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We studied the effects of the Prestige oil spill on Ria de Vigo bacterial abundance, pro- duction and community structure by using mesocosms (ca. 3500 l) filled with water from the center of the Ria, to which we added a realistic concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs; ini- tial concentrations of approximately 20 to 30 µg l -1 chrysene equivalents) at each of the 4 periods of the seasonal cycle: spring bloom, summer stratification, autumn upwelling and winter. We followed the changes in bacterial activity by leucine and thymidine incorporation, and the changes in bacter- ial assemblage structure by 16S rDNA DGGE. In addition, simultaneously with the winter mesocosm experiment, we ran microcosms with fuel additions equivalent to 0.5, 1, 2 and 4 × the treatment imposed on the mesocosms in the seasonal experiments. Bacterial community structure was also ana- lyzed by CARD-FISH. We detected significant effects of the PAHs on bacterial community structure (increased number of bands) and production only in the summer experiment. In the microcosm experiments, we found similar effects to those in the mesocosms at PAH concentrations of ca. 20 to 40 µg l -1 , and clear detrimental effects on phytoplankton at concentrations of ca. 80 µg l -1 , with large development of Gammaproteobacteria. Our results indicate that an oil spill of the Prestige's magni- tude will have effects on the microbial resident community only at certain times of the year, while at higher PAH concentrations the effects might be more evident. For most of the year, the resident Ria de Vigo microbial communities appear to be accustomed to PAH concentrations such as those used in these experiments.

Changes in bacterial activity and community composition caused by exposure to a simulated oil spill in microcosm and mesocosm experiments