期刊
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
卷 297, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.118789
关键词
PAHs; Corals; Phenanthrene; Bioaccumulation; Biomagnification
资金
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
- Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS)
- Red Sea Research Center (RSRC)
This study investigated the uptake rates and accumulation of a C-13-labeled polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) in corals. The results showed that the accumulation of PAHs in corals was higher with increasing food-chain length, with predation having the largest contribution. Additionally, dissolved or diet-bound PAHs had no significant effect on the photosynthetic efficiency of coral symbionts.
Exposure from the dissolved-phase and through food-chains contributes to bioaccumulation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in organisms such as fishes and copepods. However, very few studies have investigated the accumulation of PAHs in corals. Information on dietary uptake contribution to PAHs accumulation in corals is especially limited. Here, we used Cavity-Ring-Down Spectroscopy (CRDS) to investigate the uptake rates and accumulation of a C-13-labeled PAH, phenanthrene, in Acropora millepora corals over 14 days. Our experiment involved three treatments representing exposure levels of increasing food-chain length. In Level W, corals were exposed to C-13-phenanthrene directly dissolved in seawater. In Level 1 representing herbivory, Dunaliella salina microalgal culture pre-exposed to (13C)-phenanthrene for 48 h was added to the coral treatment jars. In Level 2 representing predation, corals were provided a diet of copepod (Parvocalanus crassirostris) nauplii fed on D. salina pre-exposed to C-13-phenanthrene. Bioconcentration factors (BCF) and bioaccumulation factors (BAF) were calculated as appropriate for all organisms, and biomagnification factors (BMF) were calculated for A. millepora. We found that while phenanthrene uptake rates were not significantly different for the treatments, the accumulated concentration in corals was significantly higher in Level W (33.5 +/- 2.83 mg kg(-1)) than in Level 1 (27.55 +/- 2.77 mg kg(-1)) and Level 2 (29.36 +/- 3.84 mg kg(-1)). Coral log BAF values increased with food-chain length; Level 2 log BAF (6.45) was higher than Level W log BCF (4.18) and Level 1 log BAF (4.5). Coral BMF was also higher for Level 2 than for Level 1. Exposure to dissolved or diet-bound phenanthrene had no significant effect on the coral symbionts' photosynthetic efficiency (F-v/F-m) as monitored by pulse-amplitude-modulation (PAM) fluorometry, indicating the PAH can be accumulated without toxic effects to their Photosystem II. Our study highlights the critical role of dietary exposure for pollutant accumulation in corals.
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