动物浮游生物是微塑料进入海洋食物网的入口吗?
Kuddithamby Gunaalan1,2, Torkel Gissel Nielsen1, Rocío Rodríguez Torres1,3
1National Institute of Aquatic Resource, Technical University of Denmark, Kemitorvet, 201, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
Environmental science & technology
|July 27, 2023
概括
动物浮游生物吸收微塑料 (MP),但其度较低. 来自copepods的便颗粒有助于垂直MP出口,尽管对更高食物网水平的整体风险很低.
科学领域:
- 海洋生物学 海洋生物学
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 生态毒理学 生态毒理学
背景情况:
- 动物浮游生物摄入微塑料 (MP),对海洋食物网构成风险.
- 足动物是关键的动物浮游生物,将初级生产者与更高的营养水平联系起来.
- 了解动物浮游生物在现场摄取MP的情况至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 量化自然动物浮游生物中的微塑料度和特征.
- 评估copepods及其便颗粒在微塑料转移中的作用.
- 评估微塑料生物放大通过动物浮游生物的风险.
主要方法:
- 从Kattegat/Skagerrak海收集的动物浮游生物,分类的copepods和便颗粒.
- 分析了微塑料度和尺寸分布 (低至10微米).
- 估计的微塑料预算和通过便颗粒的垂直出口.
主要成果:
- 中位数MP度:1.7x10^-3MPs ind^-1 (动物浮游生物),2.9x10^-3MPs ind^-1 (足动物),每颗便颗粒3x10^-3MPs.
- 动物浮游生物/便颗粒中的MP大多是小于100微米的碎片;纤维在copepods中占主导地位.
- 足动物含有3%的表面MP;便颗粒5%,每日垂直出口量为1.4%.
结论:
- 动物浮游生物作为小国会议员进入食物网的入口.
- 动物浮游生物中的低MP水平表明转移到更高的营养水平的风险有限.
- 对MPs的便颗粒出口量较低,但在垂直运输中生态相关.
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