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ArticleMarine pollution bulletin2018

Six decades of change in pollution and benthic invertebrate biodiversity in a southern New England estuary.

Stephen S Hale, Henry W Buffum, Melissa M Hughes

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Article in Marine pollution bulletin, 2018. 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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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Stephen S HaleAtlantic Ecology Division, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 27 Tarzwell Drive, Narragansett, RI 02882, USA. Electronic address: hale.stephen@epa.gov.
Henry W BuffumCSRA, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Narragansett, RI, USA 02882.
Melissa M HughesCSRA, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Narragansett, RI, USA 02882.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pollution has led to a decline of benthic invertebrate biodiversity of Narragansett Bay, raising questions about effects on ecosystem functions and services including shellfish production, energy flow to fishes, and biogeochemical cycles. Changes in community composition and taxonomic distinctness (biodiversity) were calculated from the 1950s-when quantitative benthic invertebrate data first became available-to 2015. Change in community composition of the bay was correlated with changes in dissolved inorganic nitrogen, dissolved oxygen, and sediment contaminants. A mid-bay reference site showed moderate changes in community composition but no change in biodiversity. In contrast, a more impacted site in the upper bay showed substantial differences in community composition over time and a decline in taxonomic distinctness. Bay-wide, as inputs of some stressors such as nutrients and sediment contaminants have declined, there are signs of recovery of benthic biodiversity but other stressors such as temperature and watershed development are increasing.

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BiodiversityInvertebratesAnimalsEnvironmental MonitoringEstuariesGeologic SedimentsNew EnglandNitrogenOxygenTemperatureWater Pollutants, ChemicalWater PollutionNitrogenOxygenWater Pollutants, ChemicalBiodiversityMarine benthic invertebratesNarragansett BayPollutionTaxonomic distinctnessTemporal trends

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PMID30041375
PMCPMC6075737

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