Analysis of benthic invertebrate communities as a function of distance from two fish processing plant effluent discharges in New Brunswick, Canada
Analysis of benthic invertebrate communities as a function of distance from two fish processing plant effluent discharges in New Brunswick, Canada
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- dc.contributor.author
- Lalonde, Benoit A.
- Ernst, William
- dc.date.accepted
- 2012-01-09
- dc.date.accessioned
- 2023-08-10T14:23:55Z
- dc.date.available
- 2023-08-10T14:23:55Z
- dc.date.issued
- 2012-02-05
- dc.date.submitted
- 2011-09-29
- dc.description.abstract - en
- Benthic invertebrate communities have been known to change due to impacts from nutrient-rich industrial outputs such as those from pulp and paper, sewage treatment plants or aquaculture. Fish processing plants have been recognized as contributors of large volumes of nutrient rich effluent to marine and estuarine environments but their effect on benthic invertebrate communities is unknown. Benthic invertebrates and sediment samples were obtained from marine sampling stations at 0, 10, 30 and 100m distance from two fish processing outfalls in Atlantic Canada. Sediment grain size, total organic carbon (TOC), ammonia, sulphide and redox as well as invertebrate abundance, density, taxa richness, Simpson’s inverse diversity index, Bray Curtis index and the AZTI marine biotic index (AMBI) were determined for all sampling sites. Results from this study illustrate that taxa richness and density significantly increased as distance from the outfall discharge increased. In our study, TOC was only significantly correlated to AMBI but not to the other benthic invertebrate assemblage descriptors calculated in this study (invertebrate density, taxa richness, Simpson’s inverse diversity). The study results suggest that taxa richness and density may be affected by the effluent from fish processing plants.
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- This version of the article has been accepted for publication, after peer review (when applicable) and is subject to Springer Nature’s <a href="https://www.springernature.com/gp/open-research/policies/accepted-manuscript-terms">AM terms of use,</a> but is not the Version of Record and does not reflect post-acceptance improvements, or any corrections. The Version of Record is available online at: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s00244-012-9749-4">https://doi.org/10.1007/s00244-012-9749-4</a>
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- Cette version de l'article a été acceptée à des fins de publication suite à une évaluation par les pairs (le cas échéant) et est soumise aux <a href="https://www.springernature.com/gp/open-research/policies/accepted-manuscript-terms">conditions d'utilisation des manuscrits acceptés </a>de Springer Nature. Ce n'est pas la version publiée puisqu’elle ne reflète pas les améliorations postérieures à l'acceptation, ni les corrections. La version publiée est disponible en ligne à l'adresse suivante : <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s00244-012-9749-4">https://doi.org/10.1007/s00244-012-9749-4</a>
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- 1432-0703
- 0090-4341
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- https://open-science.canada.ca/handle/123456789/996
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- en
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- Springer Nature
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- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00244-012-9749-4
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- Other
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- Autre
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- Green
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- Vert
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- dc.subject - en
- Biological diversity
- Nature and environment
- Science and technology
- dc.subject - fr
- Diversité biologique
- Nature et environnement
- Sciences et technologie
- dc.subject.en - en
- Biological diversity
- Nature and environment
- Science and technology
- dc.subject.fr - fr
- Diversité biologique
- Nature et environnement
- Sciences et technologie
- dc.title - en
- Analysis of benthic invertebrate communities as a function of distance from two fish processing plant effluent discharges in New Brunswick, Canada
- dc.type - en
- Accepted manuscript
- dc.type - fr
- Manuscrit accepté
- local.article.journalissue
- 1
- local.article.journaltitle
- Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
- local.article.journalvolume
- 63
- local.pagination
- 22 pages
- local.peerreview - en
- Yes
- local.peerreview - fr
- Oui
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