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ArticlePloS one2016

Biomonitoring along the Tropical Southern Indian Coast with Multiple Biomarkers.

Sivanandham Vignesh, Hans-Uwe Dahms, Krishnan Muthukumar, Gopalaswamy Vignesh, Rathinam Arthur James

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Article in PloS one, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Sivanandham VigneshDepartment of Marine Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India.
Hans-Uwe DahmsDepartment of Marine Biotechnology and Resources, National Sun Yat-sen University, No. 70, Lienhai Road, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, R.O.C.; NSYSU.
Krishnan MuthukumarDepartment of Marine Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India.
Gopalaswamy VigneshDepartment of Chemistry, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India.
Rathinam Arthur JamesDepartment of Marine Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India.
Bharathidasan University · INNational Sun Yat-sen University · TW

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We assessed the spatial and temporal variations of pollution indicators and geochemical and trace metal parameters (23 in total) from water and sediment (144 samples) of three different eco-niches (beach, fishing harbor, and estuary) in larger coastal cities of southern India (Cuddalore and Pondicherry) for one year. A total of 120 marine Pseudomonas isolates were challenged against different concentrations of copper solutions and 10 different antibiotics in heavy metal and antibiotic resistance approaches, respectively. The study shows that 4.16% of the isolates could survive in 250 mM of copper; 70% were resistant to minimum concentrations. Strains were resistant (98.4%) to at least one antibiotic in Cuddalore compared to the Pondicherry (78.4%) region. Pollution index (PI) (0-14.55) and antibiotic resistance index (ARI) (0.05-0.10) ratio indicated that high bacterial and antibiotic loads were released into the coastal environment. The degree of trace metal contamination in sediments were calculated by enrichment factor (EF), contamination factor (CF), pollution load index (PLI), and geo-accumulation index (Igeo). Statistical parameters like two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), correlation, factor analysis and scatter matrix tools were employed between the 23 parameters in order to find sources, pathways, disparities and interactions of environmental pollutants. It indicates that geochemical and biological parameters were not strongly associated with each other (except a few) and were affected by different sources. Factor analysis elucidated, 'microbe-metal' interaction (Factor 1-48.86%), 'anthropogenic' factor (Factor 2-13.23%) and 'Pseudomonas-Cadmium' factor (Factor 3-11.74%), respectively.

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BiomarkersEnvironmental MonitoringTropical ClimateAnalysis of VarianceBacteriaDrug Resistance, BacterialEnvironmental MicrobiologyEnvironmental PollutionGeographyGeologic SedimentsIndiaMetals, HeavySpatio-Temporal AnalysisTrace ElementsBiomarkersMetals, HeavyTrace Elements

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PMID27941969
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