Cyanotoxins in tidal waters of Chesapeake Bay

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作者
Tango, Peter J. [1 ]
Butler, Walt [2 ]
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[1] Maryland Dept Nat Resources, Annapolis, MD 21401 USA
[2] Maryland Dept Nat Resources Field Off, Annapolis, MD 21401 USA
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美国海洋和大气管理局;
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10.1656/1092-6194-15.3.403
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X176 [生物多样性保护];
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090705 ;
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Cyanobacteria blooms have long been described for Chesapeake Bay nontidal and tidal waters, but measurable toxin has only been recently recorded. During September 2000, the earliest tidal-water records of cyanotoxins in the Bay identified microcystin from a Microcystis-dominated bloom on the Sassafras River. Between 2000 and 2006, opportunistic samples collected from cyanobacteria blooms were analyzed for toxin concentration to better inform natural resource, agriculture, and human-health management agencies on potential bloom-related health risks. The hepatotoxin microcystin was detected most frequently and over a range of concentrations from 2.9 x 10(-2) to 6.58 x 10(2) mu g L-1. Microcystin levels exceeded literature-based chronic drinking-water guidance values of 1 mu g L-1 and recreational safety guidance for children of 10 mu g L-1 in 71 % and 31% of samples, respectively. Samples from tidal fresh and oligohaline habitats showed a log-normal distribution of toxin concentrations, and microcystin had positive log-linear relationship with Microcystis aeruginosa cell counts (r(2) = 0.42). A subset of the samples positive for microcystin was also tested for neurotoxins and showed anatoxin-a as the next-most common toxin encountered (46% of samples tested) at concentrations from 3 x 10(-3) to 3 mu g L-1. Saxitoxin (PSP-toxin) was present in trace arnounts (3 x 10(-3) mu g L-1) in one sample. Cylindrospermopsis, raciborskii has occasionally been found in abundance, but all tests for cylindrospermopsin were negative. Microcystin and anatoxin-a have been identified in association with fish kills, bird kills, and human-health events. Virginia and Maryland state management agencies conducted beach Closures during 2000, 2003, and 2004 and provided waterway health advisories in 2005 and 2006 in response to the findings.
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