期刊
AQUATIC GEOCHEMISTRY
卷 18, 期 6, 页码 515-541出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10498-012-9181-4
关键词
Fish farming; Microprofiling; Oxygen; H2S; Sediment; Benthic chamber; Sea loch; Scotland; Benthic mineralization; Organic carbon
资金
- European Union [505564]
The effects of fish farm activities on sediment biogeochemistry were investigated in Loch Creran (Western Scotland) from March to October 2006. Sediment oxygen uptake rates (SOU) were estimated along an organic matter gradient generated from an Atlantic salmon farm using a combination of in situ techniques: microelectrodes, planar optode and benthic chamber incubations. Sulphide (H2S) and pH distributions in sediment porewater were also measured using in situ microelectrodes, and dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) fluxes were measured in situ using benthic chambers. Relationships between benthic fluxes, vertical distribution of oxidants and reduced compounds in the sediment were examined as well as bacterial abundance and biomass. Seasonal variations in SOU were relatively low and mainly driven by seasonal temperature variations. The effect of the fish farm on sediment oxygen uptake rate was clearly identified by higher total and diffusive oxygen uptake rates (TOU and DOU, respectively) on impacted stations (TOU: 70 +/- A 25 mmol O-2 m(-2) day(-1); DOU: 70 +/- A 32 mmol O-2 m(-2) day(-1) recalculated at the summer temperature), compared with the reference station (TOU: 28.3 +/- A 5.5 mmol O-2 m(-2) day(-1); DOU: 21.5 +/- A 4.5 mmol O-2 m(-2) day(-1)). At the impacted stations, planar optode images displayed high centimetre scale heterogeneity in oxygen distribution underlining the control of oxygen dynamics by small-scale processes. The organic carbon enrichment led to enhanced sulphate reduction as demonstrated by large vertical H2S concentration gradients in the porewater (from 0 to 1,000 mu M in the top 3 cm) at the most impacted site. The impact on ecosystem functions such as bioirrigation was evidenced by a decreasing TOU/DOU ratio, from 1.7 in the non-impacted sediments to 1 in the impacted zone. This trend was related to a shift in the macrofaunal assemblage and an increase in sediment bacterial population. The turnover time of the organic load of the sediment was estimated to be over 6 years.
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