Abstract：
:Many coastal areas have served as repositories of different anthropogenic and naturally induced organic material and nutrients. The major sources thereof are riverine inputs which strongly influence the spatial and temporal distribution of benthic communities. In this study, the benthic foraminiferal, meiofaunal, and macrofaunal colonies in front of three rivers in a poorly known, but environmentally valuable, area of the Central Adriatic Sea have been examined concurrently. The physico-chemical parameters of bottom water and sediment characteristics were determined in order to characterize both the sediment-water interface and the benthic environments. Although changes in the biota are neither univocal nor unidirectional, a moderate influence of riverine input on the different communities' components can be inferred. The most affected taxa are foraminifera and copepods and, to a lesser extent, meiofaunal polychaetes and platyhelminthes. These results are also tested by the ABC curves, which reveal that the macrofaunal communities closest to the river mouths are moderately disturbed. This integrated investigation documents, for the first time, how benthic communities can be used as an early warning indicator with which to monitor the health quality of a coastal ecosystem.
journal_name
Environ Monit Assessjournal_title
Environmental monitoring and assessmentauthors
Frontalini F,Semprucci F,Coccioni R,Balsamo M,Bittoni P,Covazzi-Harriague Adoi
10.1007/s10661-010-1791-ysubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2011-09-01 00:00:00pages
325-44issue
1-4eissn
0167-6369issn
1573-2959journal_volume
180pub_type
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