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EVOLUTION A MOYEN-TERME DU MEIOBENTHOS<br />

ET DU MICROPHYTOBENTHOS SUR QUELQUES PLAGES TOUCHEES<br />

PAR LA MAREE NOIRE DE L 'AMOCO- CADIZ<br />

Philippe<br />

par<br />

BODIN et Denise BOUCHER<br />

Universite de Bretagne Occidentale , Laboratoire d'Oceanographie<br />

biologique, 6 avenue Le Gorgeu, 29283 Brest Cedex, France.<br />

ABSTRACT<br />

The ecological follow-up undertaken after the Amoco-Cadiz oil<br />

spill, on the beaches Brouennou and Corn ar Gazel (mouth of Aber<br />

Benoit) and Kersaint (near Portsall), was continued untill november<br />

1980. Chlorophyll pigments have suffered little quantitatively from<br />

the direct effect of pollution, but the study of temporal variations<br />

in the meiofaunal densities revealed disturbances in seasonal cycles.<br />

Other factors, e.g. hydrodynamic fluctuations and macrofaunal predators,<br />

could act as regulating mechanisms on the evolution of the populations<br />

.<br />

The effects of pollution are particularly obvious in some faunistic<br />

imbalances, as the study of harpacticoid copepods showed.<br />

However, particular evolutionary trends between and within ecological<br />

groups of species implied that recovery was nearly <strong>com</strong>plete, at<br />

least on exposed beaches .<br />

The conclusions drawn to date are tentative because of the lack<br />

of reference data, and it is intended to continue the survey annual-<br />

ly in spring.<br />

Key words :<br />

Pollution<br />

, Amoco-Cadiz, Chlorophyll pigments, Meiofauna,<br />

harpacticoids , Beaches.<br />

RESUME<br />

Le suivi ecologique mensuel entrepris , a la suite<br />

trophe<br />

de la catas-<br />

de 1 'Amoco-Cadiz. sur les plages de Brouennou et Corn ar Gazel,<br />

a 1' entree de l'Aber Benoit, et de Kersaint pres de Portsall, a ete<br />

maintenu jusqu'en novembre 1980. Alors que les pigments chlorophylliens<br />

ne semblent pas avoir souffert de l'action directe de la pollution,<br />

1' etude des variations temporelles de la densite de la meiofaune<br />

revele une perturbation des cycles saisonniers . D'autres facteurs<br />

, tels que l'hydrodynamisme et les predateurs de la macrofaune ,<br />

peuvent intervenir en tant que mecanismes regulateurs .<br />

Les effets de la pollution<br />

sont surtout sensibles au niveau de<br />

certains desequilibres faunistiques , <strong>com</strong>rae le montre 1 'etude des Co-<br />

pepodes Harpacticoides . Cependant , une certaine evolution des groupes<br />

ecologiques permet de penser qu'un processus de retour a l'etat initial<br />

est en cours d 'achievement , du moins sur les plages de mode battu.<br />

En fait, 1' absence d'etats de references nous oblige encore a la<br />

prudence dans 1 'interpretation des resultats , et il est envisage une<br />

poursuite des recherches sous forme de "veille" ecologiques.<br />

Mots-cles : Pollution, Amoco-Cadiz, Pigments chlorophylliens, Meiofaune<br />

, Harpacticoides, Plages.<br />

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