Bioaccumulation of radionuclides in fertilized Canadian Shield lake basins

被引:17
作者
Bird, GA
Hesslein, RH
Mills, KH
Schwartz, WJ
Turner, MA
机构
[1] Atom Energy Canada Ltd, Whiteshell Labs, Pinawa, MB R0E 1L0, Canada
[2] Fisheries & Oceans Canada, Inst Freshwater, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N6, Canada
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
bioaccumulation; radionuclides; experimental lakes; lake trophic status; body burden;
D O I
10.1016/S0048-9697(98)00179-X
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
Radionuclide tracers of heavy metals (Fe-59, Co-60, Zn-65, Se-75 Sr-85 Cs-134 and Hg-203) representing potential contamination from nuclear power plants, industry and agriculture were added to separate basins of Lake 226, Experimental Lakes Area, northwestern Ontario. The two basins were part of a eutrophication experiment and differed in their trophic status; the north basin (L226N) was eutrophic whereas the south basin (L226S) was mesotrophic. Our objective was to determine the uptake of the radionuclides by biota and the effect of lake trophic status on their bioaccumulation. The trophic status of the lakes did not appear to have a marked effect on the accumulation of radionuclides by the biota. This may have been because of a mid-summer leakage of nutrients between the basins which enhanced primary production in L226S, because there is a time lag between primary production and the availability of the radionuclides to the fishes or because trophic status does not affect the uptake of at least some of these radionuclides. However, there was a tendency for faster uptake of the radionuclides in L226N by fish than L226S, but the differences were not significant. Concentrations in the biota generally decreased in the order: fathead minnow > pearl dace > tadpoles > slimy sculpin > leeches. Concentrations in biota generally decreased in the order: Zn-65 > Hg-203 > Se-75 > Cs-134 > Co-60 > Sr-85 = Fe-59. Cobalt-60 concentrations in tadpoles were greater than in the other biota. Radionuclide concentrations in the tissues of lake whitefish indicated that uptake was predominantly from food. Radionuclide concentrations were usually higher in the posterior gut, liver and kidney than in other tissues, whereas body burdens were generally high in the muscle for Se-75, Cs-134 and Hg-203; kidney and gut for Co-60; and bone for Zn-65 and Se-75. Mercury-203 burdens were also high in the bone and gut. (C) 1998 Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:67 / 83
页数:17
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