Biodiversity of epifauna in the ports of Southern Baltic Sea revealed by study of recruitment and succession on artificial panels

Witalis, Bartosz; Iglikowska, Anna; Ronowicz, Marta; Kukliński, Piotr

doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2020.107107

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“…6) epifauna communities distinguish themselves into complexes associated with the occurrence at particular depths. The most visible is difference between the community up to 20 m and the community below 20 m, and these results are comparable to other authors [24,27,37]. The general conclusion is that the shallow communities consist of a greater number of species.…”

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“…The general conclusion is that the shallow communities consist of a greater number of species. In the report by Witalis et al [27] authors found six epifauna species and six taxa of associated mobile fauna recruited on artificial panels located in the three ports of southern Baltic Sea. International seaports and offshore rig are habitats strongly disturbed by anthropogenic activity.…”

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“…Biodiversity and succession of epifauna on artificial devices of Southern Baltic Sea were investigated by Bałazy et al [24] and [25,26,27]. The adaptation of species to brackish conditions in the Baltic Sea caused both morphological and genetic differences compared to their salt/fresh water analogues [17].…”

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Biofouling is called “lessons from nature”. Currently, governments and industry spend more than 5.7 billion USD annually to control unwanted marine biofouling, aquatic flora and fauna on submerged construction leading to various technical, economical, and ecological problems. In turn, the Baltic Sea is defined as a “time machine” for the future coastal ocean, as processes occurring in the Baltic Sea are related to future changes. Our study describes the biofouling community at 12 sites located at different depths on the legs of the “Baltic Beta” oil platform that resulted in finding a maximum of 1,300 individuals on 400 cm2. We analyzed: spatial distribution of dominant marine organisms living on a steel platform surface, their abundance and mass. Our work showed no significant difference in the benthic samples mass among different depths or cardinal directions of the rig columns. Our research can help to predict offshore biofouling on other devices in the Baltic Sea, to control invasive species and to estimate environmental load.

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