Ruso Y Del Pilar, Carretero J A De la Ossa, Casalduero F Giménez, Lizaso J L Sánchez
Dpto. de Ciencias del Mary Biología Aplicada, Universidad de Alicante, Campus de San Vicente del Raspeig, Ap. 99, E-03080 Alicante, Spain.
Mar Environ Res. 2007 Oct;64(4):492-503. doi: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2007.04.003. Epub 2007 Apr 24.
The discharge of an effluent of high salinity from reverse osmosis desalination plants has a strong impact on marine communities. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of brine discharge over soft bottom communities along the Alicante coast (Southeast Spain) over a two year period. Changes in the infaunal assemblage were analysed using univariate and multivariate techniques. Each year we sampled along three transects at three depths (4, 10 and 15m) during winter and summer. We observed a substitution of a community characterized by the presence of Polychaeta, Crustacea and Mollusca, for another dominated by nematodes (up to 98%), in the stations closer to the discharge where salinity values exceed 39 psu.
反渗透海水淡化厂排放的高盐度废水对海洋群落有强烈影响。本研究的目的是考察两年期间盐水排放在阿利坎特海岸（西班牙东南部）软底群落上的影响。使用单变量和多变量技术分析了底内动物组合的变化。每年我们在冬季和夏季沿着三个断面在三个深度（4米、10米和15米）进行采样。我们观察到，在盐度值超过39 psu的靠近排放口的站点，以多毛纲动物、甲壳纲动物和软体动物为特征的群落被另一个以线虫为主（高达98%）的群落所取代。
