Benthic biodiversity near brine discharge sites in the Port of Rotterdam

• Published in: Water Resources and Industry
• Main Authors: Avramidi, Eleni, García Gómez, Sergio Carlos, Papaspyrou, Sokratis, Louca, Vasilis, Xevgenos, Dimitrios, Küpper, Frithjof C.
• Other Authors: Biología
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: ELSEVIER 2022
• Subjects: Benthic macroinvertebrates; Brine; Netherlands; Port of Rotterdam; Gibba; Pacific; Crassostrea gigas; Pacific oyster
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10498/27568; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wri.2022.100173

The Port of Rotterdam is a heavily man-modified estuarine system, Europe's major seaport and home to a large number of chemical and petrochemical plants, many of which are supplied with distilled water from two demineralized water plants in Botlek and Maasvlakte. In this study, we assessed the...