| Title | Microbial assemblages for environmental quality assessment: knowledge, gaps and usefulness in the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive |
| Abstract | The EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive 2008/56/EC (MSFD) defines a framework for Community actions in the field of marine environmental policy in order to achieve and/or maintain the Good Environmental Status (GES) of the European seas by 2020. Microbial assemblages (from viruses to microbial-sized metazoa) provide a major contribution to global biodiversity and play a crucial role in the functioning of marine ecosystems, but are largely ignored by the MSFD. Prokaryotes are only seen as "microbial pathogens", without defining their role in GES indicators. However, structural or functional prokaryotic variables (abundance, biodiversity and metabolism) can be easily incorporated into several MSFD Descriptors (i.e. D1. Biodiversity, D4. Food webs, D5. Eutrophication, D8. Contaminants and D9. Contaminants in seafood) with beneficial effects. The present review provides a critical analysis of the current MSFD descriptors and illustrates the reliability and advantages of the potential incorporation of some prokaryotic variables within the set of indicators of marine environmental quality. Following a cost/benefit analysis against scientific and economic criteria, we conclude that marine microbial components, and particularly prokaryotes, are highly effective for detecting the effects of anthropogenic pressures on marine environments and for assessing changes in the environmental health status. We thus recommend the inclusion of these components in future implementations of the MSFD. |
| Source | Critical reviews in microbiology 42 (6), pp. 883–904 |
| Keywords | MicrobesMarine Policy (MSFD)indicatorsGood Environmental Status (GES) |
| Journal | Critical reviews in microbiology |
| Editor | CRC Press,, Boca Raton, Fla., Stati Uniti d'America |
| Year | 2016 |
| Type | Articolo in rivista |
| DOI | 10.3109/1040841X.2015.1087380 |
| Authors | Gabriella Caruso, Rosabruna La Ferla, Maurizio Azzaro, Annamaria Zoppini, Giovanna Marino, Tommaso Petochi, Cinzia Corinaldesi, Marcella Leonardi, Renata Zaccone, Serena Fonda Umani, Carmela Caroppo, Luis Monticelli, Filippo Azzaro, Franco Decembrini, Giovanna Maimone, Rosa Anna Cavallo, Loredana Stabili, Nadezhda H. Todorova, Ventzislav K. Karamfilov, Eugenio Rastelli, Simone Cappello, Maria Immacolata Acquaviva, Marcella Narracci, Roberta De Angelis, Paola Del Negro, Mario Latini, Roberto Danovaro |
| Text | 333213 2016 10.3109/1040841X.2015.1087380 Scopus 2 s2.0 84985896414 ISI Web of Science WOS WOS 000382149300003 Microbes Marine Policy MSFD indicators Good Environmental Status GES Microbial assemblages for environmental quality assessment knowledge, gaps and usefulness in the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive Gabriella Caruso, Rosabruna La Ferla, Maurizio Azzaro, Annamaria Zoppini, Giovanna Marino, Tommaso Petochi, Cinzia Corinaldesi, Marcella Leonardi, Renata Zaccone, Serena Fonda Umani, Carmela Caroppo, Luis Monticelli, Filippo Azzaro, Franco Decembrini, Giovanna Maimone, Rosa Anna Cavallo, Loredana Stabili, Nadezhda H. Todorova, Ventzislav K. Karamfilov, Eugenio Rastelli, Simone Cappello, Maria Immacolata Acquaviva, Marcella Narracci, Roberta De Angelis, Paola Del Negro, Mario Latini, Roberto Danovaro CNR. IAMC Messina; CNR IRSA, Monterotondo RM ; CNR IAMC, Taranto; Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale ISPRA , Roma;Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Universita Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona; University of Trieste; Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research IBER BAS , Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria; OGS, Trieste;Istituto Sperimentale Zooprofilattico dell Umbria e delle Marche, Perugia;Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Napoli The EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive 2008/56/EC MSFD defines a framework for Community actions in the field of marine environmental policy in order to achieve and/or maintain the Good Environmental Status GES of the European seas by 2020. Microbial assemblages from viruses to microbial sized metazoa provide a major contribution to global biodiversity and play a crucial role in the functioning of marine ecosystems, but are largely ignored by the MSFD. Prokaryotes are only seen as microbial pathogens , without defining their role in GES indicators. However, structural or functional prokaryotic variables abundance, biodiversity and metabolism can be easily incorporated into several MSFD Descriptors i.e. D1. Biodiversity, D4. Food webs, D5. Eutrophication, D8. Contaminants and D9. Contaminants in seafood with beneficial effects. The present review provides a critical analysis of the current MSFD descriptors and illustrates the reliability and advantages of the potential incorporation of some prokaryotic variables within the set of indicators of marine environmental quality. Following a cost/benefit analysis against scientific and economic criteria, we conclude that marine microbial components, and particularly prokaryotes, are highly effective for detecting the effects of anthropogenic pressures on marine environments and for assessing changes in the environmental health status. We thus recommend the inclusion of these components in future implementations of the MSFD. 42 Preprint 24/08/2015 early on line article, pp. 1 22 Microbial assemblages for environmental quality assessment knowledge, gaps and usefulness in the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive caruso_2015_marine_strategy_1040841X_2015.pdf Articolo in rivista CRC Press, 1040 841X Critical reviews in microbiology Critical reviews in microbiology Crit. rev. microbiol. Critical reviews in microbiology. Chemical Rubber Company critical reviews in microbiology CRC critical reviews in microbiology luissalvador.monticelli MONTICELLI LUIS SALVADOR gabriella.caruso CARUSO GABRIELLA franco.decembrini DECEMBRINI FRANCO filippo.azzaro AZZARO FILIPPO carmela.caroppo CAROPPO CARMELA loredana.stabili STABILI LOREDANA maurizio.azzaro AZZARO MAURIZIO mariaimmacolata.acquaviva ACQUAVIVA MARIA IMMACOLATA marcella.narracci NARRACCI MARCELLA simone.cappello CAPPELLO SIMONE rosabruna.laferla LA FERLA ROSABRUNA marcella.leonardi LEONARDI MARCELLA annamaria.zoppini ZOPPINI ANNAMARIA renata.zaccone ZACCONE RENATA rosaanna.cavallo CAVALLO ROSA ANNA giovanna.maimone MAIMONE GIOVANNA DEVOTES DEVelopment Of innovative Tools for understanding marine biodiversity and assessing good Environmental Status TA.P04.001.002 Processi Microbici coinvolti nel ciclo del carbonio in zone costiere e pelagiche del Mediterraneo e di aree polari |
