Anthropogenic impacts on meiobenthic Ostracoda (Crustacea) in the moderately polluted Kasado Bay, Seto Inland Sea, Japan, over the past 70 years. Issue 1 (15th February 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Irizuki, Toshiaki; Ito, Hisayo; Sako, Megumi; Yoshioka, Kaoru; Kawano, Shigenori; Nomura, Ritsuo; Tanaka, Yuichiro
• Is Part Of: Marine pollution bulletin. Volume 91:Issue 1(2015)
• Page Start: 149
• Page End: 159
• Publication Date: 2015-02-15
• Subjects: Ostracoda -- Kasado Bay -- Seto Inland Sea -- Total organic carbon -- Eutrophication -- Heavy metal pollution; Marine pollution -- Periodicals; Marine Biology -- Periodicals; Water Pollution -- Periodicals; Mer -- Pollution -- Périodiques; Publications périodiques; Pollution des mers; Lutte antipollution; Electronic journals; 363.7394
• DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.12.013
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0025-326X

Abstract

Highlights: Ostracode species as environmental indicators were defined in moderately polluted bay. Total organic carbon content is correlated with ostracode abundance. Environmental deterioration because of eutrophication started in the 1960s. The regulations regarding pollution in waters probably influence ostracode abundance. Abstract: Two sediment cores were obtained from Kasado Bay, a moderate-polluted enclosed bay in Japan, to examine anthropogenic impacts on Ostracoda over the past ca. 70 years. We analyzed ostracode abundance and diversity, grain size, and CHN, and used 210 Pb and 137 Cs as the dating method. The present study showed that cross-plot comparisons of ostracode abundance and each environmental factor, based on sediment core data, could be used to identify ostracode species as indicators for anthropogenic influences. Ostracode abundance reflected mainly the changes that had occurred in total organic carbon content in sediments related to eutrophication, but heavy metal concentration did not directly influence several ostracode abundance in the bay. Environmental deterioration because of eutrophication started in the 1960s. The regulations regarding the chemical oxygen demand in waters introduced in the 1980s probably influence ostracode abundance for certain species in this period. Currently, Kasado Bay is not experiencing severe degradation.