DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.08.002
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84924085309
论文题名: The effect of breakwaters on the structure of marine soft-bottom assemblages: A case study from a North-Western Mediterranean basin
作者: Becchi C. ; Ortolani I. ; Muir A. ; Cannicci S.
刊名: Marine Pollution Bulletin
ISSN: 0025-326X
EISSN: 1879-3363
出版年: 2014
卷: 87, 期: 1 起始页码: 131
结束页码: 139
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Benthic macrofauna
; Breakwater
; M-AMBI
; North Tyrrhenian
; Soft-bottom assemblage
; Spatial variability
Scopus关键词: Breakwaters
; Ecology
; Multivariant analysis
; Benthic macrofauna
; M-AMBI
; North Tyrrhenian
; Soft-bottom
; Spatial variability
; Coastal engineering
; abundance
; benthos
; breakwater
; coastal protection
; community structure
; ecological impact
; environmental disturbance
; marine ecosystem
; multivariate analysis
; soft-bottom environment
; species richness
; annelid
; Article
; breakwater
; classification
; Cnidaria
; coastal waters
; Crustacea
; echinoderm
; Enteropneusta
; hydrodynamics
; Italy
; macrobenthos
; marine environment
; mollusc
; multivariate analysis
; Multivariate AZTI Marine Biotic Index
; Nemertea
; nonhuman
; Phoronida
; Polychaeta
; population abundance
; sediment
; species composition
; species richness
; animal
; biodiversity
; environmental monitoring
; Mediterranean Sea
; procedures
; time
; Italy
; Mediterranean Sea
; Mediterranean Sea (Northwest)
; Tyrrhenian Coast
; Animals
; Biodiversity
; Environmental Monitoring
; Italy
; Mediterranean Sea
; Multivariate Analysis
; Time Factors
Scopus学科分类: Agricultural and Biological Sciences: Aquatic Science
; Earth and Planetary Sciences: Oceanography
; Environmental Science: Pollution
英文摘要: This two-year study is the first attempt to analyse the ecological effects of breakwater systems on soft-bottom assemblages along the North Tyrrhenian coast. Differently from previous studies focusing on infauna of on-shore and off-shore sides, we compared the assemblages inhabiting the surrounding soft-bottoms not directly protected by the breakwaters, defining our sampling stations at varying distances from the breakwaters and at constant distance from the coast. Data collected revealed that abundance, species richness and M-AMBI ecological quality differed between northern and southern sides, and were related to distance from structures. Multivariate analyses of relationships between assemblages and abiotic characteristics support this hypothesis. The extension of these effects, that resulted to be weak and limited to a restricted area, could be a consequence of coastal current on local hydrodynamics. This study provides novel and critical information for the management of the coastal defence infrastructure spreading along the western coast of Italy. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/85278
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作者单位: Department of Biology, University of Florence, via Madonna del Piano 6, Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy; Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, United Kingdom
Recommended Citation:
Becchi C.,Ortolani I.,Muir A.,et al. The effect of breakwaters on the structure of marine soft-bottom assemblages: A case study from a North-Western Mediterranean basin[J]. Marine Pollution Bulletin,2014-01-01,87(1)