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Cienfuegos, Cuba) Revista De Biología Tropical, Vol Revista de Biología Tropical ISSN: 0034-7744 [email protected] Universidad de Costa Rica Costa Rica Díaz-Asencio, Lisbet; Helguera, Yusmila; Fernández-Garcés, Raúl; Gómez-Batista, Miguel; Rosell, Guillermo; Hernández, Yurisbey; Pulido, Anabell; Armenteros, Maickel Two-year temporal response of benthic macrofauna and sediments to hypoxia in a tropical semi-enclosed bay (Cienfuegos, Cuba) Revista de Biología Tropical, vol. 64, núm. 1, marzo, 2016, pp. 193-204 Universidad de Costa Rica San Pedro de Montes de Oca, Costa Rica Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=44943437016 How to cite Complete issue Scientific Information System More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Journal's homepage in redalyc.org Non-profit academic project, developed under the open access initiative Two-year temporal response of benthic macrofauna and sediments to hypoxia in a tropical semi-enclosed bay (Cienfuegos, Cuba) Lisbet Díaz-Asencio1*, Yusmila Helguera1, Raúl Fernández-Garcés1, Miguel Gómez-Batista1, Guillermo Rosell1, Yurisbey Hernández1, Anabell Pulido1 & Maickel Armenteros2 1. Centro de Estudios Ambientales de Cienfuegos, Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología y Medio Ambiente, Carretera a Castillo de Jagua Km 1.5, CP59350, Ciudad Nuclear, Cienfuegos, Cuba; [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] 2. Centro de Investigaciones Marinas, Universidad de La Habana, 16 # 114, CP11300, Playa, Habana, Cuba; [email protected] Received 24-III-2015. Corrected 05-VIII-2015. Accepted 08-IX-2015. Abstract: Hypoxia is the depletion of dissolved oxygen below 2 mg O2/L. Relatively few studies on hypoxia and its effects on benthic macrofauna have been done in tropical marine ecosystems. This study describes the temporal response of the water column, sediments and macrofauna to seasonal hypoxia in a semi-enclosed bay (Cienfuegos, Caribbean Sea). The Calisito site was sampled monthly from June 2010 until February 2012, yielding 21 sampling times. At each sampling event water and sediment samples were collected for measuring the abiotic variables (temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, nutrients, redox potential discontinuity, silt/clay and organic matter content) and macrofauna (abundance and species richness). Temperature and surface salinity followed a typical temporal pattern during the summer/rainy and the winter/dry periods. Salinity stratification occurred in the rainy period, lasting three months in 2010 and six months in 2011. The bottom water dissolved oxygen indicated hypoxic and anoxic events during the wet periods of 2010 and 2011 associated with salinity stratification, low hydrodynamics and oxidation of the accumulated organic matter. Over the study period, 817 individuals were collected and identified. Polychaetes were the dominant group in terms of abundance (57 % of total) followed by mollusks (41%). Hypoxia (and occasionally anoxia) caused strong deleterious effects on the abundance and species richness of macrofaunal communities in the study site. The most abundant polychaetes were opportunistic species with high tolerance to hypoxic conditions: Prionospio steenstrupi, Polydora sp.and Paraprionospio pinnata. Most of them colonized relatively fast once hypoxia ended. Persistent species such as Caecum pulchellum and Parvanachis obesa were present during hypoxia with fluctuating densities and appar- ently recover to higher abundances when normoxic conditions are re-established. Macoma tenta and Tellina consobrina colonized approximately 1-2 months later than the first polychaete peak during normoxia. Probably, the deleterious effects of hypoxia on the macrofauna were intensified by negative interspecific relationships such as competition by suitable space and predation. The recolonization of macrofauna depended possibly on local transport by currents within the bay because the connection with the Caribbean Sea is relatively limited. In sum- mary, seasonal hypoxia in Cienfuegos Bay influences the water and sediment geochemistry and reduces both the abundance and diversity of macrofauna. Rev. Biol. Trop. 64 (1): 193-204. Epub 2016 March 01. Key words: oxygen deficiency, organic enrichment, redox potential, polychaetes, mollusks, Caribbean Sea. Hypoxia is the depletion of dissolved oxy- syntheses (e.g. Zhang et al., 2010; Howarth et gen below 2 mg O2/L (Rabalais et al., 2010) al., 2011). and is a pervasive and widespread distur- Oxygen depletion particularly influences bance in the world ocean (Zhang et al., 2010). the functioning of marine ecosystems (Seitz, There is a growing body of literature regarding Dauer, Llansó, & Long, 2009; Howarth et al., hypoxia and its deleterious effects on marine 2011). For instance, chemical species (e.g. ecosystems, with several recent reviews and H2S, CH4, N2O) associated with microbial Rev. Biol. Trop. (Int. J. Trop. Biol. ISSN-0034-7744) Vol. 64 (1): 193-204, March 2016 193 heterotrophic metabolism predominate, pH of directly hypoxia with macrofauna diversity in bottom water decreases and ecosystem ener- the Caribbean region. getics change with most of the energy flow- Hypoxia clearly negatively affects mac- ing through anaerobic microbial webs (Díaz rofauna diversity and abundance in a variety & Rosenberg, 2008; Zhang et al., 2010). The of habitats and conditions. The present study benthic community response to hypoxia is pri- is therefore designed: (1) to describe the tem- marily the reduction of the overall abundance poral dynamics of oxygen-related variables and the dominance of tolerant groups such as in water and sediments in Cienfuegos Bay; nematodes and polychaetes (Díaz & Rosen- and (2) to describe the response of the macro- berg, 1995; Vaquer-Sunyer & Duarte, 2008; fauna, in terms of abundance and diversity, to Levin et al., 2009). hypoxia here. Natural hypoxia occurs in some ecosys- tems such as continental margins with upwell- MATERIALS AND METHODS ing and fjords (Rabalais et al., 2010). However, in coastal areas where human settlements Study zone: Cienfuegos Bay is a tropical have modified the environment, hypoxia is semi-enclosed system with a permanent but strongly dependent on anthropogenic activi- weak connection to the Caribbean Sea. The bay 2 ties (e.g. damming, use of fertilizers, urban has a surface area of 90 km , an average depth effluents) (Rabalais et al., 2010). Moreover, of 14 m and a sill of ca. 1.5 m depth that divides in semi-enclosed bays the reduced exchange it into two basins. The oceanographic regime is with the open sea promotes water stagnation strongly seasonal, with salinity stratification of and reinforces hypoxic conditions (Yoshino the water column in the wet period (typically et al., 2010) which may result in total absence June-October) due to river runoff and rainfalls of oxygen (i.e. anoxia). Semi-enclosed tropi- (Seisdedo, 2006). The circulation in the dry cal areas are particularly prone to hypoxia season (typically November-May) is governed by wind-driven surface flows and semidiur- because the higher water temperatures promote nal tidal currents (Tomczak & García-Díaz, oxygen depletion. 1975; Muñoz, Douillet, Díaz-García, Ouillon, Relatively few studies on hypoxia have & Fichez, 2008). During the wet season, the been done in tropical marine ecosystems (e.g. circulation is influenced by river runoff, with Jacinto et al., 2011) and, to date, nothing has very shallow surface flows and water stagna- been published about hypoxia in the coastal tion in the deeper zones of the Northern basin Caribbean basin. Our study can therefore help (Tomczak & García-Díaz, 1975). The water to complete a picture of the hypoxia phenom- exchange rate of the bay is relatively slow; enon in this poorly studied tropical region. it shows seasonal differences (39 days in the In this context, we focus on Cienfuegos Bay wet season vs. 50 days in the dry) and spatial (Cuba Island, Caribbean Sea), a shallow tropi- variations (Northern basin renewal slower than cal bay in which the signals of hypoxic events Southern) (Muñoz et al., 2012). have been increasing in the last two decades. Sewage discharge is currently an important The temporal development of hypoxia is poorly source of organic matter into the bay due to known in this bay despite a monitoring pro- industrialization and a rapid and poorly regu- gram that has been ongoing since the 1990s. lated program of urbanization since the 1970s. Previous findings indicate a summer decrease Moreover, population growth has occurred of dissolved oxygen in bottom waters and occa- but no wastewater treatment systems in urban sional anoxia in some deep sites (Seisdedo, settlements expansion and improvements have 2006); however, the monthly dynamics of oxy- been made (Anonymous 2000). Thus different gen and its effects on the benthos have never creates sewage sources discharge into the bay been studied. This is the first study linking (i.e. Damují, Salado, Caunao and Arimao): 194 Rev. Biol. Trop. (Int. J. Trop. Biol. ISSN-0034-7744) Vol. 64 (1): 193-204, March 2016 the oil refinery, the power plant and the urban (0.026 m2) and the whole sample preserved effluents from Cienfuegos City. immediately in 4 % buffered formalin. The study was done at Calisito station in the North basin of the bay (GPS coordinates Sample processing: All the chemical 22°07’58’’ N - 80° 29’49’’ W). The site is 10 m determinations were conducted at the Labora- deep and consists of mostly muddy and organi- tory of Environmental Analyses of the Cen-
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