Anthropogenic marine litter composition in coastal areas may be a predictor of potentially invasive rafting fauna
Anthropogenic plastic pollution is a global problem. In the marine environment, one of its less studied effects is the transport of attached biota, which might lead to introductions of non-native species in new areas or aid in habitat expansions of invasive species. The goal of the present work was...
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ftenkore:wikidata-Q47702054 2023-10-09T21:50:56+02:00 Anthropogenic marine litter composition in coastal areas may be a predictor of potentially invasive rafting fauna Rech, Sabine Pichs, Yaisel J Borrell García-Vazquez, Eva 2018-01-31 https://scholia.toolforge.org/work/Q47702054 http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q47702054 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5792010 https://doi.org/10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0191859 en eng Public Library of Science (PLoS) https://scholia.toolforge.org/work/Q47702054 http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q47702054 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5792010 doi:10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0191859 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ aquatic invasion coastal invasion coast journal article 2018 ftenkore https://doi.org/10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0191859 2023-09-22T09:36:38Z Anthropogenic plastic pollution is a global problem. In the marine environment, one of its less studied effects is the transport of attached biota, which might lead to introductions of non-native species in new areas or aid in habitat expansions of invasive species. The goal of the present work was to assess if the material composition of beached anthropogenic litter is indicative of the rafting fauna in a coastal area and could thus be used as a simple and cost-efficient tool for risk assessment in the future. Beached anthropogenic litter and attached biota along the 200 km coastline of Asturias, central Bay of Biscay, Spain, were analysed. The macrobiotic community attached to fouled litter items was identified using genetic barcoding combined with visual taxonomic analysis, and compared between hard plastics, foams, other plastics and non-plastic items. On the other hand, the material composition of beached litter was analysed in a standardized area on each beach. From these two datasets, the expected frequency of several rafting taxa was calculated for the coastal area and compared to the actually observed frequencies. The results showed that plastics were the most abundant type of beached litter. Litter accumulation was likely driven by coastal sources (industry, ports) and river/sewage inputs and transported by near-shore currents. Rafting vectors were almost exclusively made up of plastics and could mainly be attributed to fishing activity and leisure/ household. We identified a variety of rafting biota, including species of goose barnacles, acorn barnacles, bivalves, gastropods, polychaetes and bryozoan, and hydrozoan colonies attached to stranded litter. Several of these species were non-native and invasive, such as the giant Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) and the Australian barnacle (Austrominius modestus). The composition of attached fauna varied strongly between litter items of different materials. Plastics, except for foam, had a much more diverse attached community than non-plastic materials. ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Crassostrea gigas Pacific oyster enKORE project Pacific PLOS ONE 13 1 e0191859 |
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Anthropogenic plastic pollution is a global problem. In the marine environment, one of its less studied effects is the transport of attached biota, which might lead to introductions of non-native species in new areas or aid in habitat expansions of invasive species. The goal of the present work was to assess if the material composition of beached anthropogenic litter is indicative of the rafting fauna in a coastal area and could thus be used as a simple and cost-efficient tool for risk assessment in the future. Beached anthropogenic litter and attached biota along the 200 km coastline of Asturias, central Bay of Biscay, Spain, were analysed. The macrobiotic community attached to fouled litter items was identified using genetic barcoding combined with visual taxonomic analysis, and compared between hard plastics, foams, other plastics and non-plastic items. On the other hand, the material composition of beached litter was analysed in a standardized area on each beach. From these two datasets, the expected frequency of several rafting taxa was calculated for the coastal area and compared to the actually observed frequencies. The results showed that plastics were the most abundant type of beached litter. Litter accumulation was likely driven by coastal sources (industry, ports) and river/sewage inputs and transported by near-shore currents. Rafting vectors were almost exclusively made up of plastics and could mainly be attributed to fishing activity and leisure/ household. We identified a variety of rafting biota, including species of goose barnacles, acorn barnacles, bivalves, gastropods, polychaetes and bryozoan, and hydrozoan colonies attached to stranded litter. Several of these species were non-native and invasive, such as the giant Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) and the Australian barnacle (Austrominius modestus). The composition of attached fauna varied strongly between litter items of different materials. Plastics, except for foam, had a much more diverse attached community than non-plastic materials. ... |
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Anthropogenic marine litter composition in coastal areas may be a predictor of potentially invasive rafting fauna |
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Anthropogenic marine litter composition in coastal areas may be a predictor of potentially invasive rafting fauna |
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Anthropogenic marine litter composition in coastal areas may be a predictor of potentially invasive rafting fauna |
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Anthropogenic marine litter composition in coastal areas may be a predictor of potentially invasive rafting fauna |
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Anthropogenic marine litter composition in coastal areas may be a predictor of potentially invasive rafting fauna |
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anthropogenic marine litter composition in coastal areas may be a predictor of potentially invasive rafting fauna |
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