Evaluation of the impact of industrial sewage pollution on marine benthic communities

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Research Article| September 01 2011 Evaluation of the impact of industrial sewage pollution on marine benthic communities T. Tabatabaie; T. Tabatabaie 1Department of Engineering, Group of Natural Resources and Environmental, Islamic Azad University, Bushehr Branch, Iran E-mail: ttabatabaie@iaubushehr.ac.ir Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar F. Amiri F. Amiri 2Department of Engineering, Group of Natural Resources, Islamic Azad University, Bushehr Branch, Iran Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology-Aqua (2011) 60 (6): 364–374. https://doi.org/10.2166/aqua.2011.058 Article history Received: September 19 2010 Accepted: June 27 2011 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Cite Icon Cite Permissions Search Site Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll JournalsThis Journal Search Advanced Search Citation T. Tabatabaie, F. Amiri; Evaluation of the impact of industrial sewage pollution on marine benthic communities. Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology-Aqua 1 September 2011; 60 (6): 364–374. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/aqua.2011.058 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex A survey was performed to assess organic pollution, water properties and the marine benthic community. The need to assess the environmental status of marine and coastal waters encouraged the design of specific biotic indices to evaluate the response of benthic communities to human-induced changes in water quality. In this study of the benthic community structure in Ghanam Creek surrounding an industrial sewage discharge, water and sediment samples were collected at eight sites in the warm season and cold season. Environmental data on physical and chemical variables were also collected from each site and a multivariate analysis was carried out to determine the effect of environmental factors on the biodiversity distribution. The results indicated that the station furthest from the petrochemical industries (station located in Ghanam Creek) had higher species diversity and consequently a higher value for the Shannon-Weaver diversity index. The present study also showed that polychaetes were more abundant. Although polychaetes were also recorded at all the other stations, these stations had greater biodiversity with different numerically dominant species such as: Isopoda, Decapoda, Gastropoda, Copepoda, Bivalvia, Pennatulacea and Crustacea. Consequently, it was established that macrobenthic biodiversity was related to dissolved oxygen and the percentage of organic matter in the sediment. benthic community, biotic indices, human activity, macrobenthos, pollution This content is only available as a PDF. © IWA Publishing 2011 You do not currently have access to this content.