期刊
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
卷 114, 期 2, 页码 679-688出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.10.050
关键词
Bacterial assemblages; Biotic index; Biomonitoring; Amplicon sequencing; Indicator of pollution
资金
- European Union [308392]
- Basque Water Agency (URA)
- AZTI
- Fundacion Centros Tecnologicos through an Inaki Goenaga doctoral grant
Biotic indices for monitoring marine ecosystems are mostly based on the analysis of benthic macroinvertebrate communities. Due to their high sensitivity to pollution and fast response to environmental changes, bacterial assemblages could complement the information provided by benthic metazoan communities as indicators of human-induced impacts, but so far, this biological component has not been well explored for this purpose. Here we performed 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing to analyze the bacterial assemblage composition of 51 estuarine and coastal stations characterized by different environmental conditions and human-derived pressures. Using the relative abundance of putative indicator bacterial taxa, we developed a biotic index that is significantly correlated with a sediment quality index calculated on the basis of organic and inorganic compound concentrations. This new index based on bacterial assemblage composition can be a sensitive tool for providing a fast environmental assessment and allow a more comprehensive integrative ecosystem approach for environmental management. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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