Methyl mercury in zooplankton - the role of size, habitat, and food quality

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作者
Kainz, M
Lucotte, M
Parrish, CC
机构
[1] Univ Quebec, Chair Rech Environm Hydro Quebec CRSNG, Montreal, PQ H3C 3P8, Canada
[2] Mem Univ Newfoundland, Ctr Ocean Sci, St John, NF A1C 5S7, Canada
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10.1139/F02-125
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S9 [水产、渔业];
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0908 ;
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Pathways of methyl mercury (MeHg) accumulation in zooplankton include ingestion of organic matter (OM). We analyzed fatty acid (FA) biomarkers in zooplankton to (i) investigate the effect of allochthonous and autochthonous OM ingestion on MeHg concentrations ([MeHg]) in zooplankton and (ii) examine how algal and bacterial food sources affect MeHg bioaccumulation. We partitioned bulk zooplankton samples (i.e., >500, 202, 100, and 53 mum) from Lake Lusignan (Quebec) and measured [MeHg] and [FA] in each fraction. [MeHg] increased with increasing body size and was significantly higher in pelagic than in littoral macrozooplankton (>500 mum). The amount of the ingested terrestrial FA biomarker 24:0 indicated that less than 1% of the total FA in zooplankton was derived from allochthonous sources. More than 60% of the ingested FA originated from algal biomarkers and <10% from bacterial biomarkers. Relative amounts of algal-derived essential FA and bacterial FA were not associated with [MeHg] in any size fraction. In pelagic zones, the amount of MeHg in zooplankton related positively to the number of large organisms such as Calanoid copepods and Daphnia. We propose that the accumulation of MeHg in lacustrine zooplankton depends on the zooplankton habitat rather than on the quality of ingested food.
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