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Seasonal study on the Cd, Se, and Zn uptake by natural coastal phytoplankton assemblages.

Abstract：

:We conducted a seasonal study of the uptake of Cd, Se(IV), and Zn by natural phytoplankton assemblages collected from two locations in Hong Kong coastal waters. Marine phytoplankton in Port Shelter was dominated by diatoms and cyanobacteria, while phytoplankton in Tolo Harbour was dominated by dinoflagellates. The natural phytoplankton assemblages were spiked with macronutrients (N and P) and metals, and the accumulation of these metals was followed for 3 to 5 d in the laboratory. The two coastal systems were mostly P limited, with N limitation observed only during the summer in Tolo Harbour. With the additions of these macronutrients, phytoplankton responded in different ways in their accumulation of trace metals. Cadmium concentrations (normalized to chlorophyll a [chl a] concentration) increased by 25 to 38% with the simultaneous addition of N and P but were roughly constant when N alone was added. In N-limited systems, the Cd concentration increased by 25% with N addition. Concentrations of Se were reduced competitively (by 40-45%) with P addition. Zinc concentrations were reduced by 23 to 38% when both N and P were added, largely because of a major increase in biomass (biodilution). Both Cd and Zn uptake rates increased with increasing growth rates. The uptake rate of Se was not related to the growth rate because of the confounding influence of P addition. The particle concentration effect was observed only for Zn, in which the increasing chl a concentration biodiluted the Zn concentration in the phytoplankton. Overall, our results suggest that macronutrients may affect trace metal accumulation in natural phytoplankton because of their controls on cell growth, which may have implications for our understanding of trace metal dynamics in coastal ecosystems during phytoplankton blooms as well as for the prediction of trophic transfer in food chains.

journal_name

Environ Toxicol Chem

journal_title

Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors

Wang WX,Dei RC,Hong H

doi

10.1897/04-125r.1

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2005-01-01 00:00:00

pages

161-9

issue

eissn

0730-7268

issn

1552-8618

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Seasonal study on the Cd, Se, and Zn uptake by natural coastal phytoplankton assemblages.