Seawater carbonate chemistry and food chain transfer of Polonium between primary producers and consumers

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Main Authors: Behbehani, Montaha, Uddin, Saif, Dupont, Sam, Fowler, Scott W, Gorgun, Aysun U, Al-Enezi, Yousef, Al-Musallam, Lamya, Kumar, Vanitha V, Faizuddin, Mohammad
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author Behbehani, Montaha
Uddin, Saif
Dupont, Sam
Fowler, Scott W
Gorgun, Aysun U
Al-Enezi, Yousef
Al-Musallam, Lamya
Kumar, Vanitha V
Faizuddin, Mohammad
author_facet Behbehani, Montaha
Uddin, Saif
Dupont, Sam
Fowler, Scott W
Gorgun, Aysun U
Al-Enezi, Yousef
Al-Musallam, Lamya
Kumar, Vanitha V
Faizuddin, Mohammad
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents Phytoplankton and zooplankton are key marine components that play an important role in metal distribution through a food web transfer. An increased phytoplankton concentration as a result of ocean acidification and warming are well-established, along with the fact that phytoplankton biomagnify 210Po by 3–4 orders of magnitude compared to the seawater concentration. This experimental study is carried out to better understand the transfer of polonium between primary producers and consumers. The experimental produced data highlight the complex interaction between the polonium concentration in zooplankton food, i.e. phytoplankton, its excretion via defecated fecal pellets, and its bioaccumulation at ambient seawater pH and a lower pH of 7.7, typical of ocean acidification scenarios in the open ocean. The mass of copepods recovered was 11% less: 7.7 pH compared to 8.2. The effects of copepod species (n = 3), microalgae species (n = 3), pH (n = 2), and time (n = 4) on the polonium activity in the fecal pellets (expressed as % of the total activity introduced through feeding) was tested using an ANOVA 4. With the exception of time (model: F20, 215 = 176.84, p < 0.001; time: F3 = 1.76, p = 0.16), all tested parameters had an impact on the polonium activity (copepod species: F2 = 169.15, p < 0.0001; algae species: F2 = 10.21, p < 0.0001; pH: F1 = 9.85, p = 0.002) with complex interactions (copepod x algae: F2 = 19.48, p < 0.0001; copepod x pH: F2 = 10.54, p < 0.0001; algae x pH: F2 = 4.87, p = 0.009). The experimental data underpin the hypothesis that metal bioavailability and bioaccumulation will be enhanced in secondary consumers such as crustacean zooplankton due to ocean acidification.
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spellingShingle Seawater carbonate chemistry and food chain transfer of Polonium between primary producers and consumers
Behbehani, Montaha
Uddin, Saif
Dupont, Sam
Fowler, Scott W
Gorgun, Aysun U
Al-Enezi, Yousef
Al-Musallam, Lamya
Kumar, Vanitha V
Faizuddin, Mohammad
Acartia pacifica; Alkalinity, total; Alkalinity, total, standard error; Animalia; Aragonite saturation state; Arthropoda; Bicarbonate ion; Calcite saturation state; Calculated using CO2SYS; Calculated using seacarb after Nisumaa et al. (2010); Carbon, inorganic, dissolved; Carbonate ion; Carbonate system computation flag; Carbon dioxide; Category; Coast and continental shelf; Containers and aquaria (20-1000 L or < 1 m**2); Euterpina acutifrons; Fugacity of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Indian Ocean; Inorganic toxins; Laboratory experiment; Mass; OA-ICC; Ocean acidification; Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre; Other studied parameter or process; Partial pressure of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Partial pressure of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air), standard error; Parvocalanus crassirostris; Pelagos; pH, standard error; pH, total scale; Polonium-209, activity; Polonium-209, activity per mass; Salinity; Salinity, standard error; Single species; Species; Temperate; Temperature, water; Time in hours; Treatment; Type of study; Volume; Zooplankton
Phytoplankton and zooplankton are key marine components that play an important role in metal distribution through a food web transfer. An increased phytoplankton concentration as a result of ocean acidification and warming are well-established, along with the fact that phytoplankton biomagnify 210Po by 3–4 orders of magnitude compared to the seawater concentration. This experimental study is carried out to better understand the transfer of polonium between primary producers and consumers. The experimental produced data highlight the complex interaction between the polonium concentration in zooplankton food, i.e. phytoplankton, its excretion via defecated fecal pellets, and its bioaccumulation at ambient seawater pH and a lower pH of 7.7, typical of ocean acidification scenarios in the open ocean. The mass of copepods recovered was 11% less: 7.7 pH compared to 8.2. The effects of copepod species (n = 3), microalgae species (n = 3), pH (n = 2), and time (n = 4) on the polonium activity in the fecal pellets (expressed as % of the total activity introduced through feeding) was tested using an ANOVA 4. With the exception of time (model: F20, 215 = 176.84, p < 0.001; time: F3 = 1.76, p = 0.16), all tested parameters had an impact on the polonium activity (copepod species: F2 = 169.15, p < 0.0001; algae species: F2 = 10.21, p < 0.0001; pH: F1 = 9.85, p = 0.002) with complex interactions (copepod x algae: F2 = 19.48, p < 0.0001; copepod x pH: F2 = 10.54, p < 0.0001; algae x pH: F2 = 4.87, p = 0.009). The experimental data underpin the hypothesis that metal bioavailability and bioaccumulation will be enhanced in secondary consumers such as crustacean zooplankton due to ocean acidification.
title Seawater carbonate chemistry and food chain transfer of Polonium between primary producers and consumers
topic Acartia pacifica; Alkalinity, total; Alkalinity, total, standard error; Animalia; Aragonite saturation state; Arthropoda; Bicarbonate ion; Calcite saturation state; Calculated using CO2SYS; Calculated using seacarb after Nisumaa et al. (2010); Carbon, inorganic, dissolved; Carbonate ion; Carbonate system computation flag; Carbon dioxide; Category; Coast and continental shelf; Containers and aquaria (20-1000 L or < 1 m**2); Euterpina acutifrons; Fugacity of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Indian Ocean; Inorganic toxins; Laboratory experiment; Mass; OA-ICC; Ocean acidification; Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre; Other studied parameter or process; Partial pressure of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Partial pressure of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air), standard error; Parvocalanus crassirostris; Pelagos; pH, standard error; pH, total scale; Polonium-209, activity; Polonium-209, activity per mass; Salinity; Salinity, standard error; Single species; Species; Temperate; Temperature, water; Time in hours; Treatment; Type of study; Volume; Zooplankton
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.959783