生态因素分离大湖 鱼类 水银度 趋势 从 十年 气氛中的水银下降
Ryan F Lepak1, Joel C Hoffman1, Sarah E Janssen2
1U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development, Center for Computational Toxicology and Exposure, Great Lakes Ecology and Toxicology Division, 6201 Congdon Blvd., Duluth, Minnesota 55804, United States.
Environmental science & technology
|June 6, 2025
概括
大气中的 (Hg) 沉积量正在下降,但入侵性鱼复杂化了鱼类的暴露. 鱼类同位素数据显示Hg来源跟踪大气变化,显示对Hg度的生态影响.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 生态毒理学 生态毒理学
- 生物地质化学生物地质化学
背景情况:
- 大气中的 (Hg) 沉积在北美正在减少,但它仍然是Hg的主要来源.
- 大湖鱼有效地生物积累甲基,作为大气Hg沉积转移的关键指标.
- 侵袭性贝影响了大湖的生态系统,改变了生物地球化学循环,猎物的可用性和鱼类的饮食,从而影响了暴露.
研究的目的:
- 调查大湖地区的鱼类如何应对不断变化的生物地化学条件和来源.
- 用稳定同位素分析分析鱼类度和源的长期趋势.
- 为了比较鱼类的动态与大气中的沉积和生态变化.
主要方法:
- 使用碳和同位素比率,包括氨基酸特异性同位素的40年鱼类档案的分析.
- 测量 (Hg) 同位素比率以确定来源.
- 重建和比较影响度的鱼类能量路径与源趋势.
主要成果:
- 由于生态干扰,鱼类的度正在下降,尽管不均,但仍在下降.
- 鱼类中的同位素值不受生态变化的影响,表明生物积累的来源与大气中的度并行变化.
- 鱼类对大气度变化的反应速度与模拟的大气递送的比例相关.
结论:
- 鱼类的含量受到大气沉积量下降和侵入性鱼等生态干扰的影响.
- 同位素签名提供了鱼类源转移的可靠指标,独立于生态波动.
- 大气中度的变化似乎比古生物学记录所表明的更快地影响鱼类的水平.
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