| Autor: |
Fabrizio Frontalini, Tristan Cordier, Eszter Balassi, Eric Armynot du Chatelet, Kristina Cermakova, Laure Apothéloz-Perret-Gentil, Maria Virginia Alves Martins, Carla Bucci, Enrico Scantamburlo, Mauro Treglia, Vladimiro Bonamin, Jan Pawlowski |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2020 |
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| Zdroj: |
Environment International, Vol 144, Iss , Pp 106049- (2020) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
0160-4120 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.envint.2020.106049 |
| Popis: |
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 ( |
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