کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
8871657 1622709 2018 13 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Influence of salmonid aquaculture activities on a rock-cliff epifaunal community in Jervis Inlet, British Columbia
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه علوم زمین و سیارات اقیانوس شناسی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Influence of salmonid aquaculture activities on a rock-cliff epifaunal community in Jervis Inlet, British Columbia
چکیده انگلیسی
Benthic video surveys were carried out at two marine finfish aquaculture and associated reference sites in Jervis Inlet (JI), British Columbia. Substrate composition, epifaunal diversity, mat-forming taxa (primary indicators: opportunistic polychaete complexes (OPCs) and sulfide-oxidizing bacteria) and waste pellets were quantitatively assessed. Hard-bottom substrates were dominated by rock wall, skeletal sponge matrix, graded bedrock, rock-veneer, and cobble. Aquaculture waste outputs (modelled depositional carbon fluxes and observations of waste feed/faecal pellets) were correlated with benthic organic enrichment indicators (OPC and sulfide-oxidizing bacteria). Sulfide-oxidizing bacteria varied in abundance up to a modelled depositional carbon flux of ~ 2 gC m− 2 day− 1 where it sustained 50% areal coverage. Glass sponges revealed an inverse relationship with aquaculture waste outputs and sulfide-oxidizing bacteria. Plumose anemones and shrimp showed a low frequency of occurrence at reference sites; however, they were abundant within the near-field zone of the aquaculture sites associated with a higher modelled carbon flux. Future research should focus on the response of various taxa to depositional gradients and their potential role as secondary indicators of aquaculture activities associated with rock-cliff communities.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Marine Pollution Bulletin - Volume 127, February 2018, Pages 297-309
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