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| Lingua originale | English |
|---|---|
| pagine (da-a) | 512-524 |
| Numero di pagine | 13 |
| Rivista | Default journal |
| Stato di pubblicazione | Published - 2018 |
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- Aquatic Science
- Pollution
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Assessing the effect of mercury pollution on cultured benthic foraminifera community using morphological and eDNA metabarcoding approaches. / Caruso, Antonio; Maccotta, Antonella; Cosentino, Claudia; Scopelliti, Giovanna; Reo, Emanuela; Frontalini, Fabrizio; Lejzerowicz, Franck; Nardelli, Maria Pia; Greco, Mattia; Losada, Maria Teresa; Armynot Du Châtelet, Eric; Di Bella, Letizia; Coccioni, Rodolfo; Pawlowski, Jan.
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T1 - Assessing the effect of mercury pollution on cultured benthic foraminifera community using morphological and eDNA metabarcoding approaches
AU - Caruso, Antonio
AU - Maccotta, Antonella
AU - Cosentino, Claudia
AU - Scopelliti, Giovanna
AU - Reo, Emanuela
AU - Frontalini, Fabrizio
AU - Lejzerowicz, Franck
AU - Nardelli, Maria Pia
AU - Greco, Mattia
AU - Losada, Maria Teresa
AU - Armynot Du Châtelet, Eric
AU - Di Bella, Letizia
AU - Coccioni, Rodolfo
AU - Pawlowski, Jan
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Mercury (Hg) is a highly toxic element for living organisms and is known to bioaccumulate and biomagnify. Here, we analyze the response of benthic foraminifera communities cultured in mesocosm and exposed to different concentrations of Hg. Standard morphological analyses and environmental DNA metabarcoding show evidence that Hg pollution has detrimental effects on benthic foraminifera. The molecular analysis provides a more complete view of foraminiferal communities including the soft-walled single-chambered monothalamiids and small-sized hard-shelled rotaliids and textulariids than the morphological one. Among these taxa that are typically overlooked in morphological studies we found potential bioindicators of Hg pollution. The mesocosm approach proves to be an effective method to study benthic foraminiferal responses to various types and concentrations of pollutants over time. This study further supports foraminiferal metabarcoding as a complementary and/or alternative method to standard biomonitoring program based on the morphological identification of species communities.
AB - Mercury (Hg) is a highly toxic element for living organisms and is known to bioaccumulate and biomagnify. Here, we analyze the response of benthic foraminifera communities cultured in mesocosm and exposed to different concentrations of Hg. Standard morphological analyses and environmental DNA metabarcoding show evidence that Hg pollution has detrimental effects on benthic foraminifera. The molecular analysis provides a more complete view of foraminiferal communities including the soft-walled single-chambered monothalamiids and small-sized hard-shelled rotaliids and textulariids than the morphological one. Among these taxa that are typically overlooked in morphological studies we found potential bioindicators of Hg pollution. The mesocosm approach proves to be an effective method to study benthic foraminiferal responses to various types and concentrations of pollutants over time. This study further supports foraminiferal metabarcoding as a complementary and/or alternative method to standard biomonitoring program based on the morphological identification of species communities.
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M3 - Article
SP - 512
EP - 524
JO - Default journal
JF - Default journal
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