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MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
卷 80, 期 1-2, 页码 293-301出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.12.053
关键词
Reefs; Pollution; Pesticides; PCBs; Metals; Toxicity
资金
- NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program
- NOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
Land based sources of pollution have the potential to adversely impact valuable coral reef ecosystems. In Guanica Bay (Puerto Rico) sediment samples collected and analyzed in 2009 demonstrate unusually high concentrations of total chlordane, total PCBs, nickel and chromium. A variety of other contaminants (total DDT, total PAHs, As, Cu, Hg, and Zn) were also at levels which may indicate sediment toxicity. With the exception of chromium, all of these contaminants were detected in coral tissues (Porites astreoides), although it is unclear at what level these contaminants affect coral health. PCBs and chlordane are environmentally persistent and likely represent legacy pollution from historical uses in close geographic proximity to the Bay. We hypothesize that the high nickel and chromium levels are due to a combination of naturally high Ni and Cr in rock and soils in the watershed, and enhanced (human driven) erosional rates. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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