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dc.contributor.author | Triki, Habiba Zmerli | - |
dc.contributor.author | Laabir, Mohamed | - |
dc.contributor.author | Lafabrie, Celine | - |
dc.contributor.author | Malouche, Dhafer | - |
dc.contributor.author | Bancon-Montigny, Chrystelle | - |
dc.contributor.author | Gonzalez, Catherine | - |
dc.contributor.author | Deidun, Alan | - |
dc.contributor.author | Pringault, Olivier | - |
dc.contributor.author | Daly-Yahia, Ons Kéfi | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-01-30T14:48:33Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2018-01-30T14:48:33Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Triki, H. Z., Laabir, M., Lafabrie, C., Malouche, D., Bancon-Montigny, C., Gonzalez, C.,... & Daly-Yahia, O. K. (2017). Do the levels of industrial pollutants influence the distribution and abundance of dinoflagellate cysts in the recently-deposited sediment of a Mediterranean coastal ecosystem?. Science of the Total Environment, 595, 380-392. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/26147 | - |
dc.description.abstract | We studied the relationships between sediment industrial pollutants concentrations, sediment characteristics and the dinoflagellate cyst abundance within a coastal lagoon by investigating a total of 55 sampling stations within the Bizerte lagoon, a highly anthropized Mediterranean ecosystem. The sediment of Bizerte lagoon is char- acterized by a high dinocyst abundance, reaching a maximum value of 2742 cysts·g−1 of dry sediment. The investigated cyst diversity was characterized by the presence of 22 dominant dinocyst morphotypes belonging to 11 genera. Two dinoflagellate species dominated the assemblage: Alexandrium pseudogonyaulax and Protoperidinium claudicans, representing 29 to 89% and 5 to 38% of the total cyst abundance, respectively, depending on the station. Seven morphotypes belonging to potentially toxic species were detected, including Alexandrium minutum, A. pseudogonyaulax, Alexandrium catenella/tamarense species complex, Lingulodinium polyedrum, Gonyaulax cf. spinifera complex, Prorocentrum micans and Protoceratium reticulatum. Pearson correlation values showed a positive correlation (α = 0.05) between cyst abundance and both water content and fine silt sediment content. Clustering revealed that the highest abundance of cysts corresponds to stations presenting the higher amounts of heavy metals. The simultaneous autoregressive model (SAM) highlighted a significant correlation (α = 0.05) between cyst accumulation and two main factors: sediment water content and sediment content for several heavy metals, including Hg, Cd, Cu, Ni and Cr. These results suggest that the degree of heavy metal pollution could influence cyst accumulation patterns. | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Elsevier BV | en_GB |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en_GB |
dc.subject | Dinoflagellate cysts | en_GB |
dc.subject | Spatial ecology -- Research | en_GB |
dc.subject | Marine ecology -- Mediterranean Sea | en_GB |
dc.title | Do the levels of industrial pollutants influence the distribution and abundance of dinoflagellate cysts in the recently-deposited sediment of a Mediterranean coastal ecosystem? | en_GB |
dc.type | article | en_GB |
dc.rights.holder | The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder | en_GB |
dc.description.reviewed | peer-reviewed | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.03.183 | - |
dc.publication.title | Science of the Total Environment | en_GB |
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