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Area of Science:

  • Marine Ecology
  • Environmental Science
  • Ecosystem Health

Background:

  • Anthropogenic pollution threatens marine ecosystems, necessitating legislative action for coastal and transitional waters.
  • Biological measures are used to indicate disturbance in subtidal habitats, but intertidal research is limited.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the sensitivity of intertidal macrofaunal communities, taxa, diversity, and biotic indices to nutrient and organic enrichment.
  • To compare the effectiveness of different biotic indices in detecting pollution in intertidal soft-sediment habitats.

Main Methods:

  • Assessed macrofaunal communities, individual taxa, diversity indices, and biotic indices (AMBI, ITI, M-AMBI, IQI).
  • Examined sensitivity to nutrient and organic enrichment in intertidal soft-sediment habitats.
  • Correlated community variation with anthropogenic stressors versus natural environmental variation.

Main Results:

  • Macrofaunal community variation was more strongly linked to anthropogenic stressors than natural factors.
  • Multimetric indices M-AMBI and IQI showed closer association with nutrient and organic pollution compared to AMBI and ITI.
  • Intertidal habitats demonstrated sensitivity to pollution indicators.

Conclusions:

  • Intertidal monitoring using established tools is a cost-effective alternative to subtidal monitoring.
  • Existing monitoring tools, particularly M-AMBI and IQI, can effectively assess pollution in intertidal zones.
  • Intertidal monitoring has potential for developing an ecosystem-level approach to marine management.