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Benthic crustacean assemblages in disturbed areas influenced by phosphogypsum discharge in the central Mediterranean Sea.
| Τίτλος: | Benthic crustacean assemblages in disturbed areas influenced by phosphogypsum discharge in the central Mediterranean Sea. |
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| Συγγραφείς: | Mosbahi N; Laboratoire de Biodiversity Marine et Environnement, Faculté des Sciences de Sfax, Université de Sfax, BP 1171, 3038, Sfax, Tunisia. Electronic address: nawfel.mosbahi.etud@fss.usf.tn., Serbaji MM; Laboratory of Radio-Analysis and Environment - National Engineering School of Sfax, University of Sfax, BP 1173, 3038 Sfax, Tunisia., Pezy JP; Université de Caen Normandie, UNICAEN, CNRS, UMR 6143 M2C, Laboratoire Morphodynamique Continentale et Côtière, 24 Rue des Tilleuls, 14000, Caen, France., Neifar L; Laboratoire de Biodiversity Marine et Environnement, Faculté des Sciences de Sfax, Université de Sfax, BP 1171, 3038, Sfax, Tunisia., Dauvin JC; Université de Caen Normandie, UNICAEN, CNRS, UMR 6143 M2C, Laboratoire Morphodynamique Continentale et Côtière, 24 Rue des Tilleuls, 14000, Caen, France. |
| Πηγή: | Marine pollution bulletin [Mar Pollut Bull] 2026 Aug; Vol. 229, pp. 119690. Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Apr 13. |
| Τύπος έκδοσης: | Journal Article |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
| Στοιχεία περιοδικού: | Publisher: Elsevier Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 0260231 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1879-3363 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 0025326X NLM ISO Abbreviation: Mar Pollut Bull Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Publication: 2003- : Oxford : Elsevier Original Publication: London, Macmillan. |
| Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): | Water Pollutants, Chemical*/analysis , Phosphorus*/analysis , Crustacea* , Environmental Monitoring* , Calcium Sulfate*, Metals, Heavy/analysis ; Animals ; Mediterranean Sea ; Biodiversity |
| Περίληψη: | The composition and spatial distribution of benthic crustacean assemblages were investigated in three ecologically disturbed coastal zones in the Gulf of Gabès (Central Mediterranean Sea) over four consecutive seasons from October 2023 to July 2024. These coastal areas are subject to multiple anthropogenic stressors, particularly the discharge of phosphogypsum and inherent pollutants. The present study examined how environmental variables, including pH, organic matter, and heavy metal concentrations such as cadmium, lead, and phosphates shape the diversity, structure and spatial distribution of crustacean communities. Three distinct crustacean assemblages were identified in the three perturbed zones, their diversity and distribution were found to be mainly influenced by several environmental factors and pollution gradient. Multivariate analyses (BIOENV, Spearman correlations and PCA analysis) confirmed strong associations between pollution gradients and community shifts. Clear symptoms of perturbation, mainly in the disturbed stations undergoing anthropogenic inputs, notably a low number of species and abundance of crustacean communities. This study offers an important baseline data that can be used as a long-term reference framework and integrated into future management and national conservation plans. (Copyright © 2026 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.) |
| Competing Interests: | Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. |
| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: Anthropogenic disturbance; Gulf of Gabès; crustacean communities; environmental monitoring; impact; industrial effluents; pollution gradient |
| Substance Nomenclature: | 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical) 13397-24-5 (phosphogypsum) WAT0DDB505 (Calcium Sulfate) 27YLU75U4W (Phosphorus) 0 (Metals, Heavy) |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20260414 Date Completed: 20260614 Latest Revision: 20260614 |
| Update Code: | 20260615 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2026.119690 |
| PMID: | 41980288 |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1879-3363 |
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| DOI: | 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2026.119690 |