Journal article
Potential effects of sediment contaminants on diatom assemblages in coastal lagoons of New Jersey and New York States
Marine pollution bulletin, v 107(2), pp 453-458
30 Jun 2016
PMID: 26851869
Abstract
Sediment samples from the coastal lagoons and estuaries of New York and New Jersey were used to investigate the influence of contaminants on diatom assemblages. Multivariate analyses demonstrated correspondence between composition of diatom assemblages and,concentrations of several metals and total PAH. The effects of the individual contaminants were difficult to disentangle because of the considerable correlations between their concentrations. The most conspicuous trend was the increase in the relative abundance of small centric planktonic diatoms in response to contamination and the corresponding decrease in the benthic flora. The high relative abundance of planktonic species on contaminated sediments apparently resulted not so much from their tolerance to pollution, but from the paucity of benthic species. A comparison of the assemblages on the surface and at the depth of approximately 8-10 cm revealed a statistically significant temporal change in community composition towards planktonic diatoms. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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- Title
- Potential effects of sediment contaminants on diatom assemblages in coastal lagoons of New Jersey and New York States
- Creators
- Marina Potapova - Drexel UniversityNina Desianti - Drexel UniversityMihaela Enache - New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
- Publication Details
- Marine pollution bulletin, v 107(2), pp 453-458
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Number of pages
- 6
- Grant note
- 0040118525/G14PX00036 / U.S. Geological Survey; United States Geological Survey
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Biodiversity, Earth, and Environmental Science (BEES)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000379094200006
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84957089856
- Other Identifier
- 991019169591304721
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