Mercury isotopes as tracers of ecology and metabolism in two sympatric shark species

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作者
Le Croizier, Gael [1 ]
Lorrain, Anne [2 ]
Sonke, Jeroen E. [1 ]
Jaquemet, Sebastien [3 ]
Schaal, Gauthier [2 ]
Renedo, Marina [1 ]
Besnard, Lucien [2 ]
Cherel, Yves [4 ]
Point, David [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Paul Sabatier, Observ Midi Pyrenees OMP, Geosci Environm Toulouse GET, UMR 5563,CNRS,IRD, 14 Ave Edouard Belin, F-31400 Toulouse, France
[2] Univ Brest, LEMAR, IFREMER, CNRS,IRD, F-29280 Plouzane, France
[3] Univ La Reunion, Lab ENTROPIE, UMR 9220, CNRS,IRD, 15 Ave Rene Cassin,BP 92003, F-97744 St Denis, La Reunion, France
[4] La Rochelle Univ, Ctr Etud Biol Chize CEBC, UMR 7372, CNRS, F-79360 Villiers En Bois, France
关键词
STABLE-ISOTOPE; TROPHIC TRANSFER; BULL SHARK; METHYLMERCURY PRODUCTION; DIETARY METHYLMERCURY; CARCHARHINUS-LEUCAS; GALEOCERDO-CUVIER; TIGER SHARK; FISH; FRACTIONATION;
D O I
10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114931
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
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08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
In coastal ecosystems, top predators are exposed to a wide variety of nutrient and contaminant sources due to the diversity of trophic webs within inshore marine habitats. Mercury contamination could represent an additional threat to shark populations that are declining worldwide. Here we measured total mercury, carbon and nitrogen isotopes, as well as mercury isotopes, in two co-occurring shark species (the bull shark Carcharhinus leucas and the tiger shark Galeocerdo cuvier) and their potential prey from a coastal ecosystem of the western Indian Ocean (La Reunion Island). Our primary goals were to (i) determine the main trophic Hg sources for sharks and (ii) better characterize their diet composition and foraging habitat. Hg isotope signatures (Delta Hg-199 and delta Hg-202) of shark prey suggested that bull sharks were exposed to methylmercury (MeHg) produced in offshore epipelagic waters, while tiger sharks were exposed to offshore mesopelagic MeHg with additional microbial transformation in slope sediments. Delta Hg-199 values efficiently traced the ecology of the two predators, demonstrating that bull sharks targeted coastal prey in shallow waters while tiger sharks were mainly foraging on mesopelagic species in the deeper waters of the island slope. Unexpectedly, we found a positive shift in delta Hg-202 (>1 parts per thousand) between sharks and their prey, leading to high delta Hg-202 values in the two shark species (e.g. 1.91 +/- 0.52 parts per thousand in bull sharks). This large shift in delta Hg-202 indicates that sharks may display strong MeHg demethylation abilities, possibly reflecting evolutionary pathways for mitigating their MeHg contamination. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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