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Oil Pollution Affects the Central Metabolism of Keystone Vachellia ( Acacia ) Trees

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  • Marco Ferrante

    (Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c), Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, University of the Azores, 9700-042 Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal
    Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology, The Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Midreshet Ben-Gurion 8499000, Israel)

  • Anuma Dangol

    (The French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands, The Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Midreshet Ben-Gurion 8499000, Israel)

  • Shoshana Didi-Cohen

    (The French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands, The Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Midreshet Ben-Gurion 8499000, Israel)

  • Gidon Winters

    (The Dead Sea Arava Science Center, Masada 86910, Israel
    Eilat Campus, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Hatmarim Blv, Eilat 8855630, Israel)

  • Vered Tzin

    (The French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands, The Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Midreshet Ben-Gurion 8499000, Israel
    The last two authors contributed equally to the paper.)

  • Michal Segoli

    (Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology, The Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Midreshet Ben-Gurion 8499000, Israel
    The last two authors contributed equally to the paper.)

Abstract

Vachellia (formerly Acacia ) trees are native to arid environments in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, where they often support the local animal and plant communities acting as keystone species. The aim of this study was to examine whether oil pollution affected the central metabolism of the native keystone trees Vachellia tortilis (Forssk.) and V. raddiana (Savi), as either adults or seedlings. The study was conducted in the Evrona Nature Reserve, a desert ecosystem in southern Israel where two major oil spills occurred in 1975 and in 2014. Leaf samples were collected to analyze the central metabolite profiles from oil-polluted and unpolluted adult trees and from Vachellia seedlings growing in oil-polluted and unpolluted soils in an outdoor setup. We found that oil pollution had a stronger effect on one-year-old seedlings than on adult trees, reducing the levels of amino acids, sugars, and organic acids. While adult trees are mildly affected by oil pollution, the effects on young seedlings can cause a long-term reduction in the population of these keystone desert trees, ultimately threatening this entire ecosystem.

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  • Marco Ferrante & Anuma Dangol & Shoshana Didi-Cohen & Gidon Winters & Vered Tzin & Michal Segoli, 2021. "Oil Pollution Affects the Central Metabolism of Keystone Vachellia ( Acacia ) Trees," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(12), pages 1-12, June.
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