《Are assemblages of the fireworm Hermodice carunculata enhanced in sediments beneath offshore fish cages》.pdfVIP

Acta Oceanol. Sin., 2014, Vol. 33, No. 4, P. 108–111 DOI: 10.1007/s13131-014-0449-y E-mail: hyxbe@263.net Are assemblages of the fireworm Hermodice carunculata enhanced in sediments beneath offshore fish cages? 1 # 1 1 1 1 Rodrigo Riera * , Oscar Pérez , Myriam Rodríguez , Eva Ramos , Óscar Monterroso 1 Centro de Investigaciones Medioambientales del Atlántico (CIMA SL), Arzobispo Elías Yanes 44, 38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain Received 17 March 2012; accepted 9 June 2013 ©The Chinese Society of Oceanography and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014 Abstract Abundances of the fireworm Hermodice carunculata were counted through a monitoring assessment study of fish cages in Barranco Hondo (NE Tenerife). Seven campaigns were conducted from November 2007 to June 2010 and temporal variations were found, as well as differences among sampling stations. The poly- chaete H. carunculata obtained its highest abundance in sediments beneath fish cages throughout the study period. Thus, the assemblages of this omnivorous species were favoured by the presence of fish cages. Key words: aquaculture, organic enrichment, environmental impact, Polychaeta, Hermodice carunculata, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Atlantic Ocean Citation: Rodrigo Riera, Oscar Pérez, Myriam Rodríguez, Eva Ramos, Óscar Monterroso. 2014. Are assemblages of the fireworm Hermodice carunculata enhanced in sediments beneath offshore fish cages?. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 33(4): 108–111, doi: 10.1007/s13131-014-0449-y 1 Introduction 2 Materials and methods In the Canary Islands, offshore aquaculture has grown ex- Hermodice carunculata counts were carried out in Barranco ponentially during the past decade, with an overall pr