Title
Trophic interactions and metal transfer in marine ecosystems driven by the Peruvian scallop Argopecten purpuratus aquaculture
Date Issued
01 April 2022
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
De Boeck G.
Alcazar J.
Campos D.
Ganoza M.
De Troch M.
Publisher(s)
John Wiley and Sons Inc
Abstract
This study investigates the trophic interactions and As and Cd transfer along seven marine ecosystems in Peru. Five of these ecosystems are driven by aquaculture of the Peruvian scallop Argopecten purpuratus. A southward increased gradient of δ15N was observed among the three examined regions along the Peruvian coast. The stable isotope analysis in R (SIAR)-stable isotope mixing models helped to clarify the feeding ecology of A. purpuratus and its important predators (e.g., Bursa ventricosa, Romaleon setosum). The food items of A. purpuratus can be ranked in decreasing order of importance: seston > sediment > particulate organic matter (POM) > brackish-and-fresh water POM input, while A. purpuratus itself was found to be the main prey item for predators. The highest trophic magnification factors (TMFs) were 1.46 and 1.07 for As and Cd, respectively, and were both found at the location in front of the Illescas Reserve Zone (northern Peru). Metal biomagnification and non-biomagnification effects were found in the Peruvian marine food webs, but A. purpuratus always fitted the trophic metal magnification or bio-dilution regression model as intermediate consumer and/or prey. The TMFs and linear metal relationships implied that As contamination is a serious concern in marine ecosystems in Peru.
Start page
452
End page
474
Volume
53
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Biología marina, Biología de agua dulce, Limnología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85108138345
Source
Journal of the World Aquaculture Society
ISSN of the container
08938849
Sponsor(s)
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Tecnológica (CONCYTEC), Grant/Award Number: 214‐2015‐FONDECYT; Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, Grant/Award Number: GOH3817N Funding information
Sincere thanks to ACQUAPISCO SA staff members and interns for their support during the Summer Sampling Campaign I (2016) and II (2017). Summer Sampling Campaign III (2018) in Punta San Juan, Marcona, was conducted in frame of TRACEseafood, project funding by VLIR-UOS. We would like to thank Bruno Vlaeminck (UGent), Steven Joosen, and Valentine Mubiana (UAntwerp) for their help with the chemical analyses. The results presented in this publication were obtained with UGent lab facilities funded by EMBRC Belgium—FWO project GOH3817N. This research is in frame of the MACOPSproject and was supported and financed by Consejo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Tecnológica (CONCYTEC), Peru. Contrato 214-2015-FONDECYT.
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