Unintended “biological cargo” of ships entering the River Odra estuary: assemblages of organisms in ballast tanks

• Autorzy: Gruszka P. , Rokicka-Praxmajer J. , Cupak J. , Radziejewska T. , Wolska M.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Water and sediment in ships’ ballast tanks provide habitats for various organisms, and thus facilitate alien species introductions. Ballast tank water and sediment of 19 ships docked in the GRYFIA Szczecin Ship Repair Yard (Szczecin, Poland) located in an area connected with the River Odra estuary (Southern Baltic), were sampled in 2009–2011 to find out if the ships could be vectors of species introductions to the estuary, already known for the presence of non-indigenous taxa. This study showed the ballast water of the ships examined to house rotifers, copepods, cladocerans, and bivalve and cirriped larvae – common constituents of zooplankton assemblages in coastal waters. The ballast tank sediment supported meiobenthic foraminiferans, nematodes, harpacticoid copepods, turbellarians, bivalves, polychaetes, and chironomid and cirriped larvae. It is not possible at this stage to judge what meiofaunal taxa constitute an alien component in the estuary biota. Macrobenthos in the ships’ ballast tank sediment examined was represented mainly by nereid polychaetes. Although the unintended “biological cargo” examined proved quite diverse and abundant, it contained few identified alien taxa. It does not seem likely than any of them could pose a threat of a biological invasion in the River Odra estuary. However, numerous species remained unidentified, and therefore assessment of the risk of alien species introduction and invasion contains a large measure of uncertainty. On the other hand, the risk as such remains, since the density of ballast water-borne organisms in all ships exceeded the allowed limits.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

ballast tank water; ballast tank sediment; alien species; Odra River estuary; Szczecin harbour

• Wydawca: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Akademii Morskiej w Szczecinie
• Czasopismo: Zeszyty Naukowe / Akademia Morska w Szczecinie
• Rocznik: 2013
• Tom: nr 33 (105)
• Strony: 22--29
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 32 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Gruszka P.

• National Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Research Station in Świnoujście 72-600 Świnoujście, Plac Słowiański 11

autor

Rokicka-Praxmajer J.

• West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Faculty of Food Sciences and Fisheries 71-550 Szczecin, ul. Królewicza Kazimierza 4

autor

Cupak J.

• West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Faculty of Food Sciences and Fisheries 71-550 Szczecin, ul. Królewicza Kazimierza 4

autor

Radziejewska T.

• University of Szczecin, Faculty of Geosciences, Palaeoceanology Unit 70-383 Szczecin, ul. Mickiewicza 18

autor

Wolska M.

• West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Faculty of Food Sciences and Fisheries 71-550 Szczecin, ul. Królewicza Kazimierza 4

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