Effects of Organic Pollutants on Bacterial Communities Under Future Climate Change Scenarios.

ABSTRACT: Coastal ecosystems are highly dynamic and can be strongly influenced by climate change, anthropogenic activities (e.g., pollution), and a combination of the two pressures. As a result of climate change, the northern hemisphere is predicted to undergo an increased precipitation regime, leading in turn to higher terrestrial runoff and increased river inflow. This increased runoff will transfer terrestrial dissolved organic matter (tDOM) and anthropogenic contaminants to coastal waters. Such changes can directly influence the resident biology, particularly at the base of the food web, and can influence the partitioning of contaminants and thus their potential impact on the food web. Bacteria have been shown to respond to high tDOM concentration and organic pollutants loads, and could represen

SUBMITTER: Rodriguez J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6284067 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature