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ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
卷 309, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119799
关键词
Coral reef; Oil pollution; PAH; Ultraviolet radiation; Heavy fuel oil; Phototoxicity
资金
- Australian Institute of Marine Science (Australia)
- Australian Government Research Training Program Fee Offset
- AIMS@JCU Scholarship program, James Cook University (Australia)
- College of Science AMP
- Engineering, James Cook University (Australia)
This study provides data on the sensitivity of different post-settlement life stages of the coral species Acropora millepora to heavy fuel oil (HFO) exposure. The results show that ultraviolet radiation (UVR) increases the toxicity of HFO towards corals, supporting the importance of incorporating UVR in oil toxicity testing.
Oil pollution remains a prominent local hazard to coral reefs, but the sensitivity of some coral life stages to oil exposure remains unstudied. Exposure to ultraviolet radiation (UVR), ubiquitous on coral reefs, may significantly increase oil toxicity towards these critical habitat-forming taxa. Here we present the first data on the sensitivity of two distinct post-settlement life stages of the model coral species Acropora millepora to a heavy fuel oil (HFO) water accommodated fraction (WAF) in the absence and presence of UVR. Assessment of lethal and sublethal endpoints indicates that both 1-week-old and 2-month-old recruits (1-wo and 2-mo) were negatively affected by chronic exposures to HFO (7 and 14 days, respectively). Relative growth (1-wo and 2-mo recruits) and survival (1-wo recruits) at end of exposure were the most sensitive endpoints in the absence of UVR, with no effect concentrations (NEC) of 34.3, 5.7 and 29.3 mu g L-1 total aromatic hydrocarbons (TAH; n-ary sumation 39 monocyclic- and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons), respectively. On average, UVR increased the negative effects by 10% for affected endpoints, and latent effects of exposure were evident for relative growth and symbiont uptake of recruits. Other sublethal endpoints, including maximum quantum yield and tissue colour score, were unaffected by chronic HFO exposure. A comparison of putative species-specific sensitivity constants for these ecologically relevant endpoints, indicates A. millepora recruits may be as sensitive as the most sensitive species currently included in oil toxicity databases. While the low intensity UVR only significantly increased the negative effects of the oil for one endpoint, the majority of endpoints showed trends towards increased toxicity in the presence of UVR. Therefore, the data presented here further support the standard incorporation of UVR in oil toxicity testing for tropical corals.
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