Variability of trophic magnification factors as an effect of estimated trophic position: Application of compound-specific nitrogen isotope analysis of amino acids
- Title
- Variability of trophic magnification factors as an effect of estimated trophic position: Application of compound-specific nitrogen isotope analysis of amino acids
- Author
- 신경훈
- Issue Date
- 2020-01
- Publisher
- PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
- Citation
- ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL, v. 135, Article no. 105361, 8pp
- Abstract
- The trophic magnification of persistent organic pollutants (POPs), which is the relationship between POP concentration and the trophic position (TPs) of an organism, is considered an important factor for prioritizing chemicals of concern in the environment. Organismal TPs are typically based on nitrogen isotope ratios of bulk tissue (delta N-15(bulk)). In this study, nitrogen isotope ratios of amino acids (delta N-15(AAs)), a more precise approach for TP estimation (TPAAs), was applied and compared with estimations of TP based on delta N-1(5)bulk (TPbutk) in marine organisms living in Masan Bay, South Korea. Compound-specific isotope analysis of the amino acids (CSIA-AAs) in fish samples allows us to calculate robust TPs by correcting the variation in baseline isotope values with use of the delta N-15(bulk) technique. In a benthic food chain, this approach reveals more significant magnification trends for POPs [polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), and organochlorine pesticides (OCPs)] than those revealed by analysis of the relationship between TPbulk and POPs. The trophic magnification factors (TMF) associated with TPAAs were significant for some POPs, especially pp'-DDD and chlordane. The results presented in this study suggest that TP calculations based on delta N-15(AAs), are an effective tool for characterizing trophic magnification trends related to the fates of various pollutants.
- URI
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412019328247https://repository.hanyang.ac.kr/handle/20.500.11754/163316
- ISSN
- 0160-4120
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.envint.2019.105361
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- COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND CONVERGENCE TECHNOLOGY[E](과학기술융합대학) > MARINE SCIENCE AND CONVERGENCE ENGINEERING(해양융합공학과) > Articles
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