@article{fdi:010066252, title = {{I}nfluence of {PAH}s among other coastal environmental variables on total and {PAH}-degrading bacterial communities}, author = {{S}auret, {C}. and {T}edetti, {M}arc and {G}uigue, {C}. and {D}umas, {C}. and {L}ami, {R}. and {P}ujo-{P}ay, {M}. and {C}onan, {P}. and {G}outx, {M}. and {G}higlione, {J}. {F}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{W}e evaluated the relative impact of anthropogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons ({PAH}s) among biogeochemical variables on total, metabolically active, and {PAH} bacterial communities in summer and winter in surface microlayer ({SML}) and subsurface seawaters ({SSW}) across short transects along the {NW} {M}editerranean coast from three harbors, one wastewater effluent, and one nearshore observatory reference site. {A}t both seasons, significant correlations were found between dissolved total {PAH} concentrations and {PAH}-degrading bacteria that formed a gradient from the shore to nearshore waters. {A}ccumulation of {PAH} degraders was particularly high in the {SML}, where {PAH}s accumulated. {H}arbors and wastewater outfalls influenced drastically and in a different way the total and active bacterial community structure, but they only impacted the communities from the nearshore zone (<2 km from the shore). {B}y using direct multivariate statistical analysis, we confirmed the significant effect of {PAH} concentrations on the spatial and temporal dynamic of total and active communities in this area, but this effect was putted in perspective by the importance of other biogeochemical variables.}, keywords = {{M}arine microbial ecotoxicology ; {S}ea surface microlayer ; {PAH} ; {MPN} ; q{PCR} ; {CE}-{SSCP} ; {FRANCE} ; {MEDITERRANEE}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{E}nvironmental {S}cience and {P}ollution {R}esearch}, volume = {23}, numero = {5}, pages = {4242--4256}, ISSN = {0944-1344}, year = {2016}, DOI = {10.1007/s11356-015-4768-0}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010066252}, }