Jokanović, Sandra; Kajan, Katarina; Perović, Svetlana; Ivanić, Maja; Mačić, Vesna; Orlić, Sandi (2021) Anthropogenic influence on the environmental health along Montenegro coast based on the bacterial and chemical characterization. Environmental Pollution . ISSN 0269-7491
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Abstract
Coastal marine sediments are particularly exposed to human activities. The function of a coastal ecosystem is largely affected by eutrophication, wastewater discharges, chemical pollution, port activities, industry and tourism. Bacterial classification can be used as a measure in assessing the harmful effects on the ecosystem. This study provided insight into the environmental health of the coastal region of Montenegro analyzing the possible impact of PAHs and PCBs upon the bacterial community diversity and function as well as nutrients. Two stations at the shipyards were defined as very high PAH polluted together with PCB concentration exceeding threshold values. The bacterial community at the OTU level clustered together all stations except the most polluted site (SBL), the main tourist destination in Montenegro (BDV) and the estuary site (ADB) forming the independent clusters. Bacterial community based on the OTU level was driven by PAHs, TOC and silt content. The lowest richness and diversity were indicated at the site with the highest concentration of PAHs and PCBs with the highest abundance of Alphaproteobacteria followed by Gammaproteobacteria. OTUs affiliated to phyla BRC1, Dadabacteria and Spirochaetes were present with a total abundance higher than 1% only at the most polluted site indicating their persistence and possible potential for degradation of aromatic compounds. To compare functional capabilities potentially related to biodegradation of aromatic compounds and active transport systems, PICRUSt was used to predict metagenomes of the sediments. From our data, we identified specific bacterial community and predicted metabolic pathways that give us a picture of the environmental health along the coast of Montenegro, which provides us a new insight into human-induced pollution impacts on the coastal ecosystem.
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| Additional Information: | The study was partially supported by bilateral project Montenegro-Croatia: Phylogenetic analysis of the diversity of bacterial communities in sediment of the Boka Kotorska Bay (FILOSED) | ||||||||
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | marine sediment ; pollutants ; sequencing ; PICRUSt ; coastal health | ||||||||
| Subjects: | NATURAL SCIENCES NATURAL SCIENCES > Interdisciplinary Natural Sciences > Environmental Science |
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| Divisions: | Division of Materials Physics | ||||||||
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| Depositing User: | Sandi Orlić | ||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 06 Dec 2022 13:57 | ||||||||
| URI: | http://fulir.irb.hr/id/eprint/7625 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.116383 |
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