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  • Marine Biology
  • Ecotoxicology
  • Invertebrate Zoology

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  • Filter-feeding invertebrates, including tunicates, encounter natural and petroleum oil droplets in marine environments.
  • Tunicates are abundant benthic organisms found on structures like docks and wharves, playing a significant role in coastal ecosystems.
  • Understanding oil ingestion by tunicates is crucial for assessing their role in marine food web dynamics and bioaccumulation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the capacity of benthic tunicates to capture and ingest various types of oil droplets.
  • To determine if tunicates exhibit selectivity in oil droplet consumption based on oil properties.
  • To analyze the size distribution of ingested oil droplets and compare it to available emulsion sizes.

Main Methods:

  • Videography and dissections were employed to examine oil droplet capture in 10 tunicate species.
  • Tetramethylrhodamine isothiocyanate (TRITC) fluorescence microscopy was used to visualize ingested oil.
  • Feeding trials involved various oil emulsions (motor, crude, fish, canola, synthetic) in different seawater conditions.

Main Results:

  • Eight out of nine tunicate species ingested waste motor oil, indicating a general feeding phenomenon.
  • Corella willmeriana ingested light crude oil, with evidence found in the branchial basket, gut, and feces.
  • Styela gibbsii consumed diverse oil emulsions without selectivity, and captured oil droplets were significantly smaller than those in the emulsions.

Conclusions:

  • Benthic tunicates ingest a wide range of oils, serving as a potential entry point for oils into marine food webs.
  • Tunicates do not exhibit selectivity based on oil chemistry, density, viscosity, or interfacial tension.
  • The study highlights the role of tunicates in the bioaccumulation and trophic transfer of oils in marine ecosystems.