Ecosystem engineering potential of the gastropod Terebralia palustris (Linnaeus, 1767) in mangrove wastewater wetlands - A controlled mesocosm experiment
| dc.creator | Kristensen, Erik | |
| dc.creator | Mgaya, Yunus D. | |
| dc.creator | Cannicci, Stefano | |
| dc.creator | Samwel Mchele Limbu | |
| dc.creator | Bartolini, Fabrizio | |
| dc.creator | Penha-Lopes, Gil Pessanha | |
| dc.date | 2016-02-03T14:35:30Z | |
| dc.date | 2016-02-03T14:35:30Z | |
| dc.date | 2010 | |
| dc.description | The effect of different sewage concentrations (0, 20, 60 and 100%), vegetation (Bare, Avicennia marina or Rhizophora mucronata) and immersion periods (immersion/emersion period of 12/12 h or 3/3 days just for 100%) conditions were studied for 6 months on survival and growth rates of Terebralia palustris (Linnaeus, 1767). Gastropods' activity and ecosystem engineering preformed at bare and A. marina planted cells and 3 sewage conditions (0, 20 and 60%) were determined. Survival rates were higher than 70% in all treatments. Growth rate decreased significantly with increasing sewage concentrations (mainly at unplanted conditions) and longer immersion periods. A complete shift (from immersion to emersion periods) and a significant decrease in mobility and consequently its engineer potential, due to sewage contamination, lead to a 3-4 fold decrease in the amount of sediment disturbed. Sewage contamination, primary producers' abundance and environmental conditions may have influenced the gastropods survival, growth and its ecosystem engineering potential. | |
| dc.identifier | Penha-Lopes, G., Bartolini, F., Limbu, S., Cannicci, S., Mgaya, Y., Kristensen, E. and Paula, J., 2010. Ecosystem engineering potential of the gastropod Terebralia palustris (Linnaeus, 1767) in mangrove wastewater wetlands - A controlled mesocosm experiment. Environmental Pollution 158: 258-266. | |
| dc.identifier | 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.07.009 | |
| dc.identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/276 | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.subject | Terebralia palustris | |
| dc.subject | wastewater wetlands | |
| dc.subject | mesocosm experiment | |
| dc.title | Ecosystem engineering potential of the gastropod Terebralia palustris (Linnaeus, 1767) in mangrove wastewater wetlands - A controlled mesocosm experiment | |
| dc.type | Other |