Environmental consequences of dredged-material disposal in a recurrent marine dumping area near to Guadalquivir estuary, Spain
2020
Donázar Aramendía, Iñigo Javier | Sánchez Moyano, Juan Emilio | García Asencio, Isabel | Miró Recio-Mensaque, Juan Miguel | Megina Martínez, César | García Gómez, José Carlos | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Zoología | Universidad de Sevilla
In this study we assessed the effects of the recurrent disposal of dredged material from the Guadalquivir estuary (south-western Spain) in a marine disposal area. We analysed shifts in sediment characteristics as well as bioaccumulation and biomagnification of heavy metals through the benthic food web. Results showed that the significant increase in concentration of some heavy metals observed in the marine disposal area after the latest disposal event could be attributed to the deposition of river-dredged sediments. This increase could also explain the decreased amphipod survival in the ecotoxicology analysis. Heavy metal concentrations in organisms indicated some bioaccumulation in deposit feeders and predators but with no clear patterns nor biomagnification through the food web. Hence, combining studies that monitor shifts in sediment characteristics and their possible consequences for the food web seems to be an interesting approach that should be assessed further in this type of studies.
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