迁移范围和食生态对南洋企中积累的影响
Philip T Sontag1, Linda V Godfrey2, William R Fraser3
1Department of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University, 14 College Farm Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA.
The Science of the total environment
|August 17, 2024
概括
南大洋的企显示出不同的积累. 带企由于其广泛的冬季迁徙和食习惯而积累了更高的含量,与阿德丽和甘图企不同.
科学领域:
- 海洋生物学 海洋生物学
- 生态毒理学 生态毒理学
- 同位素地质化学 同位素地质化学
背景情况:
- (Hg) 是一个具有重大生态影响的全球污染物.
- 企是顶级的捕食者,可以生物积累重金属,如.
- 稳定同位素 (δ13C和δ15N) 是追踪饮食和食模式的宝贵工具.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究在南大洋的阿德丽,和带企中的 (Hg) 积累模式.
- 使用碳 (δ13C) 和 (δ15N) 稳定同位素比率来建模Hg变化.
- 了解寻生态对企种群Hg生物积累的影响.
主要方法:
- 在企体羽毛中测量Hg度.
- 在羽毛中分析的碳 (δ13C) 和 (δ15N) 稳定同位素比.
- 利用通用线性模型 (GLMs) 来评估与同位素数据和其他因素相关的Hg变化.
主要成果:
- 在安培尔岛附近的阿德利和甘图企显示出非常低的Hg度.
- 带企的Hg度明显更高,这与它们漫长的冬季迁徙有关.
- δ13C值是南洋企种群中羽毛Hg度的最佳预测指标.
结论:
- 食生态,特别是在非繁殖季节,是企Hg积累的主要驱动因素.
- δ13C值有效地追踪养生态,并预测Hg生物积累.
- 虽然当地因素可以影响Hg水平,但在南大洋地区,饮食习惯是主导因素.
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