Chemical contamination can promote turnover diversity of benthic prokaryotic assemblages: The case study of the Bagnoli-Coroglio bay (southern Tyrrhenian Sea)

• Published in: Marine environmental research Vol. 160; p. 105040
• Main Authors: Tangherlini, M., Corinaldesi, C., Rastelli, E., Musco, L., Armiento, G., Danovaro, R., Dell’Anno, A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Elsevier Ltd 01.09.2020; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Abundance; Aromatic compounds; Aromatic hydrocarbons; Benthos; Chemical contaminants; Chemical contamination; Chemical pollution; Coastal zone; Composition; Contaminants; Contamination; Environmental factors; Heavy metals; Hydrocarbons; Industrial areas; Long-term effects; Marine chemistry; Marine ecosystems; Marine pollution; Metal concentrations; Metals; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Prokaryotes; Sediment; Sediment pollution; Sediments; Tyrrhenian Sea

Chemical contamination of marine ecosystems represents a major concern for the detrimental consequences at different levels of biological organization. However, the impact of chronic contamination on the diversity and assemblage composition of benthic prokaryotes is still largely unknown, and this l...