, 59000, Lille, France; Department of Marine Energy and Resource, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, 4-5-7 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8477, Japan; Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa
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- Faculty of Education, Shimane University, 1060 Nishikawatsu-cho, Matsue-shi, Shimane, 690-8504, Japan
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Univ. Littoral Côte d'Opale, IRD, UMR8187, LOG, Laboratoire d'Océanologie et de Géosciences, Station Marine de Wimereux, 59000, Lille, France; X-star, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka, 237-0061, Japan
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- Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, Urbino University, 61029, Urbino, Italy
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- Research Institute for Global Change (RIGC), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka, 237-0061, Japan
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- Biodiversity Division, National Institute of Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8506, Japan
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- X-star, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka, 237-0061, Japan
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Ishitani Y, Ciacci C, Ujiié Y, Tame A, Tiboni M, Tanifuji G, Inagaki Y, Frontalini F. Fascinating strategies of marine benthic organisms to cope with emerging pollutant: Titanium dioxide nanoparticles. Environ Pollut 2023; 330:121538. [PMID: 37011780 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.121538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2022] [Revised: 02/20/2023] [Accepted: 03/29/2023] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Titanium dioxide nanoparticles (NPs) have numerous applications, and their demands have increased as an alternative for banned sunscreen filters. However, the underlying mechanisms of their toxicity, remain largely unknown. Here, we investigate the mechanism of TiO2 NP cytotoxicity and detoxification through time-course experiments (1, 6, and 24 h) based on cellular observations and single-cell transcriptome analyses in a marine benthic foraminifer strain, derived from a common unicellular eukaryotic organism worldwide. After exposure for 1 h, cells enhanced the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in acidic endosomes containing TiO2 NPs as well as in mitochondria. In acidic endosomes, ROS were produced through the Fenton reaction on the surface of charged TiO2 NPs. In mitochondria, ROS were associated with porphyrin synthesis that chelated metal ions. Glutathione peroxide and neutral lipids acted as a sink for free radicals, whereas lipid peroxides were excreted to prevent further radical chain reactions. By 24 h, aggregated TiO2 NPs were encapsulated in organic compounds, possibly ceramide, and excreted as mucus, thereby preventing their further uptake. Thus, we reveal that foraminifers can tolerate the toxicity of TiO2 NPs and even prevent their further phagocytosis and uptake by trapping TiO2 NPs inside mucus. This previously unknown strategy could be applied in bioremediation to sequester NPs from the marine environment and can guide management of TiO2 pollution.
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- Yoshiyuki Ishitani
- Institute for Extra-Cutting-Edge Science and Technology Avant-garde Research (X-star), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokosuka, Japan.
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- Department of Biomolecular Science, Universita Degli Studi di Urbino, Urbino, Italy
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- Center for Advanced Marine Core Research, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan
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- Department of Marine and Earth Sciences, Marine Works Japan Ltd, Yokosuka, Japan
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- Department of Biomolecular Science, Universita Degli Studi di Urbino, Urbino, Italy
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- Department of Zoology, National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Center for Computational Sciences and Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Department of Pure and Applied Science, Universita Degli Studi di Urbino, Urbino, Italy
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Rebecchi F, Lattanzi D, Abramovich S, Ambrogini P, Ciacci C, Betti M, Frontalini F. Evaluation of the Effects of Electrical Stimulation: A Pilot Experiment on the Marine Benthic Foraminiferal Species Amphistegina lessonii. Life (Basel) 2023; 13:life13040862. [PMID: 37109392 PMCID: PMC10142474 DOI: 10.3390/life13040862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2023] [Revised: 03/15/2023] [Accepted: 03/21/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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Environmental disturbances resulting from anthropogenic energy pollution are intensely growing and represent a concern for the marine environment. Benthic organisms are the significant fauna exposed to this kind of pollution; among them, foraminifera are largely used as pollution bioindicators in marine environments, but studies on the effects induced by electrical stimulation are not documented. In the present research, we evaluated the effects of short-term different electric current densities on the viability of benthic foraminiferal species Amphistegina lessonii by checking the pseudopodial activity and defined the threshold electrical density range. After 3 days of treatment, A. lessonii stimulated with a constant current showed pseudopodial activity at a lower electric current density (0.29, 0.86 μA/cm2) up to 24 h. With increasing stimulation time, the percentages of pseudopodial activity decreased. The pseudopodial activity was absent at high current densities (5.71, 8.57 μA/cm2). The viability of A. lessonii exposed to a pulsed current was higher at a low and middle electric current density (from 0.29 to 5.71 μA/cm2) than at a high electric current density (from 11.43 to 20 μA/cm2). Based on these preliminary results, the selected benthic foraminiferal species seems to better stand pulsed currents than constant ones. These first experiments might provide useful information for the definition of the appropriate electrical density threshold to avoid side effects on a part of the benthic community.
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- Federica Rebecchi
- Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, Urbino University, 61029 Urbino, Italy
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- Department of Biomolecular Science, Urbino University, 61029 Urbino, Italy
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel
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- Department of Biomolecular Science, Urbino University, 61029 Urbino, Italy
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- Department of Biomolecular Science, Urbino University, 61029 Urbino, Italy
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- Department of Biomolecular Science, Urbino University, 61029 Urbino, Italy
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- Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, Urbino University, 61029 Urbino, Italy
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Nunes M, Alves Martins MV, Frontalini F, Bouchet VMP, Francescangeli F, Hohenegger J, Figueira R, Senez-Mello TM, Louzada Castelo WF, Damasceno FL, Laut L, Duleba W, Mello E Sousa SHD, Antonioli L, Geraldes MC. Inferring the ecological quality status based on living benthic foraminiferal indices in transitional areas of the Guanabara bay (SE Brazil). Environ Pollut 2023; 320:121003. [PMID: 36623785 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.121003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2022] [Revised: 12/28/2022] [Accepted: 01/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
Abstract
Using benthic foraminifera, we evaluate the ecological quality status (EcoQS) of transitional waters of the Guanabara Bay (SE Brazil) by applying the diversity-based index exp (H'bc) and the sensitivity-based Foram-AMBI for the first time in South America. The Guanabara Bay was selected for this study as it is one of the largest transitional ecosystems in the State of Rio de Janeiro and has been severely impacted by anthropogenic activities. Concentrations of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) were assessed by sequential chemical extraction in three phases (i.e., dissolved in water, adsorbed on organic matter, and Mn oxy-hydroxides). Total organic carbon, total nitrogen, and stable isotope (δ13C and δ15N) signatures of organic matter were analyzed to trace environmental stress. The Ammonia/Elphidium ratio suggests hypoxic conditions at most of the sampled sites. Principal component analysis identifies the first component as environmental stress underlying organic matter and PTE enrichment (in all three phases), which is positively related to Foram-AMBI and negatively to exp (H'bc). The exp (H'bc) and Foram-AMBI indices reveal that stations near the Governador Island and Niterói margin have the worst EcoQS, showing medium to extreme pollution. Additionally, Foram-AMBI and exp (H'bc) provide a congruent EcoQS classification for ∼64% of the sites. Although these results are promising, they suggest that a significant effort should be made to obtain better knowledge of foraminiferal ecological requirements to employ benthic foraminifera as a biomonitoring and management method.
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- Márcia Nunes
- Universidade Do Estado Do Rio de Janeiro, UERJ, Faculdade de Geologia, Av. São Francisco Xavier, 524, Sala 2020A, Maracanã, 20550-013, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
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- Universidade Do Estado Do Rio de Janeiro, UERJ, Faculdade de Geologia, Av. São Francisco Xavier, 524, Sala 2020A, Maracanã, 20550-013, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; Universidade de Aveiro, GeoBioTec, Departamento de Geociências, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal.
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- Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", 61029, Urbino, Italy.
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Univ. Littoral Côte D'Opale, IRD, UMR8187, LOG, Laboratoire D'Océanologie et de Géosciences, Station Marine de Wimereux, F 59000, Lille, France.
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- Department of Geosciences, University of Fribourg, Chemin Du Musée 6, 1700 Fribourg/Freiburg, Switzerland.
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- Universität Wien, Institut für Paläontologie, Althanstrasse 17, A 1090, Wien, Austria.
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- Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de São Paulo (IOUSP), Address: Pça. Do Oceanográfico, 191, Butantã, São Paulo, 05508 120, Brazil.
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- Universidade Do Estado Do Rio de Janeiro, UERJ, Faculdade de Geologia, Av. São Francisco Xavier, 524, Sala 2020A, Maracanã, 20550-013, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; Marine Geology Lab, LAGEMAR, Federal Fluminense University (UFF), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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- Universidade Do Estado Do Rio de Janeiro, UERJ, Faculdade de Geologia, Av. São Francisco Xavier, 524, Sala 2020A, Maracanã, 20550-013, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
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- Universidade Do Estado Do Rio de Janeiro, UERJ, Faculdade de Geologia, Av. São Francisco Xavier, 524, Sala 2020A, Maracanã, 20550-013, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
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- Universidade Federal Do Estado Do Rio de Janeiro, UNIRIO, Laboratório de Micropaleontologia, Av. Pasteur 458, S. 500, Urca, Rio de Janeiro, 22290-240, Brazil.
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- Escola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades da Universidade de São Paulo, Rua Arlindo Bettio, 1000, Vila Guaraciaba, São Paulo - SP, Brazil.
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- Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de São Paulo (IOUSP), Address: Pça. Do Oceanográfico, 191, Butantã, São Paulo, 05508 120, Brazil.
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- Universidade Do Estado Do Rio de Janeiro, UERJ, Faculdade de Geologia, Av. São Francisco Xavier, 524, Sala 2020A, Maracanã, 20550-013, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
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- Universidade Do Estado Do Rio de Janeiro, UERJ, Faculdade de Geologia, Av. São Francisco Xavier, 524, Sala 2020A, Maracanã, 20550-013, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
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Barrenechea Angeles I, Romero-Martínez ML, Cavaliere M, Varrella S, Francescangeli F, Piredda R, Mazzocchi MG, Montresor M, Schirone A, Delbono I, Margiotta F, Corinaldesi C, Chiavarini S, Montereali MR, Rimauro J, Parrella L, Musco L, Dell'Anno A, Tangherlini M, Pawlowski J, Frontalini F. Encapsulated in sediments: eDNA deciphers the ecosystem history of one of the most polluted European marine sites. Environ Int 2023; 172:107738. [PMID: 36641836 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2023.107738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2022] [Revised: 12/05/2022] [Accepted: 01/04/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
Abstract
The Anthropocene is characterized by dramatic ecosystem changes driven by human activities. The impact of these activities can be assessed by different geochemical and paleontological proxies. However, each of these proxies provides only a fragmentary insight into the effects of anthropogenic impacts. It is highly challenging to reconstruct, with a holistic view, the state of the ecosystems from the preindustrial period to the present day, covering all biological components, from prokaryotes to multicellular eukaryotes. Here, we used sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) archives encompassing all trophic levels of biodiversity to reconstruct the two century-natural history in Bagnoli-Coroglio (Gulf of Pozzuoli, Tyrrhenian Sea), one of the most polluted marine-coastal sites in Europe. The site was characterized by seagrass meadows and high eukaryotic diversity until the beginning of the 20th century. Then, the ecosystem completely changed, with seagrasses and associated fauna as well as diverse groups of planktonic and benthic protists being replaced by low diversity biota dominated by dinophyceans and infaunal metazoan species. The sedaDNA analysis revealed a five-phase evolution of the area, where changes appear as the result of a multi-level cascade effect of impacts associated with industrial activities, urbanization, water circulation and land-use changes. The sedaDNA allowed to infer reference conditions that must be considered when restoration actions are to be implemented.
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- Ines Barrenechea Angeles
- Department of Earth Sciences, University of Geneva, 13, rue des Maraîchers, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland; Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland.
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- Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, Università of Urbino "Carlo Bo", 61029 Urbino, Italy.
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- Department of Materials, Environmental Sciences and Urban Planning, Polytechnic University of Marche, 60131 Ancona, Italy.
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70010 Bari, Italy.
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- ENEA, Department of Sustainability, Marine Environment Research Centre S. Teresa, 19032 Pozzuolo di Lerici, Italy.
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- ENEA, Department of Sustainability, Marine Environment Research Centre S. Teresa, 19032 Pozzuolo di Lerici, Italy.
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- Department of Materials, Environmental Sciences and Urban Planning, Polytechnic University of Marche, 60131 Ancona, Italy.
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- ENEA, Department of Sustainability, CR Portici, 80055, Portici, Naples, Italy.
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- ENEA, Department of Sustainability, CR Portici, 80055, Portici, Naples, Italy.
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- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, 80121 Naples, Italy; Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche ed Ambientali, University of Salento, 73100 Lecce, Italy.
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, 60131 Ancona, Italy.
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- Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland; ID-Gene ecodiagnostics Ltd, 1228 Plan-les-Ouates, Switzerland; Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 81-712 Sopot, Poland.
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- Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, Università of Urbino "Carlo Bo", 61029 Urbino, Italy.
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Virginia Alves Martins M, Cazelli L, Yhasnara M, da CristineSilva L, Barros Saibro M, Bobco FER, Rubio B, Ferreira B, Castelo WFL, Santos JF, Ribeiro S, Frontalini F, Martínez-Colón M, Pereira E, Antonioli L, Geraldes M, Rocha F, Sousa SHME, Manuel Alveirinho Dias J. Factors driving sediment compositional change in the distal area of the Ria de Vigo (NW Spain): oceanographic processes vs. paleopollution. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2022; 29:69652-69679. [PMID: 35576033 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-20607-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2021] [Accepted: 04/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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We analyze potential Late Holocene metal contamination along a sediment core collected in the distal zone of Ria de Vigo (North Spain). Statistical treatment of the dataset based on a multiproxy approach enabled us to identify and disentangle factors influencing the depositional processes and the preservation of the records of this activity in the area over the last ≈3000 years BP. Some layers of the analyzed core have significant enrichment in Cu and a moderate enrichment in Ag, Mo, As, Sb, S, Zn, Ni, Sn, Cd, Cr, Co, Pb, and Li. The enrichment of these elements in some layers of this core may be related to mining activities that have taken place since classical times in the region. Successive phases of pollution were identified along the core KSGX24 related to the Late Bronze Age (≈3000-2450 years BP), Iron Age (≈2450-1850 years BP), Roman times (≈1850-1550 years BP), Middle Ages (≈1250-500 years BP), and industrial and modern (≈250-0 years BP) anthropic activities. The protection of the Cies Islands, the erosive and transport capacity of the rivers in the region, oscillations of the oceanographic and climatic regime, atmospheric contamination, and diagenetic sedimentary processes might have contributed to the accumulation and preservation of this record in the distal region of the Ria de Vigo. The studied core shows that the industrial and preindustrial anthropic impacts caused an environmental liability and contributed to the presence of moderate to heavy pollution of various metals in surface and subsurface sediment layers in the distal sector of the Ria de Vigo, which could be a hazard to biota.
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- Maria Virginia Alves Martins
- Faculdade de Geologia, Universidade Do Estado Do Rio de Janeiro, UERJ, Av. São Francisco Xavier, 24, sala 2020A, Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 20550-013, Brazil.
- GeoBioTec, Departamento de Geociências, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal.
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- Faculdade de Geologia, Universidade Do Estado Do Rio de Janeiro, UERJ, Av. São Francisco Xavier, 24, sala 2020A, Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 20550-013, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Geologia, Universidade Do Estado Do Rio de Janeiro, UERJ, Av. São Francisco Xavier, 24, sala 2020A, Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 20550-013, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Geologia, Universidade Do Estado Do Rio de Janeiro, UERJ, Av. São Francisco Xavier, 24, sala 2020A, Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 20550-013, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Geologia, Universidade Do Estado Do Rio de Janeiro, UERJ, Av. São Francisco Xavier, 24, sala 2020A, Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 20550-013, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal Do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Instituto de Geociências (Igeo) Av. Athos da Silveira Ramos, Bloco G, Cidade. Universitária, Ilha Do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 274, Brazil
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- Departamento de Xeociencias Mariñas E Ordenación Do Territorio, Universidade de Vigo, Edificio de Ciencias Experimentais Campus de Vigo, 36310, Vigo, Spain
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- GeoBioTec, Departamento de Geociências, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Faculdade de Geologia, Universidade Do Estado Do Rio de Janeiro, UERJ, Av. São Francisco Xavier, 24, sala 2020A, Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 20550-013, Brazil
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- GeoBioTec, Departamento de Geociências, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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- GeoBioTec, Departamento de Geociências, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, Università Degli Studi Di Urbino "Carlo Bo", 61029, Urbino, Italy
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- School of the Environment, FSH Science Research Center, Florida A and M University, 1515 South MLK Blvd, Tallahassee, FLFL USA, 32307, USA
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- Faculdade de Geologia, Universidade Do Estado Do Rio de Janeiro, UERJ, Av. São Francisco Xavier, 24, sala 2020A, Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 20550-013, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Geologia, Universidade Do Estado Do Rio de Janeiro, UERJ, Av. São Francisco Xavier, 24, sala 2020A, Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 20550-013, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Geologia, Universidade Do Estado Do Rio de Janeiro, UERJ, Av. São Francisco Xavier, 24, sala 2020A, Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 20550-013, Brazil
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- GeoBioTec, Departamento de Geociências, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Centro de Investigação Marinha E Ambiental (CIMA), Universidade Do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, Faro, Portugal
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Al-Enezi E, Francescangeli F, Balassi E, Borderie S, Al-Hazeem S, Al-Salameen F, Boota Anwar A, Pawlowski J, Frontalini F. Benthic foraminifera as proxies for the environmental quality assessment of the Kuwait Bay (Kuwait, Arabian Gulf): Morphological and metabarcoding approaches. Sci Total Environ 2022; 833:155093. [PMID: 35421459 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2021] [Revised: 01/26/2022] [Accepted: 04/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The rapid urbanization and industrialization of Kuwait and the consequent effluent discharges into marine environments have resulted in a degradation of water and sediment quality in the coastal marine ecosystems such as in the Kuwait Bay. This study investigates the ecological response of benthic foraminifera (protists) to environmental stress in the Kuwait Bay. The traditional morphological approach was compared to the innovative environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding to evaluate the ecological quality status (EcoQS). Forty-six surface sediment samples were collected from selected stations in the Kuwait Bay. To detect the pollution gradient, environmental parameters from water (e.g., salinity, pH, dissolved oxygen) and sediment (e.g., grain-size, trace metals, total organic carbon, total petroleum hydrocarbons) were measured at each station. Although the foraminiferal assemblages were different in the morphological and molecular datasets, the species turnover was congruent and statistically significant. Diversity-based biotic indices derived from both morphological and metabarcoding approaches, reflect the environmental stress gradient (i.e., organic and metal contaminations) in the Kuwait Bay. The lowest values of EcoQS (i.e., bad to poor) are found in the innermost part (i.e., Sulaibikhat Bay and Ras Kazmah), while higher EcoQS values occur in the outer part of the bay. This study constitutes the first attempt to apply the foraminiferal metabarcoding to assess the EcoQS within the Arabian Gulf and presents its advantages compared to the conventional morphological approach.
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- Eqbal Al-Enezi
- Environment & Life Sciences Research Center, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Safat 13109, Kuwait
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- Centre for Earth System Research and Sustainability, Institute for Geology, University of Hamburg, 20146 Hamburg, Germany; Department of Geosciences, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 6, 1700 Fribourg/Freiburg, Switzerland.
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- Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, Urbino University, 61029 Urbino, Italy
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- Department of Geosciences, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 6, 1700 Fribourg/Freiburg, Switzerland
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- Environment & Life Sciences Research Center, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Safat 13109, Kuwait
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- Environment & Life Sciences Research Center, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Safat 13109, Kuwait
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- Environment & Life Sciences Research Center, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Safat 13109, Kuwait
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- ID-Gene ecodiagnostics Ltd, 1228 Plan-les-Ouates, Switzerland; Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 81-712 Sopot, Poland
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- Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, Urbino University, 61029 Urbino, Italy
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Greco M, Lejzerowicz F, Reo E, Caruso A, Maccotta A, Coccioni R, Pawlowski J, Frontalini F. Environmental RNA outperforms eDNA metabarcoding in assessing impact of marine pollution: A chromium-spiked mesocosm test. Chemosphere 2022; 298:134239. [PMID: 35292278 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.134239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2021] [Revised: 02/09/2022] [Accepted: 03/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Environmental (e)DNA metabarcoding holds great promise for biomonitoring and ecotoxicological applications. However, few studies have compared the performance of eDNA versus eRNA metabarcoding in assessing organismal response to marine pollution, in experimental conditions. Here, we performed a chromium (Cr)-spiked mesocosm experimental test on benthic foraminiferal community to investigate the effects on species diversity by analysing both eDNA and eRNA metabarcoding data across different Cr concentrations in the sediment. Foraminiferal diversity in the eRNA data showed a significant negative correlation with the Cr concentration in the sediment, while a positive response was observed in the eDNA data. The foraminiferal OTUs exhibited a higher turnover rate in eRNA than in the eDNA-derived community. Furthermore, in the eRNA samples, OTUs abundance was significantly affected by the Cr gradient in the sediment (Pseudo-R2 = 0.28, p = 0.05), while no significant trend was observed in the eDNA samples. The correlation between Cr concentration and foraminiferal diversity in eRNA datasets was stronger when the less abundant OTUs (<100 reads) were removed and the analyses were conducted exclusively on OTUs shared between eRNA and eDNA datasets. This indicates the importance of metabarcoding data filtering to capture ecological impacts, in addition to using the putatively active organisms in the eRNA dataset. The comparative analyses on foraminiferal diversity revealed that eRNA-based metabarcoding can better assess the response to heavy metal exposure in presence of subtle concentrations of the pollutant. Furthermore, our results suggest that to unlock the full potential for ecosystem assessment, eDNA and eRNA should be studied in parallel to control for potential sequence artifacts in routine ecosystem surveys.
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- Mattia Greco
- Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 81-712, Sopot, Poland.
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- Jacobs School of Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
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- Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva, Genève, Switzerland.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e del Mare (DiSTeM), Università di Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche Chimiche e Farmaceutiche (STEBICEF), Università di Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
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- Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 81-712, Sopot, Poland; Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva, Genève, Switzerland; ID-Gene Ecodiagnostics, Chemin du Pont-du-Centenaire 109, CH-1228, Plan-les-Ouates, Switzerland.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Pure e Applicate, University of Urbino, Urbino, Italy.
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Pawlowski J, Bruce K, Panksep K, Aguirre FI, Amalfitano S, Apothéloz-Perret-Gentil L, Baussant T, Bouchez A, Carugati L, Cermakova K, Cordier T, Corinaldesi C, Costa FO, Danovaro R, Dell'Anno A, Duarte S, Eisendle U, Ferrari BJD, Frontalini F, Frühe L, Haegerbaeumer A, Kisand V, Krolicka A, Lanzén A, Leese F, Lejzerowicz F, Lyautey E, Maček I, Sagova-Marečková M, Pearman JK, Pochon X, Stoeck T, Vivien R, Weigand A, Fazi S. Environmental DNA metabarcoding for benthic monitoring: A review of sediment sampling and DNA extraction methods. Sci Total Environ 2022; 818:151783. [PMID: 34801504 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2021] [Revised: 11/06/2021] [Accepted: 11/14/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding (parallel sequencing of DNA/RNA for identification of whole communities within a targeted group) is revolutionizing the field of aquatic biomonitoring. To date, most metabarcoding studies aiming to assess the ecological status of aquatic ecosystems have focused on water eDNA and macroinvertebrate bulk samples. However, the eDNA metabarcoding has also been applied to soft sediment samples, mainly for assessing microbial or meiofaunal biota. Compared to classical methodologies based on manual sorting and morphological identification of benthic taxa, eDNA metabarcoding offers potentially important advantages for assessing the environmental quality of sediments. The methods and protocols utilized for sediment eDNA metabarcoding can vary considerably among studies, and standardization efforts are needed to improve their robustness, comparability and use within regulatory frameworks. Here, we review the available information on eDNA metabarcoding applied to sediment samples, with a focus on sampling, preservation, and DNA extraction steps. We discuss challenges specific to sediment eDNA analysis, including the variety of different sources and states of eDNA and its persistence in the sediment. This paper aims to identify good-practice strategies and facilitate method harmonization for routine use of sediment eDNA in future benthic monitoring.
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- J Pawlowski
- Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 81-712 Sopot, Poland; ID-Gene Ecodiagnostics, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland
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- NatureMetrics Ltd, CABI Site, Bakeham Lane, Egham TW20 9TY, UK
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu 50411, Estonia; Chair of Hydrobiology and Fishery, Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia; Chair of Aquaculture, Institute of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Estonia
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- Water Research Institute, National Research Council of Italy (IRSA-CNR), Monterotondo, Rome, Italy
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- Water Research Institute, National Research Council of Italy (IRSA-CNR), Monterotondo, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; ID-Gene Ecodiagnostics, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Norwegian Research Center AS, NORCE Environment, Marine Ecology Group, Mekjarvik 12, 4070 Randaberg, Norway
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- INRAE, CARRTEL, 74200 Thonon-les-Bains, France
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, Ancona 60131, Italy
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- ID-Gene Ecodiagnostics, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; NORCE Climate, NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS, Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Jahnebakken 5, 5007 Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Materials, Environmental Sciences and Urban Planning, Polytechnic University of Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, Ancona 60131, Italy
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- Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology (CBMA), Department of Biology, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal; Institute of Science and Innovation for Bio-Sustainability (IB-S), University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, Ancona 60131, Italy
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, Ancona 60131, Italy
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- Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology (CBMA), Department of Biology, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal; Institute of Science and Innovation for Bio-Sustainability (IB-S), University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
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- University of Salzburg, Dept. of Biosciences, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
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- Swiss Centre for Applied Ecotoxicology (Ecotox Centre), EPFL ENAC IIE-GE, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, Urbino University, Urbino, Italy
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- Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Ecology Group, D-67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Bielefeld University, Animal Ecology, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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- Norwegian Research Center AS, NORCE Environment, Marine Ecology Group, Mekjarvik 12, 4070 Randaberg, Norway
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- AZTI, Marine Research, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Pasaia, Gipuzkoa, Spain; IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain
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- University of Duisburg-Essen, Faculty of Biology, Aquatic Ecosystem Research, Germany
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- Center for Microbiome Innovation, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, INRAE, CARRTEL, 74200 Thonon-les-Bains, France
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- Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva 101, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies (FAMNIT), University of Primorska, Glagoljaška 8, 6000 Koper, Slovenia
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- Czech University of Life Sciences, Dept. of Microbiology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Coastal and Freshwater Group, Cawthron Institute, Private Bag 2, Nelson 7042, New Zealand
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- Coastal and Freshwater Group, Cawthron Institute, Private Bag 2, Nelson 7042, New Zealand; Institute of Marine Science, University of Auckland, Warkworth 0941, New Zealand
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- Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Ecology Group, D-67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Swiss Centre for Applied Ecotoxicology (Ecotox Centre), EPFL ENAC IIE-GE, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- National Museum of Natural History Luxembourg, 25 Rue Münster, L-2160 Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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- Water Research Institute, National Research Council of Italy (IRSA-CNR), Monterotondo, Rome, Italy.
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da Silva LC, Martins MVA, Castelo WFL, Saibro MB, Rangel D, Pereira E, Bergamaschi S, Sousa SHME, Varela J, Laut L, Frontalini F, Chaves H, Reis AT, Aguilera O, Zaaboub N, Cheriyan E, Geraldes MC. Trace metals enrichment and potential ecological risk in sediments of the Sepetiba Bay (Rio de Janeiro, SE Brazil). Mar Pollut Bull 2022; 177:113485. [PMID: 35278908 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2021] [Revised: 02/17/2022] [Accepted: 02/18/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The Sepetiba Bay (SB; SE Brazil) has been severely affected by growing of urbanization and industrial activity. This work aims to analyze the evolution of contamination by metals of sediments in SB. The results show a marked increasing trend in the concentrations of potentially toxic elements (PTEs), which is consistent with the rapid populational and industrial growth, mostly since 1970 CE. The remobilization and redistribution of sediments by currents have contributed to the dispersion of metals from the main source of pollutants to relatively distant regions. "Moderately to strongly polluted" sediments are also recorded in some sites in deeper sedimentary layers (namely in preindustrial periods), probably due to lithologic sources of the sediments. The concentrations of PTEs in SB are relatively high when compared with those found globally and in other Brazilian water bodies. Samples of high-resolution sediment cores confirmed that potential ecological risk to the coastal system is influenced not only through human actions but also by natural causes.
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- Layla Cristine da Silva
- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, UERJ, Faculdade de Geologia, Av. São Francisco Xavier, 24, sala 2020A, Maracanã, 20550-013 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, UERJ, Faculdade de Geologia, Av. São Francisco Xavier, 24, sala 2020A, Maracanã, 20550-013 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; Universidade de Aveiro, GeoBioTec, Departamento de Geociências, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.
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- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, UERJ, Faculdade de Geologia, Av. São Francisco Xavier, 24, sala 2020A, Maracanã, 20550-013 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, UERJ, Faculdade de Geologia, Av. São Francisco Xavier, 24, sala 2020A, Maracanã, 20550-013 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, UERJ, Faculdade de Oceanografia, Rua São Francisco Xavier, 524, 4° andar, Bloco E, sala 4018, CEP 20550-900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, UERJ, Faculdade de Geologia, Av. São Francisco Xavier, 24, sala 2020A, Maracanã, 20550-013 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
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- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, UERJ, Faculdade de Geologia, Av. São Francisco Xavier, 24, sala 2020A, Maracanã, 20550-013 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de São Paulo (IOUSP), Pça. Do Oceanográfico, 191, Butantã, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, UERJ, Faculdade de Oceanografia, Rua São Francisco Xavier, 524, 4° andar, Bloco E, sala 4018, CEP 20550-900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Micropaleontologia - LabMicro, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), Av. Pasteur, 436, Urca, CEP 22290-240 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", 61029 Urbino, Italy
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- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, UERJ, Faculdade de Geologia, Av. São Francisco Xavier, 24, sala 2020A, Maracanã, 20550-013 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, UERJ, Faculdade de Oceanografia, Rua São Francisco Xavier, 524, 4° andar, Bloco E, sala 4018, CEP 20550-900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal Fluminense, Instituto de Biologia, Departamento de Biologia Marinha, Laboratorio de Paleoecologia e Mudanças Globais Campus de Gragoatá, Bloco M, CEP: 24210-200 Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer, Department of Marine Science, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Department of Chemical Oceanography, School of Marine Sciences, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin 682016, Kerala, India
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- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, UERJ, Faculdade de Geologia, Av. São Francisco Xavier, 24, sala 2020A, Maracanã, 20550-013 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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Silva LCD, Alves Martins MV, Figueira R, Frontalini F, Pereira E, Senez-Mello TM, Castelo WFL, Saibro MB, Francescangeli F, Mello e Sousa SH, Bergamaschi S, Antonioli L, Bouchet VMP, Terroso D, Rocha F. Unraveling Anthropocene Paleoenvironmental Conditions Combining Sediment and Foraminiferal Data: Proof-of-Concept in the Sepetiba Bay (SE, Brazil). Front Ecol Evol 2022. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2022.852439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The Sepetiba Bay (SB), located in the state of Rio de Janeiro (SE Brazil), is a transitional ecosystem highly anthropized. Because of its great environmental, economic, and social importance, the SB has been the target of several studies to investigate the sources of pollution and their environmental impact. However, studies on the response of foraminifera to pollution are rare. This study applies for the first time in the SB the Ecological Quality Ratio (EQR) based on the biotic index exp(H’bc), related to foraminiferal diversity, coupled with granulometric, mineralogical, and geochemical data and a robust age model (based on 210Pb and 137Cs activity). This study aims to evaluate the paleo-ecological quality status (PaleoEcoQS) along core SP5, collected in the inner central region of the SB. In the sedimentary record of the first half of the 20th century, no foraminifera were found, and the moderate enrichment in lithogenic elements was probably related not only to weathering and erosion of rocks but also to mining activities in the region. From the second half of the 20th century, the study area was under higher marine influence. Progressive siltation took place because of anthropogenic interventions in river courses, eutrophication, and metal pollution. Weak hydrodynamic conditions favored the accumulation of fine-grained sediments and organic matters. In the same period, low diversified benthic foraminiferal assemblages, including mainly opportunist species, were developed. Paleo-ecological conditions inferred by the biotic index exp(H’bc) were poor around 1970 and worsened after the metal spill released by Companhia Ingá Mercantil (a zinc ore processing plant). After that, progressively recovery has led to good ecological conditions in 2015. This study shows how benthic foraminiferal methods could represent a very useful tool to track changes in the evaluation of PaleoEcoQS.
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Rostami MA, Frontalini F, Giordano P, Francescangeli F, Alves Martins MV, Dyer L, Spagnoli F. Testing the applicability of random forest modeling to examine benthic foraminiferal responses to multiple environmental parameters. Mar Environ Res 2021; 172:105502. [PMID: 34638002 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2021.105502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2021] [Revised: 09/25/2021] [Accepted: 10/07/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The main environmental variables controlling benthic foraminiferal distributions were identified and used to assess their influence on ecological indices developed as predictors of Ecological Quality Status (EcoQS) in marine ecosystems. Gradient forest and random forest models were applied to assess the predictive value of a selection of abiotic (environmental) and biotic (foraminifera) variables in a costal marine area in the central Adriatic Sea (Italy). This approach yields evidence that the predictor variables sand, silt, Pollution Load Index, and TN have the greatest influence on the distribution of benthic foraminifera in this area. In addition, we identify thresholds for the most important environmental variables that influence ecological indices. These findings contribute to efforts to determine how to best improve sediment quality and environmental stability for marine conservation. Further application of these approaches represents a useful tool for policymakers to survey the diversity of marine organisms and to improve the ability to protect and restore marine ecosystems by identifying predictors of diversity and identifying key thresholds in these predictors.
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- Masoud A Rostami
- Department of Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV, 89557, USA.
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- Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", 61029, Urbino, Italy
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- Istituto di Scienze Polari, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, 40129, Bologna, Italy
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- University of Hamburg, Institute for Geology, Centre for Earth System Research and Sustainability, Bundesstraße, 55, 20146, Hamburg, Germany
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- Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ), R. São Francisco Xavier, 524, LabMicro 4037F, Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, 20550-900, Brazil; Aveiro University, Department of Geosciences, GeoBioTec, Campus de Santiago, 3810-197, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV, 89557, USA
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- Istituto per le Risorse Biologiche e le Biotecnologie Marine, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, 60125, Ancona, Italy; School of Science and Technology, Geology division, University of Camerino, 62032, Camerino, Italy
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Cavaliere M, Barrenechea Angeles I, Montresor M, Bucci C, Brocani L, Balassi E, Margiotta F, Francescangeli F, Bouchet VMP, Pawlowski J, Frontalini F. Assessing the ecological quality status of the highly polluted Bagnoli area (Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy) using foraminiferal eDNA metabarcoding. Sci Total Environ 2021; 790:147871. [PMID: 34098278 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2021] [Revised: 05/14/2021] [Accepted: 05/14/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Morphology-based benthic foraminifera indices are increasingly used worldwide for biomonitoring the ecological quality of marine sediments. The recent development of foraminiferal eDNA metabarcoding offers a reliable, time-, and cost-effective alternative to morphology-based foraminiferal biomonitoring. However, the practical applications of these new tools are still highly limited. In the present study, we evaluate the response of benthic foraminifera and define the ecological quality status (EcoQS) in the Bagnoli area (Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy) based on a traditional morphology-based approach and eDNA metabarcoding. The geochemical data show that several sites in front of the former industrial plant contain higher concentrations of potentially toxic elements than the effect range median and are characterized by the highest total organic carbon (TOC) content, whereas the distantly located sites can be considered relatively low- to unpolluted. Significant differences (i.e., diversity and assemblage composition) in both morphological and molecular datasets were found between the relatively low- to unpolluted and the most polluted areas. Similarly, the selected ecological indices of both morphological and molecular datasets strikingly and congruently resulted in a clear separation following the environmental stress gradient. The molecular indices (i.e., g-exp(H'bc), g-Foram AMBI, and g-Foram AMBI-MOTUs) reliably identified poor-to-bad EcoQS in the polluted area in front of the former industrial plant. On the other hand, the Foram-AMBI based on morphology well identified an overall trend but seemed to overestimate the EcoQS if the traditional class boundaries were considered. The congruent and complementary trends between morphological and metabarcoding data observed in the case of the Bagnoli site further support the application of foraminiferal metabarcoding in routine biomonitoring to assess the environmental impacts of heavily polluted marine areas.
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- M Cavaliere
- Dipartimento di Scienze Pure e Applicate, Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", 61029 Urbino, Italy.
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- Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland; Department of Earth Sciences, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, 80122 Naples, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Pure e Applicate, Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", 61029 Urbino, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Pure e Applicate, Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", 61029 Urbino, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Pure e Applicate, Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", 61029 Urbino, Italy
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- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, 80122 Naples, Italy
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- University of Hamburg, Institute for Geology, Centre for Earth System Research and Sustainability, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
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- University of Lille, CNRS, Univ. Littoral Côte d'Opale, UMR 8187, LOG, Laboratoire d'Océanologie et de Géosciences, Station Marine de Wimereux, F 59000 Lille, France
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- Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland; ID-Gene ecodiagnostics, Campus Biotech Innovation Park, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland; Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 81-712 Sopot, Poland
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Pure e Applicate, Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", 61029 Urbino, Italy
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Garrison TF, Kaminski MA, Tawabini B, Frontalini F. Sediment oxygen demand and benthic foraminiferal faunas in the Arabian Gulf: A test of the method on a siliciclastic substrate. Saudi J Biol Sci 2021; 28:2907-2913. [PMID: 34025168 PMCID: PMC8117160 DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.02.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2020] [Revised: 02/02/2021] [Accepted: 02/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In this study, we investigated the relationship between environmental parameters (water and sediment) and benthic foraminiferal assemblages found in nearshore siliciclastic sediment in the Arabian Gulf. Nearshore marine water and sediment samples were collected from a beach on the Gulf of Bahrain located south of Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia. The water samples were analyzed for biochemical oxygen demand (BOD5) and other chemical analyses. The sediment samples were tested for sediment oxygen demand (SOD) and heavy metal analysis. Results showed the BOD5 levels were below the detection limit (<1 ppm), while the mean SOD value was 0.97 ± 0.08 g/m2·day. The water and sediments were unpolluted and free of eutrophic enrichment, while the sediment was anoxic. The two most common genera in the benthic foraminiferal assemblage, Ammonia and Elphidium, are typical of shallow water sandy substrates. This is the first reported comparison between SOD and benthic foraminiferal assemblages.
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- Thomas F Garrison
- Chemistry Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia
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- Geosciences Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia
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- Geosciences Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Urbino, 61029 Urbino, Italy
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Betti M, Ciacci C, Abramovich S, Frontalini F. Protein Extractions from Amphistegina lobifera: Protocol Development and Optimization. Life (Basel) 2021; 11:life11050418. [PMID: 34063137 PMCID: PMC8148146 DOI: 10.3390/life11050418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2021] [Revised: 04/30/2021] [Accepted: 05/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Proteins are essential to life, and the evaluation of their content, identification, and modification represents a fundamental assay in biochemistry research. Different analytical techniques and protocols have been specifically designed but have rarely been compared. Here, we test and compare a variety of methodologies and treatments for the quantification of proteins in Amphistegina lessonii, a larger symbiont-bearing benthic foraminiferal species. These analyses specifically include (a) lysis buffer (homemade vs. RIPA), (b) protein assays (Lowry, BCA, and Bradford), (c) ultrasonic bath treatment, and (d) protein staining (silver staining vs. Coomassie blue). On the basis of the comparative outcome, we suggest using the homemade lysis buffer, Lowry or BCA assays, ultrasonic bath treatment, and silver stain to maximize the extraction and characterization of protein for A. lessonii. This protocol might be suitable and extended to other benthic foraminiferal species, including the smaller ones.
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- Michele Betti
- Department of Biomolecular Science, Urbino University, 61029 Urbino, Italy; (M.B.); (C.C.)
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- Department of Biomolecular Science, Urbino University, 61029 Urbino, Italy; (M.B.); (C.C.)
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel;
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- Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, Urbino University, 61029 Urbino, Italy
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Castelo WFL, Martins MVA, Martínez-Colón M, Guerra JV, Dadalto TP, Terroso D, Soares MF, Frontalini F, Duleba W, Socorro OAA, Geraldes MC, Rocha F, Bergamaschi S. Disentangling natural vs. anthropogenic induced environmental variability during the Holocene: Marambaia Cove, SW sector of the Sepetiba Bay (SE Brazil). Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2021; 28:22612-22640. [PMID: 33420935 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-12179-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2020] [Accepted: 12/21/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Multiproxy approach based on textural, mineralogical, geochemical, and microfaunal analyses on a 176-cm-long core (SP8) has been applied to reconstruct the Holocene paleoenvironmental changes and disentangling natural vs. anthropogenic variability in Marambaia Cove of the Sepetiba Bay (SE Brazil). Sepetiba Bay became a lagoonal system due to the evolution and development of the Marambaia barrier island during the Holocene and the presence of an extensive river basin. Elemental concentrations from pre-anthropogenic layers from the nearby SP7 core have been used to estimate the baseline elemental concentrations for this region and to determine metals enrichment factors (EF), pollution load index (PLI), and sediment pollution index (SPI). Record of the core SP8 provides compelling evidence of the lagoon evolution differentiating the effects of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) under natural vs. anthropic forcing in the last ~ 9.5 ka BP. The study area was probably part of coastal sand ridges between ≈ 9.5 and 7.8 ka BP (radiocarbon date). Events of wash over deposited allochthonous material and organic matter between ≈ 8.6 and 7.8 ka. Climatic event 8.2 ka BP, in which the South American Summer Monsoon was intensified in Brazil causing higher rainfall and moisture was scored by an anoxic event. Accumulation of organic matter resulted in oxygen depletion and even anoxia in the sediment activating biogeochemical processes that resulted in the retention of potentially toxic elements (PTEs). After ≈ 7.8 ka BP at the onset of the Holocene sea-level rise, a marine incursion flooded the Marambaia Cove area (previously exposed to subaerial conditions). Environmental conditions became favorable for the colonization of benthic foraminifera. The Foram Stress Index (FSI) and Exp(H'bc) indicate that the environmental conditions turned from bad to more favorable since ≈ 7.8 ka BP, with maximum health reached at ≈ 5 ka BP, during the mid-Holocene relative sea-level highstand. Since then, the sedimentological and ecological proxies suggest that the system evolved to an increasing degree of confinement. Since ≈ 1975 AD, a sharp increase of silting, Cd, Zn, and organic matter also induced by anthropic activities caused major changes in foraminiferal assemblages with a significant increase of Ammonia/Elphidium Index (AEI), EF, and SPI values and decreasing of FSI and Exp(H'bc) (ecological indicators) demonstrating an evolution from "moderately polluted" to "heavily polluted" environment (bad ecological conditions), under variable suboxic conditions. Thus, core SP8 illustrates the most remarkable event of anthropogenic forcing on the geochemistry of the sediments and associated pollution loads and its negative effect on benthic organisms.
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- Wellen Fernanda Louzada Castelo
- Programa Pós-Graduação em Dinâmica dos Oceanos e da Terra, Universidade Federal Fluminense, UFF, Campus da Praia Vermelha, Niterói, RJ, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Geologia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Av. São Francisco Xavier, 524, sala 2020A, Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 20550-013, Brazil.
- Departamento de Geociências, Universidade de Aveiro, GeoBioTec, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal.
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- Florida A and M University, School of the Environment, FSH Science Research Center, 1515 South MLK Blvd, Tallahassee, FL, 32307, USA
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- Faculdade de Oceanografia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, UERJ, Rua São Francisco Xavier, 524, 4° andar, Bloco E, sala 4018, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 20550-900, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal do Sul da Bahia - UFSB, Rodovia de Acesso para Itabuna, km 39 - Ferradas, Itabuna, BA, 45613-204, Brazil
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- Departamento de Geociências, Universidade de Aveiro, GeoBioTec, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Faculdade de Geologia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Av. São Francisco Xavier, 524, sala 2020A, Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 20550-013, Brazil
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Pure e Applicate (DiSPeA), Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", Urbino, Italy
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- Escola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Instituto de Biologia, Departamento de Biologia Marinha, Laboratorio de Paleoecologia e Mudanças Globais Campus de Gragoatá, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Bloco M, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, 24210-200, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Geologia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Av. São Francisco Xavier, 524, sala 2020A, Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 20550-013, Brazil
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- Departamento de Geociências, Universidade de Aveiro, GeoBioTec, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Faculdade de Geologia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Av. São Francisco Xavier, 524, sala 2020A, Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 20550-013, Brazil
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Bouchet VMP, Frontalini F, Francescangeli F, Sauriau PG, Geslin E, Martins MVA, Almogi-Labin A, Avnaim-Katav S, Di Bella L, Cearreta A, Coccioni R, Costelloe A, Dimiza MD, Ferraro L, Haynert K, Martínez-Colón M, Melis R, Schweizer M, Triantaphyllou MV, Tsujimoto A, Wilson B, Armynot du Châtelet E. Indicative value of benthic foraminifera for biomonitoring: Assignment to ecological groups of sensitivity to total organic carbon of species from European intertidal areas and transitional waters. Mar Pollut Bull 2021; 164:112071. [PMID: 33549924 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2020] [Revised: 01/15/2021] [Accepted: 01/16/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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This work contributes to the ongoing work aiming at confirming benthic foraminifera as a biological quality element. In this study, benthic foraminifera from intertidal and transitional waters from the English Channel/European Atlantic coast and the Mediterranean Sea were assigned to five ecological groups using the weighted-averaging optimum with respect to TOC of each species. It was however not possible to assign typical salt marsh species due to the presence of labile and refractory organic matter that hampers TOC characterization. Tests of this study species' lists with Foram-AMBI on two independent datasets showed a significant correlation between Foram-AMBI and TOC, confirming the strong relation between foraminifera and TOC. For one of the validation datasets, associated macrofaunal data were available and a significant correlation was found between the foraminiferal Foram-AMBI and the macrofaunal AMBI. The here proposed lists should be further tested with sensitivity-based indices in different European regional settings.
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- Vincent M P Bouchet
- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Univ. Littoral Côte d'Opale, UMR 8187, LOG, Laboratoire d'Océanologie et de Géosciences, Station Marine de Wimereux, F 59000 Lille, France.
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- Univ. Urbino Dipartimento di Scienze Pure e Applicate (DiSPeA), Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", Campus Scientifico Enrico Mattei, Località Crocicchia, 61029 Urbino, Italy
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- University of Hamburg, Institute for Geology, Centre for Earth System Research and Sustainability, Bundesstraße, 5520146 Hamburg, Germany
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- La Rochelle Université, CNRS, Littoral Environnement et Sociétés, UMR 7266 LIENSs, 2 rue Olympe de Gouges, 17000 La Rochelle, France
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- UMR 6112 LPG-BIAF, Univ. Angers, Univ. Nantes, CNRS, 2 Bd Lavoisier, F 49000 Angers, France
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- Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ), R. São Francisco Xavier, 524, Lab 1006, Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro 20550-900, Brazil; Aveiro University, Department of Geosciences, GeoBioTec, Campus de Santiago, 3810-197 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Geological Survey of Israel, Yesha'yahu Leibowitz 32, Jerusalem 9692100, Israel
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Della Terra, Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy
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- Departamento de Geología, Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Univ. Urbino Dipartimento di Scienze Pure e Applicate (DiSPeA), Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", Campus Scientifico Enrico Mattei, Località Crocicchia, 61029 Urbino, Italy
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- BioStratigraphic Associates (Trinidad) Limited, 113 Frederick Settlement, Old Southern Main Rd., Caroni, Trinidad and Tobago
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- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Faculty of Geology and Geoenvironment, Panepistimioupolis, 15784 Athens, Greece
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- CNR, Institute of Marine Sciences, National Research Council of Italy, Calata Porta di Massa, Naples, Italy
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- University of Göttingen, J.F. Blumenbach Institute of Zoology and Anthropology, Göttingen, Germany
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- Florida A&M University, School of the Environment, FSH Science Research Center, RM306B, 1515 South MLK Blvd, Tallahassee, FL 32307, USA
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- Department of Mathematics and Geosciences, 34127 Trieste, Italy
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- UMR 6112 LPG-BIAF, Univ. Angers, Univ. Nantes, CNRS, 2 Bd Lavoisier, F 49000 Angers, France
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- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Faculty of Geology and Geoenvironment, Panepistimioupolis, 15784 Athens, Greece
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- Faculty of Education, Shimane University, 1060 Nishikawatsucho, Matsue, Shimane 690-8504, Japan
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- Cedar Lodge, Maenygroes, Cei Newydd, Ceredigion, Wales SA45 9RL, UK
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Univ. Littoral Côte d'Opale, UMR 8187, LOG, Laboratoire d'Océanologie et de Géosciences, F 59000 Lille, France
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Bouchet VMP, Frontalini F, Francescangeli F, Sauriau PG, Geslin E, Martins MVA, Almogi-Labin A, Avnaim-Katav S, Bella LD, Cearreta A, Coccioni R, Costelloe A, Dimiza MD, Ferraro L, Haynert K, Martínez-Colón M, Melis R, Schweizer M, Triantaphyllou MV, Tsujimoto A, Wilson B, Armynot du Châtelet E. Relative abundances of benthic foraminifera in response to total organic carbon in sediments: Data from European intertidal areas and transitional waters. Data Brief 2021; 35:106920. [PMID: 33748362 PMCID: PMC7967008 DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2021.106920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2021] [Revised: 02/24/2021] [Accepted: 02/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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We gathered total organic carbon (%) and relative abundances of benthic foraminifera in intertidal areas and transitional waters from the English Channel/European Atlantic Coast (587 samples) and the Mediterranean Sea (301 samples) regions from published and unpublished datasets. This database allowed to calculate total organic carbon optimum and tolerance range of benthic foraminifera in order to assign them to ecological groups of sensitivity. Optima and tolerance range were obtained by mean of the weighted-averaging method. The data are related to the research article titled “Indicative value of benthic foraminifera for biomonitoring: assignment to ecological groups of sensitivity to total organic carbon of species from European intertidal areas and transitional waters” [1].
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- Vincent M P Bouchet
- University Lille, CNRS, Univ. Littoral Côte d'Opale, UMR 8187, LOG, Laboratoire d'Océanologie et de Géosciences, Station Marine de Wimereux, F 59000, Lille, France
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- University Urbino Dipartimento di Scienze Pure e Applicate (DiSPeA), Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", Campus Scientifico Enrico Mattei, Località Crocicchia, 61029, Urbino, Italy
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- University of Hamburg, Institute for Geology, Centre for Earth System Research and Sustainability, Bundesstraße, 5520146 Hamburg, Germany
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- La Rochelle Université, CNRS, Littoral Environnement et Sociétés, UMR 7266 LIENSs, 2 rue Olympe de Gouges, 17000 La Rochelle, France
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- UMR CNRS 6112 LPG-BIAF, University of Angers, 2 Bd Lavoisier, Angers Cedex 1, 49045, France
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- Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ), R. São Francisco Xavier, 524 - Lab 1006 - Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro 20550-900, Brazil.,Aveiro University, Department of Geosciences, GeoBioTec, Campus de Santiago, 3810-197 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Geological Survey of Israel, Yesha'yahu Leibowitz 32, Jerusalem 9692100, Israel
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Della Terra, Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy
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- Departamento de Geología, Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- University Urbino Dipartimento di Scienze Pure e Applicate (DiSPeA), Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", Campus Scientifico Enrico Mattei, Località Crocicchia, 61029, Urbino, Italy
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- BioStratigraphic Associates (Trinidad) Limited, 113 Frederick Settlement, Old Southern Main Rd., Caroni, Trinidad and Tobago
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- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Faculty of Geology and Geoenvironment, Panepistimioupolis, 15784, Athens, Greece
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- CNR, Institute of Marine Sciences, National Research Council of Italy, Calata Porta di Massa, Naples, Italy
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- University of Göttingen, J.F. Blumenbach Institute of Zoology and Anthropology, Göttingen
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- Florida A&M University, School of the Environment, FL, USA.,FSH Science Research Center, RM306B, 1515 South MLK Blvd, Tallahassee, FL 32307, USA
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- Department of Mathematics and Geosciences, 34127 Trieste, Italy
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- UMR CNRS 6112 LPG-BIAF, University of Angers, 2 Bd Lavoisier, Angers Cedex 1, 49045, France
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- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Faculty of Geology and Geoenvironment, Panepistimioupolis, 15784, Athens, Greece
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- Faculty of Education, Shimane University, 1060 Nishikawatsucho, Matsue, Shimane 690-8504, Japan
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- Cedar Lodge, Maenygroes, Cei Newydd, Ceredigion, Wales SA45 9RL, UK
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- University Lille, CNRS, University Littoral Côte d'Opale, UMR 8187, LOG, Laboratoire d'Océanologie et de Géosciences, F 59000, Lille, France
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Castelo WFL, Martins MVA, de Lima Ferreira PA, Figueira R, da Costa CF, da Fonseca LB, Bergamashi S, Pereira E, Terroso D, Pinto AFS, Simon MB, Socorro OAA, Frontalini F, da Silva LC, Rocha F, Geraldes M, Guerra JV. Long-term eutrophication and contamination of the central area of Sepetiba Bay (SW Brazil). Environ Monit Assess 2021; 193:100. [PMID: 33515075 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-021-08861-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2020] [Accepted: 01/07/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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This work sheds light on the recent evolution (≈1915-2015 AD) of Sepetiba Bay (SB; SE Brazil), a subtropical coastal lagoon on the southwestern Brazilian coast, based on a multiproxy approach. Variations in geochemical proxies as well as textural, mineralogical and geochronological data allow us to reconstruct temporally constrained changes in the depositional environments along the SP3 sediment core collected from the central area of SB. At the beginning of the twentieth century, the substrate of the study site was composed of coarse-grained sediments, largely sourced from felsic rocks of proximal areas and deposited under moderate to strong shallow marine hydrodynamics. Since the 1930s, the study area has undergone silting and received high contributions of materials from mafic rocks sourced by river basins. The SP3 core reveals a shallowing-upward sequence due to human-induced silting with significant eutrophication since the middle of 1970, which was caused by significant enrichment of organic matter that was provided by not only marine productivity but also continental and human waste. In addition, the sediments deposited after 1980 exhibit significant enrichment and are moderately to strongly polluted by Cd and Zn. Metals were dispersed by hydrodynamics from the source areas, but diagenetic processes promoted their retention in the sediments. The potential ecological risk index (PERI) indicates that the level of high (considerable) ecological risk is in sediments deposited in ≈1995 (30-32 cm; subsurface). The applied methodology allowed us to understand the thickness of the bottom sediment affected by eutrophication processes and contaminants. Identical methodologies can be applied in other coastal zones, and can provide useful information to decision makers and stakeholders that manage those areas.
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- Wellen Fernanda Louzada Castelo
- Programa Pós-Graduação em Dinâmica dos Oceanos e da Terra, Universidade Federal Fluminense, UFF Campus da Praia Vermelha, Niterói, RJ, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Geologia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Av. São Francisco Xavier, 524, sala 2020A, Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 20550-013, Brazil.
- GeoBioTec, Departamento de Geociências, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal.
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- Instituto Ocenográfico, Departamento de Ocenografia Física, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
- Departamento de Oceanografia Física, Química e Geológica - DOF, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto Ocenográfico, Departamento de Ocenografia Física, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
- Departamento de Oceanografia Física, Química e Geológica - DOF, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Oceanografia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, UERJ, Rua São Francisco Xavier, 524, 4° andar, Bloco E, sala 4018, CEP, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 20550-900, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Geologia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Av. São Francisco Xavier, 524, sala 2020A, Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 20550-013, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Geologia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Av. São Francisco Xavier, 524, sala 2020A, Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 20550-013, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Geologia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Av. São Francisco Xavier, 524, sala 2020A, Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 20550-013, Brazil
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- GeoBioTec, Departamento de Geociências, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Faculdade de Geologia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Av. São Francisco Xavier, 524, sala 2020A, Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 20550-013, Brazil
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- Instituto de Geociências, Departamento de Geologia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Av. Athos da Silveira Ramos, 274, Bloco G, Cidade Universitária, Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, CEP: 21941-916, Brazil
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- Instituto de Biologia, Departamento de Biologia Marinha, Laboratorio de Paleoecologia e Mudanças Globais Campus de Gragoatá, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Bloco M, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, CEP: 24210-200, Brazil
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Pure e Applicate (DiSPeA), Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", Urbino, Italy
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- Faculdade de Geologia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Av. São Francisco Xavier, 524, sala 2020A, Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 20550-013, Brazil
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- GeoBioTec, Departamento de Geociências, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Faculdade de Geologia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Av. São Francisco Xavier, 524, sala 2020A, Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 20550-013, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Oceanografia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, UERJ, Rua São Francisco Xavier, 524, 4° andar, Bloco E, sala 4018, CEP, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 20550-900, Brazil
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S Dos S de Jesus M, Frontalini F, Bouchet VMP, Yamashita C, Sartoretto JR, Figueira RCL, de Mello E Sousa SH. Reconstruction of the palaeo-ecological quality status in an impacted estuary using benthic foraminifera: The Santos Estuary (São Paulo state, SE Brazil). Mar Environ Res 2020; 162:105121. [PMID: 32846319 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2020.105121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2020] [Revised: 08/11/2020] [Accepted: 08/12/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The Santos Estuary (SE Brazil) is a coastal ecosystem with a high ecological importance and has been strongly impacted by human activities over the last century. A multiproxy analysis of sediment core dated by 137Cs, 210Pb and 226Ra activities and based on sediment geochemistry and benthic foraminifera is here used to reconstruct the environmental changes and the variations of the Palaeo-Ecological Quality Status (Palaeo-EcoQS) during the last ~120 years. The Palaeo-EcoQS was reconstructed by applying the diversity index Exp(H'bc) based on the benthic foraminiferal fauna. Specifically, the Ecological Quality Ratio (EQR) allowed to assess the Palaeo-EcoQS during the last ~120 years using local reference conditions. Based on our data, the pre-industrial period (~1883-1902) represents the reference conditions with "Good" Palaeo-EcoQS. The ~1902-1972 period coincides with the beginning of industrial operations and intensification of coastal urbanization leading to a deterioration of the environmental quality and Palaeo-EcoQS shifting to "Moderate" conditions. Dredging operations in 1972 led to increase the influences of adjacent sea that ultimately resulted in a "Good" Palaeo-EcoQS persisting up to the 1990s. Despite the preservation actions and recovery programs, the 1993-2012 period was characterized by an overall deterioration of the environmental conditions. Indeed, the reconstructed "Poor" to "Bad" Palaeo-EcoQS suggest the ineffectiveness of the remediation actions. This work confirmed that benthic foraminifera are reliable to evaluate EcoQS and Palaeo-EcoQS in estuarine ecosystems. Based on the present findings and previous studies showing the potential of fossil foraminifera to define in situ reference conditions, we recommend the inclusion of foraminifera in the list of biological quality elements within legislations concerning transitional and marine habitats.
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- Márcio S Dos S de Jesus
- Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de São Paulo, Praça Do Oceanográfico, 191, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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- Università Degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", DiSPeA, Campus Scientifico Enrico Mattei, Località' Crocicchia, 61029, Urbino, Italy
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Univ. Littoral Côte D'Opale, UMR 8187, LOG, Laboratoire D'Océanologie et de Géosciences, F 59000, Lille, France
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- Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de São Paulo, Praça Do Oceanográfico, 191, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de São Paulo, Praça Do Oceanográfico, 191, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de São Paulo, Praça Do Oceanográfico, 191, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de São Paulo, Praça Do Oceanográfico, 191, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Frontalini F, Cordier T, Balassi E, Armynot du Chatelet E, Cermakova K, Apothéloz-Perret-Gentil L, Martins MVA, Bucci C, Scantamburlo E, Treglia M, Bonamin V, Pawlowski J. Benthic foraminiferal metabarcoding and morphology-based assessment around three offshore gas platforms: Congruence and complementarity. Environ Int 2020; 144:106049. [PMID: 32835923 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.106049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2020] [Revised: 08/07/2020] [Accepted: 08/07/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Since the 1960 s, there has been a rapid expansion of drilling activities in the central and northern Adriatic Sea to meet the increasing global energy demand. The discharges of organic and inorganic pollutants, as well as the alteration of the sediment substrate, are among the main impacts associated with these activities. In the present study, we evaluate the response of benthic foraminifera to the activities of three gas platforms in the northwestern Adriatic Sea, with a special focus on the Armida A platform for which extensive geochemical data (organic matter, trace elements, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, other hydrocarbons, and volatile organic compounds) are available. The response to disturbance is assessed by analyzing the foraminiferal diversity using the traditional morphology-based approach and by 18S rDNA-based metabarcoding. The two methods give congruent results, showing relatively lower foraminiferal diversity and higher dominance values at stations closer to the platforms (<50 m). The taxonomic compositions of the morphological and metabarcoding datasets are very different, the latter being dominated by monothalamous, mainly soft-walled species. However, compositional changes consistently occur at 50 m from the platform and can be related to variations in sediment grain-size variation and higher concentrations of Ni, Zn, Ba, hydrocarbons and total organic carbon. Additionally, several morphospecies and Molecular Operational Taxonomic Units (MOTUs) show strong correlations with distance from the platform and with environmental parameters extracted from BIOENV analysis. Some of these MOTUs have the potential to become new bioindicators, complementing the assemblage of hard-shelled foraminiferal species detected through microscopic analyses. The congruence and complementarity between metabarcoding and morphological approaches support the application of foraminiferal metabarcoding in routine biomonitoring surveys as a reliable, time- and cost-effective methodology to assess the environmental impacts of marine industries.
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- Fabrizio Frontalini
- Dipartimento di Scienze Pure e Applicate, Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", Urbino, Italy
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- Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Pure e Applicate, Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", Urbino, Italy
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- Laboratoire d'Océanologie et de Géosciences UMR 8187 LOG CNRS/Lille/ULCO, Université de Lille, Bât SN5, Cité Scientifique, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- ID-Gene ecodiagnostics, Campus Biotech Innovation Park, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; ID-Gene ecodiagnostics, Campus Biotech Innovation Park, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Micropaleontology, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Universidade de Aveiro, GeoBioTec, Departamento de Geociências, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Pure e Applicate, Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", Urbino, Italy
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- Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; ID-Gene ecodiagnostics, Campus Biotech Innovation Park, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland; Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 81-712 Sopot, Poland
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Francescangeli F, Quijada M, Armynot du Châtelet E, Frontalini F, Trentesaux A, Billon G, Bouchet VMP. Multidisciplinary study to monitor consequences of pollution on intertidal benthic ecosystems (Hauts de France, English Channel, France): Comparison with natural areas. Mar Environ Res 2020; 160:105034. [PMID: 32907737 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2020.105034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2020] [Revised: 05/25/2020] [Accepted: 05/26/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The intertidal areas of the Hauts-de-France (English Channel - France) stand out for the occurrence of fragile ecosystems that are exposed to natural and human-induced stress. Over the last two centuries, the northern part of this region has experienced a strong human pressure, with the settlement of numerous activities (i.e., metallurgic factories, harbors, embankments). On the contrary, the southern part includes mostly natural areas. The whole region is influenced by a macrotidal regime. A multidisciplinary approach based on sedimentological (grain-size), geochemical (trace metals, biomarkers) and biological (foraminifera) proxies was used to unravel the contrasting environmental conditions in the Hauts-de-France. Three foraminiferal-types communities, which reflect different ecological characteristics at regional scale, were identified: 1) estuarine macrotidal assemblages (Haynesina germanica associated to Elphidiidae) in low impacted estuaries; 2) industrial-perturbed assemblages (H. germanica and Cribroelphidium excavatum) in harbor areas; and 3) infaunal-dominant assemblages (Bolivina variabilis and B. pseudoplicata) in embankment areas. The outcomes of this study show that a multiproxy procedure needs to be adopted for properly characterizing intertidal ecosystems, where human impacts and natural stresses overlap and are hard to disentangle.
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- F Francescangeli
- University of Lille, CNRS, Univ. Littoral Côte D'Opale, UMR 8187, LOG, Laboratoire D'Océanologie et de Géosciences, F 59 000, Lille, France; University of Hamburg, Institute for Geology, Centre for Earth System Research and Sustainability, Germany.
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- University of Lille, CNRS, Univ. Littoral Côte D'Opale, UMR 8187, LOG, Laboratoire D'Océanologie et de Géosciences, F 59 000, Lille, France
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- University of Lille, CNRS, Univ. Littoral Côte D'Opale, UMR 8187, LOG, Laboratoire D'Océanologie et de Géosciences, F 59 000, Lille, France
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- University of Urbino, Dipartimento di Scienze Pure e Applicate (DiSPeA), 61029, Urbino, Italy
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- University of Lille, CNRS, Univ. Littoral Côte D'Opale, UMR 8187, LOG, Laboratoire D'Océanologie et de Géosciences, F 59 000, Lille, France
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- University of Lille, CNRS, UMR 8516 - LASIRE - Laboratoire de Spectroscopie pour Les Interactions, La Réactivité et L'Environnement, F-59000, Lille, France
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- University of Lille, CNRS, Univ. Littoral Côte D'Opale, UMR 8187, LOG, Laboratoire D'Océanologie et de Géosciences, F 62 930, Wimereux, France
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Alves Martins MV, Hohenegger J, Martínez-Colón M, Frontalini F, Bergamashi S, Laut L, Belart P, Mahiques M, Pereira E, Rodrigues R, Terroso D, Miranda P, Geraldes MC, Villena HH, Reis T, Socorro OAA, de Mello E Sousa SH, Yamashita C, Rocha F. Ecological quality status of the NE sector of the Guanabara Bay (Brazil): A case of living benthic foraminiferal resilience. Mar Pollut Bull 2020; 158:111449. [PMID: 32753225 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2020] [Revised: 07/01/2020] [Accepted: 07/06/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The ecological quality status of the NE region of the Guanabara Bay (SE Brazil), one of the most important Brazilian embayments, is evaluated. For this purpose, sediment samples from in the inner of the Guanabara Bay (GB) were collected and analyzed (grain-size, mineralogy, geochemistry and living foraminifera). In this study, it is hypothesized that the potentially toxic elements (PTEs) concentrations, in solution and associated with organic matter (OMPTEs, potential nutrient source), may represent two potential pathways to impact benthic foraminifers. A multiproxy approach applied to complex statistical analyses and ecological indexes shows that the study area is, in general, eutrophic (with high organic matter and low oxygen content), polluted by PTEs and oil. As a consequence, foraminifera are not abundant and their assemblages are poorly diversified and dominated by some stress-tolerant species (i.e., Ammonia tepida, Quinqueloculina seminula, Cribroelphidium excavatum). The results allow us to identify a set of species sensitive to eutrophication and OMPTEs. Factors such as the increase of organic matter contents and OMPTEs and, in particular of Zn, Cd and Pb, the oxygen depletion and the presence of oil, altogether contribute to a marked reduction in the abundance and diversity of foraminifera. Ammonia-Elphidium Index and the Foram Stress Index confirm that the NE zone of GB is, in general, "heavily polluted", with "poor ecological quality status" and experiences suboxic to anoxic conditions. In light of it, special attention from public authorities and policymakers is required in order to take immediate actions to enable its environmental recovery.
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- Maria Virgínia Alves Martins
- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Faculdade de Geologia, Departamento de Estratigrafia e Paleontologia, Av. São Francisco Xavier, 524, sala 2020A, Maracanã, 20550-013 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; Universidade de Aveiro, GeoBioTec, Departamento de Geociências, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.
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- Universität Wien, Institut für Paläontologie, Althanstrasse 17, A 1090 Wien, Austria.
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- Florida A&M University, School of the Environment, FL, USA, FSH Science Research Center, RM306B, 1515 South MLK Blvd, Tallahassee, FL 32307, USA.
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- Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", Dipartimento di Scienze Pure e Applicate (DiSPeA), Urbino, Italy.
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- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Faculdade de Geologia, Departamento de Estratigrafia e Paleontologia, Av. São Francisco Xavier, 524, sala 2020A, Maracanã, 20550-013 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
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- Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - UNIRIO, Laboratório de Micropaleontologia - LabMicro, Av. Pasteur, 458, IBIO/CCET sala 500 Urca, 22.240-490, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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- Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - UNIRIO, Laboratório de Micropaleontologia - LabMicro, Av. Pasteur, 458, IBIO/CCET sala 500 Urca, 22.240-490, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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- Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto Ocenográfico, Departamento de Ocenografia Física, Brazil.
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- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Faculdade de Geologia, Departamento de Estratigrafia e Paleontologia, Av. São Francisco Xavier, 524, sala 2020A, Maracanã, 20550-013 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
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- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Faculdade de Geologia, Departamento de Estratigrafia e Paleontologia, Av. São Francisco Xavier, 524, sala 2020A, Maracanã, 20550-013 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
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- Universidade de Aveiro, GeoBioTec, Departamento de Geociências, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.
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- Governo Regional dos Açores, Direção Regional dos Assuntos do Mar, Horta, Açores, Portugal.
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- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Faculdade de Geologia, Departamento de Estratigrafia e Paleontologia, Av. São Francisco Xavier, 524, sala 2020A, Maracanã, 20550-013 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
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- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, UERJ, Faculdade de Oceanografia, Rua São Francisco Xavier, 524, 4° andar, Bloco E, sala 4018, CEP 20550-900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
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- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, UERJ, Faculdade de Oceanografia, Rua São Francisco Xavier, 524, 4° andar, Bloco E, sala 4018, CEP 20550-900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
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- Universidade Federal Fluminense, Instituto de Biologia, Departamento de Biologia Marinha, Laboratorio de Paleoecologia e Mudanças Globais Campus de Gragoatá, Bloco M, CEP: 24210-200, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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- Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto Ocenográfico, Departamento de Ocenografia Física, Brazil.
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- Universidade de Aveiro, GeoBioTec, Departamento de Geociências, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.
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Amao AO, Qurban MA, Kaminski MA, Joydas TV, Manikandan PK, Frontalini F. Dataset showing the abundance and distribution of benthic foraminifera in relation to marine sediment parameters from western Arabian Gulf. Data Brief 2020; 28:105014. [PMID: 31921947 PMCID: PMC6948127 DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2019.105014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2019] [Revised: 12/05/2019] [Accepted: 12/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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This dataset supports the paper entitled “A baseline investigation of benthic foraminifera in relation to marine sediments parameters in western parts of the Arabian Gulf”. Duplicate sediment samples (sets A and B) were collected from 30 stations in an area covering approximately 25000 km2 in the offshore northern Arabian Gulf, using a van Veen grab (0.1 m2 area) and the top 1 cm was analysed for living benthic foraminifera. A set of samples was devoted to foraminiferal analysis while the other, set B, for sediment analyses. In situ hydrographical parameters such as temperature, salinity, pH, turbidity and DO were measured at surface waters. The top 1 cm was subsampled for foraminiferal analyses from the grab and preserved using 70% ethanol with Rose-Bengal stain. Potentially Toxic Elements (PTE) levels in sediment and grain size distributions were analysed. The dataset is expected to provide a baseline for PTE levels in sediment, benthic foraminiferal communities, and identify endemic species adapted to extremes of temperature and saline conditions typical of the Gulf. It can also be used by environmental managers, micropaleotologists, students in environmental/geology/marine science as reference background conditions based on sediment toxicity and benthic community information in revising environmental guidelines in the region. Data from this study suggest that PTEs are within the range of background values, and the sediments support highly diversified and stable benthic foraminiferal communities adapted to the unique environmental conditions in the Gulf. To date, this dataset documents the highest number of living benthic foraminifera species reported from the Gulf, and the most diverse living community compared to all previous studies. It also provides evidence for the full recovery of areas impacted during the 1991 Gulf oil spill which is evident by the diverse and flourishing assemblages of living benthic foraminifera documented.
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- Abduljamiu O Amao
- Center for Integrative Petroleum Research (CIPR), College of Petroleum Engineering and Geosciences (CPG), King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia
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- Center for Environment and Water, Research Institute, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia
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- Geosciences Department, College of Petroleum Engineering and Geosciences, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia
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- Center for Environment and Water, Research Institute, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia
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- Center for Environment and Water, Research Institute, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Pure e Applicate (DiSPeA), Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", Campus Scientifico, Località Crocicchia, 61029 Urbino, Italy
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Amao AO, Qurban MA, Kaminski MA, Joydas TV, Manikandan PK, Frontalini F. A baseline investigation of benthic foraminifera in relation to marine sediments parameters in western parts of the Arabian Gulf. Mar Pollut Bull 2019; 146:751-766. [PMID: 31426217 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.06.072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2018] [Revised: 06/25/2019] [Accepted: 06/29/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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This baseline paper discusses the distribution and abundance of living benthic foraminifera in relation to Potentially Toxic Elements (PTEs) such as As, Al, Fe Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, V, Ni, Hg, Pb, and Zn in marine sediments collected from 30 stations in the offshore Arabian Gulf to define baseline environmental conditions for the implementation of future biomonitoring programs. A total of 271 living benthic foraminiferal species were identified belonging to 66 genera, 37 families and 6 orders. Data from this work suggest that PTEs are within the range of background values, and the sediments support highly diversified and stable benthic foraminiferal communities adapted to the unique environmental conditions in the Gulf. Thus, the effect of anthropogenic activities is deemed negligible. This study is expected to provide a baseline dataset for PTE levels in sediment, benthic foraminiferal communities, and identify endemic species adapted to extremes of temperature and saline conditions typical of the Gulf.
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- Abduljamiu O Amao
- Center for Integrative Petroleum Research (CIPR), College of Petroleum Engineering and Geosciences (CPG), King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia.
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- Geosciences Department, College of Petroleum Engineering and Geosciences, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia; Center for Environment and Water, Research Institute, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia
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- Geosciences Department, College of Petroleum Engineering and Geosciences, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia
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- Center for Environment and Water, Research Institute, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia
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- Geosciences Department, College of Petroleum Engineering and Geosciences, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Pure e Applicate (DiSPeA), Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", Campus Scientifico, Località Crocicchia, 61029 Urbino, Italy
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Giorgioni M, Jovane L, Rego ES, Rodelli D, Frontalini F, Coccioni R, Catanzariti R, Özcan E. Carbon cycle instability and orbital forcing during the Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum. Sci Rep 2019; 9:9357. [PMID: 31249387 PMCID: PMC6597698 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-45763-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2018] [Accepted: 06/12/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum (MECO) is a global warming event that occurred at about 40 Ma. In comparison to the most known global warming events of the Paleogene, the MECO has some peculiar features that make its interpretation controversial. The main peculiarities of the MECO are a duration of ~500 kyr and a carbon isotope signature that varies from site to site. Here we present new carbon and oxygen stable isotopes records (δ13C and δ18O) from three foraminiferal genera dwelling at different depths throughout the water column and the sea bottom during the middle Eocene, from eastern Turkey. We document that the MECO is related to major oceanographic and climatic changes in the Neo-Tethys and also in other oceanic basins. The carbon isotope signature of the MECO is difficult to interpret because it is highly variable from site to site. We hypothesize that such δ13C signature indicates highly unstable oceanographic and carbon cycle conditions, which may have been forced by the coincidence between a 400 kyr and a 2.4 Myr orbital eccentricity minimum. Such forcing has been also suggested for the Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Events, which resemble the MECO event more than the Cenozoic hyperthermals.
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- Martino Giorgioni
- Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, 05508-120, Brazil. .,Instituto de Geociências, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, 70910-900, Brazil.
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- Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, 05508-120, Brazil
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- Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, 05508-120, Brazil.,Instituto de Geociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, 05508-080, Brazil
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- Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, 05508-120, Brazil
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Pure e Applicate (DiSPeA), Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", 61029, Urbino, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Pure e Applicate (DiSPeA), Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", 61029, Urbino, Italy
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- Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), 56124, Pisa, Italy
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- Faculty of Mines, Department of Geological Engineering, Istanbul Technical University (ITU), Maslak, 34469, Istanbul, Turkey
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Cordier T, Frontalini F, Cermakova K, Apothéloz-Perret-Gentil L, Treglia M, Scantamburlo E, Bonamin V, Pawlowski J. Multi-marker eDNA metabarcoding survey to assess the environmental impact of three offshore gas platforms in the North Adriatic Sea (Italy). Mar Environ Res 2019; 146:24-34. [PMID: 30890270 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2018.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2018] [Revised: 12/18/2018] [Accepted: 12/18/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding represents a new promising tool for biomonitoring and environmental impact assessment. One of the main advantages of eDNA metabarcoding, compared to the traditional morphotaxonomy-based methods, is to provide a more holistic biodiversity information that includes inconspicuous morphologically non-identifiable taxa. Here, we use eDNA metabarcoding to survey marine biodiversity in the vicinity of the three offshore gas platforms in North Adriatic Sea (Italy). We isolated eDNA from 576 water and sediment samples collected at 32 sampling sites situated along four axes at increasing distances from the gas platforms. We obtained about 46 million eDNA sequences for 5 markers from nuclear 18S V1V2, 18S V4, 18S 37F and mitochondrial 16S and COI genes that cover a wide diversity of benthic and planktonic eukaryotes. Our results showed some impact of platform activities on benthic and pelagic communities at very close distance (<50 m), while communities for intermediate (125 m, 250 m, 500 m) and reference (1000 m, 2000 m) sites did not show any particular biodiversity changes that could be related to platforms activities. The most significant community change along the distance gradient was obtained with the 18S V1V2 marker targeting benthic eukaryotes, even though other markers showed similar trends, but to a lesser extent. These results were congruent with the AMBI index inferred from the eDNA sequences assigned to benthic macrofauna. We finally explored the relation between various physicochemical parameters, including hydrocarbons, on benthic community in the case of one of the platforms. Our results showed that these communities were not significantly impacted by most of hydrocarbons, but rather by macro-elements and sediment texture.
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- Tristan Cordier
- Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Pure e Applicate (DiSPeA), Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", 61029, Urbino, Italy
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- ID-Gene ecodiagnostics, Campus Biotech Innovation Park, 1202, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva, Switzerland; ID-Gene ecodiagnostics, Campus Biotech Innovation Park, 1202, Geneva, Switzerland
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- SGS Italia S.p.A., 35010, Villafranca Padovana, Italy
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- Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva, Switzerland; ID-Gene ecodiagnostics, Campus Biotech Innovation Park, 1202, Geneva, Switzerland
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Lee S, Armynot du Châtelet E, Gooday AJ, Guillot F, Recourt P, Frontalini F, Lee W. The chemical composition of a new "mica sandwich" foraminiferal species from the East Coast of Korea: Capsammina crassa sp. nov. PeerJ 2019; 7:e6642. [PMID: 30923656 PMCID: PMC6431544 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.6642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2019] [Accepted: 02/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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We describe a new agglutinated monothalamous foraminiferal species, Capsammina crassa sp. nov., based on integrated observations of the test morphology and the chemical characteristics of materials composing the test. The new species was found at a depth of <60 m on the East coast of Korea. The test morphology is typical of the genus Capsammina, comprising two or more mica plates with a ring of finely agglutinated mineral grains sandwiched between them and surrounding the cell body. There is no distinct test aperture. Elemental analyses of the agglutinated grains revealed 15 different types of mineral grains of which quartz is the most abundant. The surface areas of grains exposed on fractured surfaces ranged from 1.6 to 7,700 μm2 and the large plate-like grains forming the upper and lower surfaces measured about 420–2,350 μm in maximum width. The new species is morphologically similar to C. patelliformis, however, the differences in size, distribution area and depth support that these two species are distinct. This discovery is the first record of the genus Capsammina from the North Pacific. Therefore, it extends the biodiversity and geographical distribution of the genus Capsammina, which has been reported only from the bathyal NE Atlantic. Our finding also suggests the possibility of additional discovery of monothalamous foraminifera from around Korea.
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- Somin Lee
- Department of Life Science, College of Natural Sciences, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Univ. Littoral Cote d'Opale, UMR 8187, LOG, Laboratoire d'Océanologie et de Géosciences, Lille, France
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- National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, University of Southampton Waterfront Campus, Sothampton, UK
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Univ. Littoral Cote d'Opale, UMR 8187, LOG, Laboratoire d'Océanologie et de Géosciences, Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Univ. Littoral Cote d'Opale, UMR 8187, LOG, Laboratoire d'Océanologie et de Géosciences, Lille, France
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- Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Urbino, Urbino, Italy
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- Department of Life Science, College of Natural Sciences, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea
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Alves Martins MV, Hohenegger J, Frontalini F, Dias JMA, Geraldes MC, Rocha F. Dissimilarity between living and dead benthic foraminiferal assemblages in the Aveiro Continental Shelf (Portugal). PLoS One 2019; 14:e0209066. [PMID: 30699123 PMCID: PMC6353080 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0209066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2018] [Accepted: 11/29/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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This study compares living (LA) and dead (DA) benthic foraminiferal assemblages and identifies different factors that possibly cause differences in the distribution of both assemblages in the Aveiro Continental Shelf (Portugal). A total of 44 sediment samples was collected during summers of 1994 and 1995 along transects (east-west direction) and between 10 and 200 m water depth. Complex statistical analyses allow us to compare the abundance and composition of the LAs and DAs in function of depth, grain-size and total organic matter in all studied stations even in those where the numbers of individuals were rare in one or both assemblages. The highest densities and diversities of the LAs are found in the middle continental shelf on gravel deposits (coarse and very coarse sands) mostly due to the substrate stability, reduced deposition of fine sedimentary particles, availability of organic matter with high quality related to oceanic primary productivity likely induced by upwelling events, and oxygenated porewaters conditions. The DAs have, in general, higher densities and diversities than the LAs. In the outer continental shelf, the dissimilarity between both assemblages is higher due to the accumulation of tests, low dilution by sedimentary particles and scarcity of living foraminifera. Based on the comparison of LAs and DAs and considering the characteristics of the study area and the species ecology, it has been possible to understand the cause of temporal deviation between the LAs and DAs of benthic foraminifera. This deviation is much more pronounced in the inner shelf where the energy of the waves and the currents induce very dynamic sedimentary processes preventing the development of large LAs and the preservation of DAs. Some deviation also occurs in the middle shelf due to the seasonal loss of empty tests. The most well-preserved time-averaged DAs were found in the outer continental shelf.
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- Maria Virgínia Alves Martins
- Departamento de Estratigrafia e Paleontologia, Faculdade de Geologia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Departamento Geociências, GeoBioTec, Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Pure e Applicate (DiSPeA), Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", Urbino, Italy
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- CIMA, Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, Faro, Portugal
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- Departamento de Estratigrafia e Paleontologia, Faculdade de Geologia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Departamento Geociências, GeoBioTec, Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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Frontalini F, Semprucci F, Di Bella L, Caruso A, Cosentino C, Maccotta A, Scopelliti G, Sbrocca C, Bucci C, Balsamo M, Martins MV, Armynot du Châtelet E, Coccioni R. The response of cultured meiofaunal and benthic foraminiferal communities to lead exposure: Results from mesocosm experiments. Environ Toxicol Chem 2018; 37:2439-2447. [PMID: 29920754 DOI: 10.1002/etc.4207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2018] [Revised: 03/27/2018] [Accepted: 06/12/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Lead (Pb) is regarded as a highly toxic element that poses a serious threat to biota. A mesocosm experiment was performed to assess the influence of Pb on meiofaunal (metazoans within 45-500 μm) and benthic foraminiferal (protozoan) communities. To this end, sediments bearing such communities were incubated in mesocosms, exposed to different levels of Pb in seawater, and monitored for up to 8 wk. Concentrations of Pb <1 ppm in water did not promote a significant increase of this metal in sediments. Relatively high concentrations of Pb seemed to affect meiofaunal and benthic foraminiferal communities by reducing their richness or diversity, and the abundance of the most sensitive taxa. The mesocosm approach can be considered an effective method to document the responses of meiofaunal and benthic foraminiferal communities to various kinds and concentrations of pollutants over time. This approach allows the evaluation of dose-response relationships, validates the outcomes of field studies, and possibly confirms the sediment quality guidelines and thresholds. Environ Toxicol Chem 2018;37:2439-2447. © 2018 SETAC.
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- Fabrizio Frontalini
- Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Urbino, Urbino, Italy
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Urbino, Urbino, Italy
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- Department of Earth Science, Rome University Sapienza, Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e del Mare, Università di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e del Mare, Università di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e del Mare, Università di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e del Mare, Università di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Urbino, Urbino, Italy
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- Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Urbino, Urbino, Italy
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Urbino, Urbino, Italy
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- Laboratory of Micropaleontology, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- GeoBioTec, Departamento de Geociências, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Laboratoire d'Océanologie et de Géosciences, Université Littoral Côte d'Opale, Université de Lille, Conseil National de la Recherche Scientifique, Lille, France
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- Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Urbino, Urbino, Italy
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Semprucci F, Frontalini F, Losi V, Armynot du Châtelet E, Cesaroni L, Sandulli R, Coccioni R, Balsamo M. Biodiversity and distribution of the meiofaunal community in the reef slopes of the Maldivian archipelago (Indian Ocean). Mar Environ Res 2018; 139:19-26. [PMID: 29753494 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2018.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2018] [Revised: 04/25/2018] [Accepted: 05/04/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Marine biologists have progressively increased their consciousness of the importance of meiofauna for the benthic domain in both temperate and tropical regions. After the 1998 bleaching, Maldivian reefs (Indian Ocean) have been regarded as a vulnerable ecosystem that must be carefully monitored. Accordingly, an extensive investigation of meiofaunal distribution in the reef slopes of the Maldivian archipelago has been carried out, taking into account geographical position, type of habitat (inner vs. outer slope), inclination and depth gradient. Twenty-four taxa revealed the highest meiofaunal richness ever found in Maldivian reefs. Interestingly, Thermosbenacea and Syncarida were identified, which are two taxa that have only recently been documented in the marine ecosystem. Chaetognatha were also present, which is a group that was only considered to be planktonic until 2000, when they were also discovered in the benthos. The type of habitat, affected by different hydrodynamic conditions, was the main factor influencing the meiofaunal community's structure and diversity. In detail, the outer reefs were characterized by the highest level of diversity, confirming previous observations on the rate of coral reef growth and vitality and underlining the greater vulnerability of the inner slopes. In contrast, depth only significantly affected the community structure, but not its density or diversity. Accordingly, community structure seems to be more sensitive than abundance and diversity indices when it comes to detecting depth gradients. The 10° inclination of the inner slopes revealed the most different community structure and the greatest dominance of nematodes, leading to the lowest diversity levels.
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- Federica Semprucci
- Department of Biomolecular Sciences (DiSB), University of Urbino, Italy.
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- Department of Pure and Applied Sciences (DiSPeA), University of Urbino, Italy
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- Department of Earth, Environment and Life Sciences (DISTAV), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Univ. Littoral Côte d'Opale, UMR 8187, LOG, Laboratoire d'Océanologie et de Géosciences, F 59000, Lille, France
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences (DiSB), University of Urbino, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie (DiST), CoNISMa, University of Napoli "Parthenope", Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Pure and Applied Sciences (DiSPeA), University of Urbino, Italy
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences (DiSB), University of Urbino, Italy
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Armynot du Châtelet E, Francescangeli F, Bouchet VMP, Frontalini F. Benthic foraminifera in transitional environments in the English Channel and the southern North Sea: A proxy for regional-scale environmental and paleo-environmental characterisations. Mar Environ Res 2018; 137:37-48. [PMID: 29503106 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2018.02.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2017] [Revised: 02/12/2018] [Accepted: 02/18/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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On the basis of the available databases including 700 sampling stations from subtidal to salt marsh areas, the purpose of this paper is to synthesise the regional distribution of living benthic foraminifera in transitional environments along the English Channel and southern North Sea. Indicator species analyses assign 37 foraminiferal taxa to high salt marsh, middle salt marsh, low salt marsh, tidal flat, tidal channel, and subtidal environmental units. Species are indicator of a single unit (e.g., Elphidium gunteri for tidal flat) up to four units (e.g., Haynesina germanica from tidal flat to middle marsh). The outcomes of the present study enhance future high-resolution paleo-environmental interpretations based on benthic foraminifera in transitional environments.
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- E Armynot du Châtelet
- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Univ. Littoral Côte d'Opale, UMR 8187, LOG, Laboratoire d'Océanologie et de Géosciences, F 59 000, Lille, France.
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Univ. Littoral Côte d'Opale, UMR 8187, LOG, Laboratoire d'Océanologie et de Géosciences, F 59 000, Lille, France; Univ. Lille, CNRS, Univ. Littoral Côte d'Opale, UMR 8187, LOG, Laboratoire d'Océanologie et de Géosciences, F 62 930, Wimereux, France.
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Univ. Littoral Côte d'Opale, UMR 8187, LOG, Laboratoire d'Océanologie et de Géosciences, F 62 930, Wimereux, France.
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- Univ. Urbino Dipartimento di Scienze Pure e Applicate (DiSPeA), Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", Campus Scientifico Enrico Mattei, Località Crocicchia, 61029, Urbino, Italy.
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Raposo D, Clemente I, Figueiredo M, Vilar A, Lorini ML, Frontalini F, Martins V, Belart P, Fontana L, Habib R, Laut L. Benthic foraminiferal and organic matter compounds as proxies of environmental quality in a tropical coastal lagoon: The Itaipu lagoon (Brazil). Mar Pollut Bull 2018; 129:114-125. [PMID: 29680528 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.02.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2017] [Revised: 02/06/2018] [Accepted: 02/08/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Lagoons in the southeast coast of Brazil have experienced eutrophication due to the exponential increase of human population and sewage discharges. Living benthic foraminifera have demonstrated to be good bioindicators of such impacts. This study aims to evaluate the organic matter accumulation effects on the foraminiferal distribution in the Itaipu lagoon (Brazil). On the basis of the biotic and abiotic analyses, three sectors are identified. The Sector I, an inner area, is characterized by high dissolved oxygen values and foraminiferal species with preference for marine conditions, demonstrating the sea influence. The Sector II, in the mangrove margins, is associated to sandy sediment and biopolymers and mainly represented by euryhaline species. The Sector III is marked by low density or absence of living foraminifera and corresponds to a low quality organic matter enriched area (North, Southwest and Centre).
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- Débora Raposo
- Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - UNIRIO, Programa de Pós-graduação em Biodiversidade Neotropical, Av. Pasteur 458, s. 500, Urca, Rio de Janeiro CEP 22290-240, Brazil.
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- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - UERJ, Departamento de Estratigrafia e Paleontologia, Av. São Francisco Xavier, 524, sala 2020A, Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro CEP 20550-013, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - UNIRIO, Programa de Pós-graduação em Biodiversidade Neotropical, Av. Pasteur 458, s. 500, Urca, Rio de Janeiro CEP 22290-240, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - UNIRIO, Programa de Pós-graduação em Biodiversidade Neotropical, Av. Pasteur 458, s. 500, Urca, Rio de Janeiro CEP 22290-240, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - UNIRIO, Programa de Pós-graduação em Biodiversidade Neotropical, Av. Pasteur 458, s. 500, Urca, Rio de Janeiro CEP 22290-240, Brazil
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Pure e Applicate (DiSPeA), Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", Campus Scientifico "E. Mattei", Località Crocicchia, Urbino 61029, Italy.
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- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - UERJ, Departamento de Estratigrafia e Paleontologia, Av. São Francisco Xavier, 524, sala 2020A, Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro CEP 20550-013, Brazil.
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- Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - UNIRIO, Programa de Pós-graduação em Biodiversidade Neotropical, Av. Pasteur 458, s. 500, Urca, Rio de Janeiro CEP 22290-240, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ, Laboratório de Palinologia & Facies Orgânica - LAFO, Av. Athos da Silveira Ramos, 274 - Bloco F, Ilha do Fundão - Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro CEP 21949-900, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - UNIRIO, Programa de Pós-graduação em Biodiversidade Neotropical, Av. Pasteur 458, s. 500, Urca, Rio de Janeiro CEP 22290-240, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - UNIRIO, Programa de Pós-graduação em Biodiversidade Neotropical, Av. Pasteur 458, s. 500, Urca, Rio de Janeiro CEP 22290-240, Brazil
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Frontalini F, Greco M, Di Bella L, Lejzerowicz F, Reo E, Caruso A, Cosentino C, Maccotta A, Scopelliti G, Nardelli MP, Losada MT, Armynot du Châtelet E, Coccioni R, Pawlowski J. Assessing the effect of mercury pollution on cultured benthic foraminifera community using morphological and eDNA metabarcoding approaches. Mar Pollut Bull 2018; 129:512-524. [PMID: 29033170 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.10.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2017] [Revised: 09/14/2017] [Accepted: 10/09/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Mercury (Hg) is a highly toxic element for living organisms and is known to bioaccumulate and biomagnify. Here, we analyze the response of benthic foraminifera communities cultured in mesocosm and exposed to different concentrations of Hg. Standard morphological analyses and environmental DNA metabarcoding show evidence that Hg pollution has detrimental effects on benthic foraminifera. The molecular analysis provides a more complete view of foraminiferal communities including the soft-walled single-chambered monothalamiids and small-sized hard-shelled rotaliids and textulariids than the morphological one. Among these taxa that are typically overlooked in morphological studies we found potential bioindicators of Hg pollution. The mesocosm approach proves to be an effective method to study benthic foraminiferal responses to various types and concentrations of pollutants over time. This study further supports foraminiferal metabarcoding as a complementary and/or alternative method to standard biomonitoring program based on the morphological identification of species communities.
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- Fabrizio Frontalini
- Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Urbino, 61029 Urbino, Italy.
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- Department of Earth Science, Rome University "Sapienza", 00185 Roma, Italy
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- Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva, 1211 Genève, Switzerland
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- Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva, 1211 Genève, Switzerland
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e del Mare (DiSTeM), Università di Palermo, 90123 Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e del Mare (DiSTeM), Università di Palermo, 90123 Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e del Mare (DiSTeM), Università di Palermo, 90123 Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e del Mare (DiSTeM), Università di Palermo, 90123 Palermo, Italy
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- Departamento de Zooloxía e Antropoloxía Física, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 27002 Lugo, Spain
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Univ. Littoral Cote d'Opale, UMR 8187, LOG, Laboratoire d'Océanologie et de Géosciences, F 59 000 Lille, France
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- Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Urbino, 61029 Urbino, Italy
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- Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva, 1211 Genève, Switzerland
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Laut L, Martins MVA, Frontalini F, Ballalai JM, Belart P, Habib R, Fontana LF, Clemente IMMM, Lorini ML, Mendonça Filho JG, Laut VM, Figueiredo MDSL. Assessment of the trophic state of a hypersaline-carbonatic environment: Vermelha Lagoon (Brazil). PLoS One 2017; 12:e0184819. [PMID: 28934270 PMCID: PMC5608279 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0184819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2016] [Accepted: 08/31/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Vermelha Lagoon is a hypersaline shallow transitional ecosystem in the state of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). This lagoon is located in the protected area of Massambaba, between the cities of Araruama and Saquarema (Brazil), and displays two quite uncommon particularities: it exhibits carbonate sedimentation and displays the development of Holocene stromatolites. Due to both particularities, the salt industry and property speculation have been, increasingly, generating anthropic pressures on this ecosystem. This study aims to apply a multiproxy approach to evaluate the trophic state of Vermelha Lagoon based on physicochemical parameters and geochemical data for the quantification and qualification of organic matter (OM), namely total organic carbon (TOC), total sulfur (TS), total phosphorus (TP) and biopolymeric carbon (BPC), including carbohydrates (CHO), lipids (LIP) and proteins (PTN). The CHO/TOC ratio values suggest that OM supplied to the sediment is of autochthonous origin and results, essentially, from microbial activity. The cluster analyses allowed the identification of four regions in Vermelha Lagoon. The Region I included stations located in shallow areas of the eastern sector of Vermelha lagoon affected by the impact of the artificial channel of connection with Araruama Lagoon. The Region II, under the influence of salt pans, is characterized by the highest values of BPC, namely CHO promoted by microbiological activity. The Region III include stations spread through the lagoon with high values of dissolved oxygen and lower values of TP. Stromatolites and microbial mattes growth was observed in some stations of this sector. Region IV, where the highest values of TOC and TS were found, represents depocenters of organic matter, located in general in depressed areas. Results of this work evidences that the Vermelha Lagoon is an eutrophic but alkaline and well oxygenated environment (at both water column and surface sediment) where the autotrophic activity is greater than heterotrophic one. These particular conditions make this a special and rare ecosystem.
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- Lazaro Laut
- Laboratório de Micropaleontologia – LabMicro, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro – UNIRIO, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Departamento de Estratigrafia e Paleontologia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro – UERJ, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Unidade de Investigação GeoBioTec, Departamento de Geociências, Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Pure e Applicate (DiSPeA), Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", Urbino, Italy
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- Laboratório de Micropaleontologia – LabMicro, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro – UNIRIO, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Micropaleontologia – LabMicro, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro – UNIRIO, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Micropaleontologia – LabMicro, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro – UNIRIO, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Palinofácies & Fácies Orgânicas (LAFO), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro – UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Departamento de Estratigrafia e Paleontologia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro – UERJ, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Naturais, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro – UNIRIO, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Palinofácies & Fácies Orgânicas (LAFO), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro – UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Marinha e Ambientes Costeiros, Universidade Federal Fluminense – UFF, Instituto de Biologia, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Biodiversidade Neotropical, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro – UNIRIO, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Belart P, Laut VM, Clemente IMMM, Raposo DS, Martins V, Frontalini F, Lorini ML, Fortes RR, Laut LLM. Living benthic Foraminifera from the Saquarema lagoonal system (Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil). cl 2017. [DOI: 10.15560/13.2.2062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Transitional environments such as coastal lagoons with narrow connections to the sea are ecosystems very sensitive to natural or anthropogenic pressures. They are biodiversity hotspots and for this reason it should be studied and preserved. This study lists the benthic Foraminifera species from the Saquarema lagoonal system (SLS), Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. This complex ecosystem consists of four large connected lagoons, namely Urussanga, Jardim, Boqueirão, and Saquarema. A poorly diversified benthic foraminiferal assemblage was documented from most of the lagoon system and consisted of only eight species belonging to three orders and four families. The relatively low species richness of the SLS compared to other Brazilian coastal lagoons might be explained by several factors including domestic sewage input and the long residence time of water.
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Maccotta A, Cosentino C, Coccioni R, Frontalini F, Scopelliti G, Caruso A. Distribution of Cr and Pb in artificial sea water and their sorption in marine sediments: an example from experimental mesocosms. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2016; 23:24068-24080. [PMID: 27638807 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-016-7630-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2016] [Accepted: 09/07/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The uptake of two heavy metals (chromium and lead) in sediments in experimental mesocosms under exposure to different metal concentrations was evaluated by monitoring their concentrations over time both in seawater and in sediment. Two separate experiments under laboratory-controlled conditions were carried out for the two metals. Sediments were collected from a protected natural area characterized by low anthropic influence and were placed in mesocosms that were housed in aquaria each with seawater at a different metal concentration. At pre-established time intervals, seawater and sediment samples were collected from each mesocosm for chemical analyses. Quantification of chromium and lead concentration in seawater and sediment samples was carried out by atomic absorption spectrometer with graphite furnace. Low doses of chromium and lead (<1 mg L-1) do not entail an uptake in sediments and waters. At doses ≥1 mg L-1, evolution of concentrations over time shows significant differences between these two metals: (i) chromium absorption from seawater is twice faster than lead; (ii) lead accumulates in considerable amount in sediments. The different behaviour of the two investigated heavy metals could be ascribed to different interactions existing between metal ions and different components of sediment.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e del Mare, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Via Archirafi 20-22, 90123, Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e del Mare, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Via Archirafi 20-22, 90123, Palermo, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Pure e Applicate, Università di Urbino "Carlo BO", via Ca' le Suore, 61029, Urbino, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Pure e Applicate, Università di Urbino "Carlo BO", via Ca' le Suore, 61029, Urbino, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e del Mare, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Via Archirafi 20-22, 90123, Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e del Mare, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Via Archirafi 20-22, 90123, Palermo, Italy
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Raposo D, Laut V, Clemente I, Martins V, Frontalini F, Silva F, Lorini ML, Fortes R, Laut L. Recent benthic foraminifera from the Itaipu Lagoon, Rio de Janeiro (southeastern Brazil). cl 2016. [DOI: 10.15560/12.5.1959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Itaipu Lagoon is located near the mouth of Guanabara Bay and has great importance for recreation to the city of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. Several studies have documented foraminiferan diversity at Guanabara Bay, but none in Itaipu Lagoon. Therefore, this study lists and provides images of foraminiferal species collected from Itaipu Lagoon. A total of 35 species belonging to 23 genera were collected, grouped in 17 families and four orders. Ammonia tepida was the species with the highest occurrence. This study represents a baseline work for future investigations.
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Raposo D, Laut V, Clemente I, Martins V, Frontalini F, Silva F, Lorini ML, Fortes R, Laut L. Recent benthic foraminifera from the Itaipu Lagoon, Rio de Janeiro (southeastern Brazil). Check List 2016. [DOI: 10.15560/15.5.1959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Frontalini F, Curzi D, Cesarini E, Canonico B, Giordano FM, De Matteis R, Bernhard JM, Pieretti N, Gu B, Eskelsen JR, Jubb AM, Zhao L, Pierce EM, Gobbi P, Papa S, Coccioni R. Mercury-Pollution Induction of Intracellular Lipid Accumulation and Lysosomal Compartment Amplification in the Benthic Foraminifer Ammonia parkinsoniana. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0162401. [PMID: 27603511 PMCID: PMC5014445 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0162401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2016] [Accepted: 07/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Heavy metals such as mercury (Hg) pose a significant health hazard through bioaccumulation and biomagnification. By penetrating cell membranes, heavy metal ions may lead to pathological conditions. Here we examined the responses of Ammonia parkinsoniana, a benthic foraminiferan, to different concentrations of Hg in the artificial sea water. Confocal images of untreated and treated specimens using fluorescent probes (Nile Red and Acridine Orange) provided an opportunity for visualizing the intracellular lipid accumulation and acidic compartment regulation. With increased Hg over time, we observed an increased number of lipid droplets, which may have acted as a detoxifying organelle where Hg is sequestered and biologically inactivated. Further, Hg seems to promote the proliferation of lysosomes both in terms of number and dimension that, at the highest level of Hg, resulted in cell death. We report, for the first time, the presence of Hg within the foraminiferal cell: at the basal part of pores, in the organic linings of the foramen/septa, and as cytoplasmic accumulations.
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- Fabrizio Frontalini
- Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, Urbino University, Urbino, Italy
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Urbino University, Urbino, Italy
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Urbino University, Urbino, Italy
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Urbino University, Urbino, Italy
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Urbino University, Urbino, Italy
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- Geology and Geophysics Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States of America
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- Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, Urbino University, Urbino, Italy
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- Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States of America
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- Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States of America
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- Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States of America
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- Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States of America
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- Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States of America
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Urbino University, Urbino, Italy
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Urbino University, Urbino, Italy
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- Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, Urbino University, Urbino, Italy
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Sinnesael M, De Vleeschouwer D, Coccioni R, Claeys P, Frontalini F, Jovane L, Savian JF, Montanari A. High-resolution multiproxy cyclostratigraphic analysis of environmental and climatic events across the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary in the classic pelagic succession of Gubbio (Italy). Geological Society of America Special Papers 2016. [DOI: 10.1130/2016.2524(09)] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Frontalini F, Coccioni R, Catanzariti R, Jovane L, Savian JF, Sprovieri M. The Eocene Thermal Maximum 3: Reading the environmental perturbations at Gubbio (Italy). Geological Society of America Special Papers 2016. [DOI: 10.1130/2016.2524(11)] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Martins MVA, Helali MA, Zaaboub N, Boukef-BenOmrane I, Frontalini F, Reis D, Portela H, Clemente IMMM, Nogueira L, Pereira E, Miranda P, El Bour M, Aleya L. Organic matter quantity and quality, metals availability and foraminiferal assemblages as environmental proxy applied to the Bizerte Lagoon (Tunisia). Mar Pollut Bull 2016; 105:161-179. [PMID: 26922361 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.02.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2015] [Revised: 02/06/2016] [Accepted: 02/11/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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This study analyzes the benthic trophic state of Bizerte Lagoon (Tunisia) based on the total organic matter and the bioavailability of biopolymeric carbon including proteins (PTN), carbohydrates (CHO), lipids (LIP), chlorophyll a, as well as bacteria counts. The overall simultaneously extracted metals (SEM), and acid volatile sulfides (AVS) as well as the SEM/AVS ratio indicative of the toxicity of the sediments also were analyzed aiming to study their impact in the dimension, composition and structure of both dead and living benthic foraminiferal assemblages. In the studied sites TOC content is relatively high and the PTN/CHO values indicate that they can be considered as meso-eutrophic environments. The CHO/TOC and C/N values suggest that the OM which accumulated on the sediments surface has mainly natural origin despite the introduction of municipal and industrial effluents in the lagoon and the large bacterial pool. The living assemblages of benthic foraminifera of Bizerte Lagoon are quite different to other Mediterranean transitional systems studied until now. They are composed of typical lagoonal species but also include several marine and opportunistic species including significant numbers of bolivinids, buliminids, Nonionella/Nonionoides spp. and Cassidulina/Globocassidulina spp. These assemblages seem to benefitfrom the physicochemical parameters and the sediment stability. They may however face environmental stress in the lagoon related to the AVS production as a result of the organic matter degradation and toxicity in some areas due to the available concentrations of metals. Nonetheless statistical results evidence that the structure and dimension of assemblages are being controlled mostly by OM quantity and quality related mainly to the availability of PTN, CHO and chlorophyll a. Results of this work support the importance of considering OM quantity and quality in studies of environmental impact in coastal systems.
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Affiliation(s)
- Maria Virgínia Alves Martins
- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - UERJ, Faculdade de Geologia, Depto. de Paleontologia e Estratigrafia. Av. São Francisco Xavier, 524, Maracanã, 20550-013 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; GeoBioTec, Departmento de Geosciencias, Universidade de Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.
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- Laboratoire des Ressources Minérales et Environnement, Département de Géologie, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Campus Universitaire, 2092, Tunisia.
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- Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer, 1934-2025 Salammbô, Tunisia.
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- Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer, 1934-2025 Salammbô, Tunisia.
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- Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", Dipartimento di Scienze Pure e Applicate (DiSPeA), Campus Scientifico Enrico Mattei Località Crocicchia, 61029 Urbino, Italy.
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- Programa de Pós Graduação em Análises de Bacias e Faixas Móveis, Faculdade de Geologia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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- Programa de Pós Graduação em Análises de Bacias e Faixas Móveis, Faculdade de Geologia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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- Programa de Pós Graduação em Análises de Bacias e Faixas Móveis, Faculdade de Geologia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - UERJ, Faculdade de Geologia, Depto. de Paleontologia e Estratigrafia. Av. São Francisco Xavier, 524, Maracanã, 20550-013 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
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- GeoBioTec, Departmento de Geosciencias, Universidade de Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.
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- Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer, 1934-2025 Salammbô, Tunisia.
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- Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Laboratoire de Chrono-Environnement, UMR CNRS 6249, Place Leclerc, F-25030 Besançon Cedex, France.
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Alves Martins MV, Zaaboub N, Aleya L, Frontalini F, Pereira E, Miranda P, Mane M, Rocha F, Laut L, El Bour M. Environmental Quality Assessment of Bizerte Lagoon (Tunisia) Using Living Foraminifera Assemblages and a Multiproxy Approach. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0137250. [PMID: 26372655 PMCID: PMC4570719 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2015] [Accepted: 08/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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This study investigated the environmental quality of the Bizerte Lagoon (Tunisia) through an integrated approach that combined environmental, biogeochemical, and living benthic foraminiferal analyses. Specifically, we analyzed the physicochemical parameters of the water and sediment. The textural, mineralogical, and geochemical characteristics of the sediment, including total organic carbon, total nitrogen, simultaneously extracted metals (SEM), acid volatile sulfides (AVS), chlorophyll a, CaCO3, and changes in bacterial populations and carbon isotopes were measured. The SEM/AVS values indicated the presence of relatively high concentrations of toxic metals in only some areas. Foraminiferal assemblages were dominated by species such as A. parkinsoniana (20–91%), Bolivina striatula (<40%), Hopkinsina atlantica (<17%), and Bolivina ordinaria (<15%) that cannot be considered typical of impacted coastal lagoons both in Mediterranean and northeast Atlantic regions. The results of this work suggest that Bizerte Lagoon is a unique setting. This lagoon is populated by typical marine species that invaded this ecosystem, attracted not only by the prevailing favorable environmental conditions but also by the abundance and quality of food. The results indicate that the metal pollution found in some areas have a negative impact on the assemblages of foraminifera. At present, however, this negative impact is not highly alarming.
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- Maria Virgínia Alves Martins
- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro—UERJ, Faculdade de Geologia, Av. São Francisco Xavier, 524, Maracanã. 20550–013 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
- Universidade do Estado do Amazonas–UEA, Av. Djalma Batista, 3578, Flores, CEP 69050–010, Manaus, Brasil
- Universidade de Aveiro, Dpto. Geociências, Campus de Santiago, 3810–193, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer, 1934–2025 Salammbô, Tunisia
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- Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Laboratoire de Chrono-Environnement, UMR CNRS 6249, Place Leclerc, F-25030 Besançon Cedex, France
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- Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, della Vita e dell'Ambiente, Campus Scientifico Enrico Mattei, Località Crocicchia, 61029 Urbino, Italy
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- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro—UERJ, Faculdade de Geologia, Av. São Francisco Xavier, 524, Maracanã. 20550–013 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
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- Universidade de Aveiro, Dpto. Geociências, Campus de Santiago, 3810–193, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro—UERJ, Faculdade de Geologia, Av. São Francisco Xavier, 524, Maracanã. 20550–013 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
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- Universidade de Aveiro, Dpto. Geociências, Campus de Santiago, 3810–193, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Laboratório de Micropaleontologia–LabMicro, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro–UNIRIO, Av. Pasteur, 296—Urca—Cep 22290–240, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer, 1934–2025 Salammbô, Tunisia
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Martins MVA, Quintino V, Tentúgal RM, Frontalini F, Miranda P, Mattos Laut LL, Martins R, Rodrigues AM. Characterization of bottom hydrodynamic conditions on the central western Portuguese continental shelf based on benthic foraminifera and sedimentary parameters. Mar Environ Res 2015; 109:52-68. [PMID: 26102267 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2015.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2015] [Revised: 05/31/2015] [Accepted: 06/08/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Dead benthic foraminiferal assemblages from the central western Portuguese continental shelf have been studied to identify the prevalent oceanographic processes in the study area. Sediment samples collected at 46 stations along transepts perpendicular to the coastal line, between the latitudes of 38-40 °N and 17-190 m water depth, in April/May 2008, were analysed for selected physicochemical parameters (temperature, redox potential), grain size, organic matter content, and benthic foraminifera. Statistical analysis identified two main groups of stations, the Inshore/Offshore groups, which are not only defined by their geographical positions, but easily distinguishable by different hydrodynamic conditions. The Offshore Group is mainly represented by deeper stations characterized by a higher percentage of fines and TOM, negative values of redox potential and by the higher foraminiferal density and species diversity than the Inshore one. Foraminiferal assemblages of the Offshore Group are dominated/represented by species (such as Cassidulina laevigata/Cassidulina carinata, Bolivina spathulata, Bolivina ordinaria, Globocassidulina minuta, Bulimina elongata/Bulimina gibba and Bulimina marginata) common in areas with significant concentrations of organic matter. The benthic foraminiferal assemblages of the Inshore Group are instead characterized by epifaunal species such as Lobatula lobatula, Cibicides ungerianus, Planorbulina mediterranensis, Gavelinopsis praegeri and Quinqueloculina seminula. Both the sedimentary and foraminiferal results suggest that this group of stations is subjected to stronger bottom hydrodynamic conditions, caused by waves and swell activity and coastal currents, than the Offshore Group. Bray-Curtis similarity comparison between the stations of both groups reveals that the Offshore Group has a higher internal similarity than the Inshore Group. These differences seem to stem from topographic forcing, from the presence of rocky outcrops, from canyons and capes, from the distribution of rivers and from the magnitude of their discharges, which determine specific hydrodynamic features and differences in the sedimentary deposits and biological productivity. The influence of the Tagus river (supply of fresh water, detritus and organic matter from continental sources), the presence of canyons and capes, which leave the most important imprint on the study area, are marked by changes in the foraminiferal assemblages both in the Inshore and Offshore groups.
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- Maria Virgínia Alves Martins
- Department of Stratigraphy and Paleontology, Faculty of Geology, University of State of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Av. San Francisco Xavier, 524, 4037F, Maracanã, 20550-013 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; University of State of Amazonas (UEA), Av. Djalma Batista, 3578, Flores, CEP 69050-010 Manaus, Brazil; Department of Geosciences and GeoBioTec, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.
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- Department of Biology and CESAM, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.
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- Department of Geosciences and GeoBioTec, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.
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- Department of Geosciences and GeoBioTec, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.
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- Micropaleontology Laboratory, LabMicro, University Federal of State of Rio de Janeiro - UNIRIO, Av. Pasteur, 436, Urca, 22290-240 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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- Department of Biology and CESAM, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.
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- Department of Biology and CESAM, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.
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