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海因微量石油污染而死亡
Martin Wikelski1, Vanessa Wong, Brett Chevalier
1Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA. wikelski@princeton.edu
Nature
|June 7, 2002
概括
2001年在加拉帕戈斯群岛附近的一次石油泄漏导致圣菲岛的海洋 (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) 死亡率达到62%,原因是残留的石油污染. 热诺维萨岛上一个更偏远的人口没有受到影响.
科学领域:
- 海洋生物学 海洋生物学
- 生态生态学 生态生态学
- 环境科学 环境科学
背景情况:
- 2001年1月,一艘油轮在加拉帕戈斯岛的圣克里斯托巴尔岛上浅,释放了数百万升柴油和燃料油.
- 由此产生的滑油蔓延,但由于强烈的海流分散了油,海动物的即时死亡是最小的.
研究的目的:
- 评估2001年加拉帕戈斯岛石油泄漏造成的残留油污染对海洋种群的长期影响.
主要方法:
- 采用了石油泄漏之前收集的长期生态数据集.
- 在Sante Fe和Genovesa岛屿海种群的死亡率比较,发生泄漏后的一年.
主要成果:
- 圣菲岛上的海种群在石油泄漏后的一年中经历了相当大的62%的死亡率.
- 海洋环境中的残留油污染被确定为圣菲岛高死亡率的原因.
- 在更偏远的Genovesa岛上,海洋 Iguana 种群没有显示出泄漏造成的重大影响.
结论:
- 即使是少量的残留油污染也可能对敏感的海洋爬行动物种群产生毁灭性的长期影响.
- 海 (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) 特别容易受到石油污染的影响,其数量可能大幅减少.
- 岛屿的偏远和海洋条件可以影响海洋污染事件对特有野生动物的影响.
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