Document of bibliographic reference 364000

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Bibliographic resource

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Journal article

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AS

Title

Bioassessment of environmental quality based on taxonomic and functional traits of marine nematodes in the Bohai Sea, China

Abstract

Free-living marine nematodes are valuable biological indicators for different environmental disturbances. Their taxonomic composition and functional traits often respond to environmental changes. In this study, marine nematodes, collected from the Bohai sea on the northeastern coast of China in 2014, were investigated in terms of their taxonomic composition and functional traits. Furthermore, the environmental quality of the investigated area was assessed based on nematode metrics. The studied nematode community showed spatial variation in taxonomic and functional composition, in response to changes in environmental variables such as sediment chlorophyll-a, phaeophytin-a, organic matter content, silt-clay content etc. Overall, high percentage of tolerant marine nematodes species or colonizers predominated, suggesting a disturbed environmental condition of the study area. Further results from the environmental quality assessment based on nematode metrics indicated a moderate quality status at the most investigated stations.

WebOfScience code

https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:001026452300001

Bibliographic citation

Hua, E.; He, L.; Zhang, Z.; Cui, C.; Liu, X. (2023). Bioassessment of environmental quality based on taxonomic and functional traits of marine nematodes in the Bohai Sea, China. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 190: 114884. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.114884

Topic

Marine

Is peer reviewed

true