Echinoderms as indicators of brine discharge impacts
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Title: | Echinoderms as indicators of brine discharge impacts |
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Authors: | Fernández-Torquemada, Yolanda | González-Correa, José Miguel | Sánchez-Lizaso, José Luis |
Research Group/s: | Biología Marina | Recursos Hídricos y Desarrollo Sostenible |
Center, Department or Service: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ciencias del Mar y Biología Aplicada |
Keywords: | Desalination discharge | Echinoderms | Biological indicators | Monitoring | Impact |
Knowledge Area: | Zoología |
Issue Date: | Jan-2013 |
Publisher: | Desalination Publications |
Citation: | FERNÁNDEZ-TORQUEMADA, Yolanda; GONZÁLEZ-CORREA, José Miguel; SÁNCHEZ-LIZASO, José Luis. “Echinoderms as indicators of brine discharge impacts”. Desalination and Water Treatment. Vol. 51, Issue 1-3 (2013). ISSN 1944-3994, pp. 567-573 |
Abstract: | Echinoderms are osmoconformer organisms and are expected to be very sensitive to brine discharges. The objective of this study is to examine the use of echinoderms as early warning indicators of the impact of brine discharges and its application in the management of desalination discharges. We sampled using visual census along transect lines, for nine consecutive years and in three different stations, i.e. before the seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant began operating and thereafter. One year after the plant operation, echinoderms disappeared from the localities affected by the desalination brine. When the desalination brine was diluted with seawater prior to discharge, it was observed a recovery of echinoderm densities in these localities. Therefore, echinoderm populations may be used as early indicators to monitor impacts associated with a desalination brine discharge, but also to detect a possible recovery of a previously impacted area when additional mitigation measures to reduce the impact of brine discharge have been implemented. |
Sponsor: | This project was financially supported by the Water Consortium “Mancomunidad de Canales del Taibilla”. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/27557 |
ISSN: | 1944-3994 (Print) | 1944-3986 (Online) |
DOI: | 10.1080/19443994.2012.716609 |
Language: | eng |
Type: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Rights: | This is an electronic version of an article published in the Desalination and Water Treatment ©2013 Copyright Desalination Publications; Desalination and Water Treatment is available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/ |
Peer Review: | si |
Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19443994.2012.716609 |
Appears in Collections: | INV - BM - Artículos Científicos / Scientific Papers INV - Recursos Hídricos y Desarrollo Sostenible - Artículos de Revistas |
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