Mercury bioaccumulation in fish in an artificial lake used to carry out cage culture

作     者：Yongmin Wang Qing Xie Qinqin Xu Jinping Xue Cheng Zhang Dingyong Wang 

作者机构：College of Resources and EnvironmentSouthwest University Chongqing Key Laboratory of Agricultural Resources and Environment 

出 版 物：《Journal of Environmental Sciences》 (环境科学学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2019年第31卷第4期

页      面：352-359页

核心收录：

学科分类：07[理学] 09[农学] 0903[农学-农业资源与环境] 0713[理学-生态学] 

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 41603103 and 41373113) the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. XDJK2017B035) 

主　　题：Mercury Methylmercury Human disturbed lake Bioaccumulation N enrichment 

摘      要：As a global toxic pollutant,mercury(Hg)bioaccumulation within food chain could be influenced by human *** typical fish species were collected from Changshou Lake,an artificial lake used to carry out cage fish culture,to investigate the C/N isotopic compositions and Hg bioaccumulation in *** results showed that the total Hg(THg)and methylmercury(MeHg)levels in fish muscles((56.03±43.96)and(32.35±29.57)ng/g,wet weight),comparable with those in most studies in China,were significantly lower than the international marketing limit(0.5 mg/kg).Past human input for cage culture in this lake led to abnormal^(15)N enrichment in food chain,as the quantitative trophic levels based onδ^(15)N were different with that classified by feeding *** phenomenon subsequently demonstrated that it should be considered thoughtfully with respect to the application of the traditional method for understanding Hg bioaccumulation power by the slope of log_(10)[Hg]withδ^(15)N regression in specific water body(i.e.,Changshou Lake).In addition,no significant linear correlation between Hg and body weight or length of some fish species was observed,suggesting that the fish growth in the eutrophic environment was disproportionate with Hg bioaccumulation,and fish length or weight was not the main factor affecting Hg transfer with food *** occurrence of human disturbance in aquatic system presents a challenge to a better understanding of the Hg bioaccumulation and biomagnification within the food chain.