Tolerance of benthic foraminifer Calcarina gaudichaudii to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon pyrene: effects on photosynthesis

• Published in: Coral reefs Vol. 41; no. 6; pp. 1585 - 1594
• Main Authors: Akther, Shumona, Sun, Wenzhao, Suzuki, Jumpei, Fujita, Masafumi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.12.2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adsorption; Algae; Aromatic compounds; Aromatic hydrocarbons; Atolls; Benthos; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Calcarina; Cell density; Chlorophyll; Chlorophyll a; Coral reefs; Defence mechanisms; Diatoms; Exposure; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; Heavy metals; Identification; Islands; Laboratories; Life Sciences; Marine invertebrates; Metals; Oceanography; Photosynthesis; Photosystem II; Pollution; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Population density; Pyrene; Seawater; Symbionts; Visual observation; Water quality; Water temperature; Large benthic foraminifera; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Extracellular organic matrix; Symbiont; Pulse-amplitude-modulation fluorometry; Langmuir adsorption isotherm

Symbiont-bearing perforated large benthic foraminifers are vital to the formation of coral reef islands in the Pacific Ocean and are affected by the deterioration of reefal water quality in urbanized atolls. Recently, road traffic was identified as a notable source of heavy-metal pollution in the de...