Sensitivity of tanaid Apseudes latreillei (Milne-Edwards) populations to sewage pollution |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Public Service and Governance, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration, Ghana;2. Newcastle Business School, University of Newcastle, Australia;1. CICS.NOVA - Interdisciplinary Center of Social Sciences, FCSH-UNL, Av. de Berna, 26-C, 1069-061 Lisbon, Portugal;2. CERIS – Civil Engineering Research and Innovation for Sustainability, IST-UL, Av. Rovisco Pais 1, Lisbon 1049-001, Portugal;1. Department of Energy Economics, Faculty of Economics, Allame Tabataba’I University, Beheshti St., Tehran, Iran;2. Department of Theorical Economics, Faculty of Economics, Allame Tabataba’I University, Beheshti St., Tehran, Iran;1. Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, School of Hydrology and Water Resources, Nanjing, 210044, China;2. Department of Hydro and Renewable Energy, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, 247667, India;3. Sustainable Process Integration Laboratory - SPIL, NETME Centre, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology - VUT Brno, Technická 2896/2, 616 69, Brno, Czech Republic |
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| Abstract: | Apseudes latreillei (Milne-Edwards) is a common and abundant tanaid in soft-bottom communities from waters off East Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts. Its sensitivity to pollution is not clear despite being an abundant and widely distributed crustacean, since it has been reported as both a tolerant and sensitive species. This paper tests the sensitivity of A. latreillei to sewage discharges in fine-sand communities along the Castellon coast (W. Mediterranean). We analysed variation in tanaid populations between sites at varying distances from sewage outfalls with respect to population density, size distribution, sex ratio and their correlation with different abiotic factors of waste water and sediment. Results showed clearly that A. latreillei populations were affected by the presence of sewage outfalls, to such an extent that sewage disposal outlets produced a decrease in population density and changes in size spectra. |
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