Bioindication of Bottom Sediments of the Gulf of Finland by the Composition of Meiobenthos in Combination with Biotesting and Chemical Analysis

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The question of the possibility of using meiobenthos to monitor the state of bottom sediments (BS) in the Baltic Sea, where bottom macrofauna are unstable due to hypoxia, is of interest. The parameters of meiobenthos and the physicochemical characteristics of BS and bottom water were studied, and the toxicity of BS was determined by the survival of the amphipod Gmelinoides fasciatus in 10-day tests for 11 stations in the brackish part of the Gulf of Finland (depths of 10–52 m). Principal component analysis revealed two factors explaining 67% of the variability of the variables, and groups of stations similar in terms of conditions. Factor 1 combined nine related variables (depth, metal concentrations and fraction of sand in BS, ratio of nematodes and copepods (N/C index) and survival of amphipods), and factor 2 combined four variables (organic matter and polyaromatic hydrocarbons in BS, phosphates in water and the number of meiobenthos). Thus, bioindication of the environment by meiobenthos is promising, but requires an integrated approach to be applied in monitoring.

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N. A. Berezina

Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Science

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Email: nadezhda.berezina@zin.ru
Russia, St. Petersburg

V. A. Petukhov

Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Science

Email: nadezhda.berezina@zin.ru
Russia, St. Petersburg

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